Fiorentina vs Genoa Prediction and Preview – 12/09/15
Serie A preview – Fiorentina vs Genoa prediction
Fiorentina heading into the game on the back of a disappointing 3:1 defeat away to Torino whilst Genoa win for the first time this season against Hellas Verona – 2:0.
The hosts generally have a very good record against Genoa, the last three times the sides have faced each other, it has been a stalemate. Genoa will be hoping to beat La Viola for the first tima since October 2009. Out of the last five encounters between these two sides, four of those games have seen red cards for Genoa
Possible Line-ups
Fiorentina: 4-5-1 formation: Tatarusanu; Alonso, Rodriguez, Astori, Tomovic; Suarez, Borja Valero, Bernardeschi, Ilicic, Gilberto; Kalinic
Genoa: 3-4-3 formation: Lammana; Izzo, Burdisso, Figuerias; Cissoko, Rincon, Costa, Laxalt; Nitcham, Pandev, Gakpe.
- Fiorentina have won 6, drawn 2 and lost 2 of their last 10 matches
- Genoa have won 5 and lost 5 of their last 10 matches
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Fiorentina have scored an average of 1.5 goals and conceded an average of 0.9 goals per game
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Genoa have scored an average of 1.5 goals and conceded an average of 1.5 goals per game
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 5 of Fiorentina’s previous 10 matches
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 6 of Genoa’s previous 10 matches
Facundo Roncaglia may be rested as he was one of the last players to get back from his international duty while Davide Astori and Nenad Tomovic should therefore be safe to start in the three-man defence for Fiorentina.
The coach Paulo Sousa will have to decide on whether to start injury prone striker Giuseppe Rossi instead of Nikola Kalinic. The new signing Jakub Blaszczykowski has a chance to make its debut for Fiorentina.
Diego Perotti and Ezequiel Munoz are doubt as they had fitness problems following the international break.
We say: Fiorentina to win by 1 goal at 5/2 with Bet365
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