Our prediction for this Europa Conference League match:
All eyes will be on Estadio D. Afonso Henriques when Vitoria Guimaraes and Fiorentina lock horns in the Conference League derby on Thursday evening. Guimaraes rolled over St. Gallen 4-1 in round 4, but they will have a much bigger fish to fry against the Serie A outfit. Rui Borges should have a full squad to choose from for the Fiorentina game.
The Viola, on the other hand, rolled over LASK 7-0 in their last Conference League game, but beating Guimaraes on the road is easier said than done. As both sides should be happy with one point from Thursday’s encounter, we believe that there is a big value in betting on draw. The likes of Cristian Biraghi, Eduardo Bove, and Marin Pongracic are out of contention for the visiting side, while both Richardson and Ikone are pushing for recalls to the starting line-up.
Highlighted Team (Fiorentina):
AC Fiorentina was founded on 29th of August in 1926 after a fusion between Libertas and CS Firenze. Currently Fiorentina is playing his home games in the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence which can accommodate 47282 supporters. The stadium was build in 1931 by Pier Luigi Nervi. De first prize ever won by Fiorentina was the CoppaItalia in the season of 1939/1940. The first Scudetto (name for the Serie A title) was in 1955/1956. One of the most important players in that season was the Brazilian Juninho. In 1996 he was rewarded as the best player in club history.
One year later Fiorentina lost the semi finals in the European Cup 1 against Real Madrid. During that period of time Fiorentina won the Europan Cup 2 against Glasgow Rangers and the Coppa Italia as well. In total Fiorentina won the league title twice.
Important football players that played for Fiorentina are: Batistuta, Baggio, Effenberg, Laudrup, Mijatovic and Rui Costa.