Fiorentina vs Udinese Calcio: The hosts will move closer to the Eurocup zone

Udinese has only beaten Fiorentina once in their last 12 encounters. Will Gabriele Cioffi's side be able to improve their record now? We predict that the hosts will once again be closer to success!

Fiorentina has been slowly relegated to the ranks of Serie A underdogs in recent years, but they have been excellent this season. The Florentines started to play particularly strongly in the spring when they went 6-match unbeaten streak. They failed to extend their winning streak, as they suffered an unexpected 1:2 defeat at Salernitana last weekend. This defeat dropped them to seventh, but Fiorentina had a game in hand.

For Udinese, the season has been challenging. In the middle of the league season, there was a change of head coach. That change didn't make things worse, as the Zebras have suffered only five defeats in their last 17 games, which can be considered a significant success by their standards. In addition, they started attacking and scoring more, winning three in a row by a combined score of 11:3 in the first half of April. In their two previous matches, the team had lost 0:1 to Salernitana and shared points with Bologna 2:2. They are in 12th place in the standings.

Udinese plays poorly against Fiorentina. In their last 12 head-to-head encounters, the Zebras have only won once and lost three of their previous four fixtures. The Italian championship is coming to the finish line, so the tournament motivation is of particular importance, which is much higher for the Violets. As a result, we have to bet on Fiorentina to win for 1.665.

Fiorentina is starting to produce decent results this season. They've gone 6-match unbeaten streak, with only 12 goals (2.00 on average per game). Udinese plays lively and entertaining under Gabriele Cioffi, but the opponents have scored exactly once in their last three meetings, so we suggest betting on a total under 2.5 for 2.132.

Fiorentina's best player this season is Lucas Torreira, who has never scored more than four goals in a league season before and now has five. That's a big complaint about the strikers, who are scoring very little. The best of them is Nicolás González, who has played in 28 games this season, in which he has been marked with four goals and six assist points. Therefore, we suggest betting on Nicolás Gonzalez's goal for 2.62.

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