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It will be the third meeting between the two teams in less than 2 weeks. Fiorentina so far was impressive vs. Juventus this season. They won 4-2 in 2013, lost undeservingly 1-0 two weekends ago and then got a 1-1 draw in the first leg of the Europa League. So Fiorentina enters this game knowing a 0-0 draw would send them trough.
Fiorentina in good form at the moment, won 3-1 vs. Chievo in the weekend after the two games against Juve. Fiorentina got Mario Gomez and almost all other injured players aside from G. Rossi back so they are getting back to their best level of play. The hosts had an easy time getting past Esbjerg in the previous Europa League round. Team news for Fiorentina say Rossi and Fernandez are out and Vargas, Rodriguez, Joaquin are questionable.
Fiorentina lineup: Neto – Roncaglia, Savic, Rodgriguez, Pasqual – Aquilani, Valero, Pizzaro – Cuadrado, Gomez, Ilicic
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Juventus are virtually champions in Serie A with 14 point advantage over Roma, out of the Cup so Europa League is their main focus at the moment – especially since the final will be played in Torino. The 1-1 draw in the first leg was the only game Juve failed to win in the last 8. They maybe deserved to win it, but on the other hand were lucky a couple of days before when they beat Fiorentina 1-0. Juve easily defeated Trabzonspor in the last Europa League round. Team news for Juventus say that Vucinic, Marchisio and Barzagli our out. Pepe, Peluso, Tevez and Giovinco are questionable.
Juventus lineup: Buffon – Ogbonna, Bonucci, Chiellini – Isla, Pogba, Pirlo, Vidal, Asamoah – Osvaldo, Llorente
I can see this being a very hard fought and balanced game between two fine teams and with a lot at stake. Juventus is clearly the best italian team right now but Fiorentina proved time and time again this season that they can play them, including in the last two weeks. I think Firenze will play very carefully and hope for a 0-0. I also think in case a 1-1 scoreline is reached, no side will take anymore risks and both teams will be happy to go to extra time. If Tevez misses than Juve will have even more problems delivering in offense and imposing their superior quality. Considering these facts I will go with the draw which I think is the most likely outcome; and like always, the draw also has great odds. So my tip is a tie game. Correct score prediction: Fiorentina – Juventus 1-1 (1-2 AET).
Pick: X
Odds: 3.57 @ Pinnacle
Stake: 4
Possible profit: 10.28
Event date: 20 March
