Fiorentina vs Sevilla Prediction and Football Tips
Europa League football tips – Fiorentina vs Sevilla prediction
Fiorentina have at least four players missing through injury for this Europa League semi-final second leg in Florence. Micah Richards joins Guiseppe Rossi, Khouma Babacar and Juan Vargas on the treatment table. After a poor display in Seville, Milan Badelj could miss out and be replaced by David Pizarro in midfield.
Sevilla are without both Nico Pareja and Beto, who are missing through injury. Otherwise, manager Unai Emery has a full squad to choose and his main decision could come up-front, with Kevin Gameiro competing with Carlos Bacca for a place in the team.
Probable Line-ups
Fiorentina: 4-3-3 formation: Neto; Tomovic, Savic, Rodriguez, Alonso; Valero, Pizarro, Fernandez; Joaquin, Gomez, Salah
Sevilla: 4-2-3-1 formation: Rico; Tremoulinas, Kolodziejczak, Carrico, Coke; Krychowiak, Mbia; Vitolo, Banega, Vidal; Bacca
- Fiorentina have won 1, drawn 1 and lost 6 of their last 10 matches
- Sevilla have won 5, drawn 1 and lost 4 of their last 10 matches
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Fiorentina have scored an average of 1.2 goals and conceded an average of 2 goals per game.
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Sevilla have scored an average of 2 goals and conceded an average of 1.2 goals per game.
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 7 of Fiorentina’s previous 10 matches
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 7 of Sevilla’s previous 10 matches
- The first leg ended 3-0 to Sevilla at the Ramon Sanchez Pijuan
Fiorentina have it all to do following a disappointing 3-0 defeat last week. Vincenzo Montella’s team have to score 3 goals, without reply, just to take this match in to extra-time. So far this season, Fiorentina have managed a 3-0 home win in the Europa League just once and that was against French club Guingamp. Fiorentina have yet to produce a scoreline at home, in any competition, that will take them through in this tie.
As far as Sevilla are concerned, the main thing to guard against will be complacency. Simply sitting back and allowing Fiorentina to come on to them could be a mistake, especially if the home team get an early goal. However, Sevilla have great experience of making the final of this competition and are unbeaten in their last 3 away Europa League games, winning 2 of them.
With Fiorentina having to go for goals, Sevilla could pick them off on the counter-attack and have an enjoyable evening in Florence.
We say: Sevilla to win and over 2.5 goals at 15/4 with Bet365
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