Jamie Vardy ruled out of Cremonese’s Serie A Week 29 clash against Fiorentina

Cremonese are due to host Fiorentina in the final fixture on the Serie A week 29 schedule on Monday evening, but Davide Nicola will have to do without centre-forward Jamie Vardy for this evening’s massive relegation clash. Here’s why. 

Confirmed: Vardy unavailable for Cremonese vs. Fiorentina 

Just one point separates the 18th-placed Cremonese, who slipped into the relegation zone last weekend, and the 17th-placed Fiorentina ahead of the meeting of the two sides at the Stadio Zini on Monday night. 

La Cremo have announced their matchday squad for the Fiorentina clash, and have confirmed that Vardy will be unavailable through injury. 

Vardy’s exclusion comes as a result of the knock that he suffered against Lecce in Serie A last weekend. Cremonese have confirmed that the official diagnosis is a “blunt force trauma to his right thigh.” 

The 2016 Premier League winner has been a starter for Cremonese for most of the 2025-26 season, and has only missed out on two Serie A since his signing in the summer, which came in the second and third weeks of the season. 

The Englishman has five goals and one assist to his name from 24 outings in the Italian top flight this term. 21 of those appearances were starts. 

Cremonese squad to face Fiorentina

Goalkeepers: Audero, Silvestri, Nava. 

Defenders: Luperto, Bianchetti, Ceccherini, Terracciano, Faye, Folino. 

Midfielders: Thorsby, Barbieri, Zerbin, Mussolini, Vandeputte, Maleh, Payero, Grassi, Bondo. 

Forwards: Djuric, Moumbagna, Okereke, Bonazzoli, Sanabria.