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Fiorentina takes on Udinese at Artemio Franchi in this intermediate Serie A round, hoping to back up their recent solid play.
The hosts (11th place) have struggled in the beginning of the season and indeed they are still yet to find any offensive groove with the absences of Gomez and Rossi (6-6 goal difference in 8 rounds), but the latest results have been encouraging for the La Viola side. Fiorentina won 3 of the last 5 games in all competitions, including a 3-0 win over Inter and a 1-1 draw at San Siro against Ac Milan last round.
Udinese is not looking bad at all under Andrea Stramaccioni, the visitors are on the 3rd place right now and are playing pretty solid football, especially on the defensive end. Udinese won the last game 2-0 against Atalanta but, on the other side, the visitors remain a weak side on the road – Udine lost 2 out of 3 away games and their excellent placement is largely due to the fact that they played 5 matches at home.
Bet on Fiorentina – Udinese with the best Serie A odds offered by Pinnacle Sports.
Team news & lineups
Fiorentina will have to do without Rossi, Gomez, Rodriguez and Pizzaro, while Udinese will only miss Brkic. However, the visitors will probably have to hand Antonio Di Natale a rest, and he might start from the bench.
Fiorentina: Neto – Richards, Tomovic, Savic, Pasqual – Aquilani, Ilicic, Fernandez, Valero – Cuadrado – Babacar
Udinese: Karnezis – Widmer, Heurtaux, Danilo, Pasquale – Guilherme, Allan, Pinzi, Kone – Muriel – Thereau
I`m shocked by the odds on the under, I was not expecting anything over 1.70 on a low scoring clash. Both these sides are playing defensive football – Fiorentina is trying to score but just can`t without Rossi and Gomez, while Udinese has always been focused on defense, even more now with Stramaccioni in charge. If Di Natale does not start it will be a huge advantage for the under, as Udinese is building their whole offensive gameplan around him (many ex-Udinese players stated that). Expect a tight chasl with nobody being able to truly take control and put pressure. Udinese might get a result here but I`m not quite convinced, so my tip is under 2,5 goals. Prediction: Fiorentina – Udinese 1-0.
Pick: under 2,5 goals
Odds: 1.88 @ Pinnacle
Stake: 8
Possible profit: 7.04
Event date: 29 October
Fiorentina did not have Rossi or Gomez for quite a long time now.
They have gotten used to playing without them.
For this match they will have Gomez back, but after such a long time on the sidelines, he will surely start off the bench.
since their absence Cuadrado has learned to play as a striker…
i dont think this will be under…but we will see…a lot depends on who will score first…
if udinese scores first, the game will explode…
Fiorentina aslo miss their central defender, Gonzalo(their most experienced player, the other 2 are Tomovic and Nastasic, good, but young)…
Good Luck!
well, with 6 goals in 8 matches I`m not sure they got used to playing without them. from what I read Gomez won`t play, even if he does he`ll be limited so I don`t expect a big contribution. We`ll see, cheers.