Our prediction for this Europa Conference League match:
Fiorentina
Match Time & Date:
31/08/2023
20:00
Prediction: 3-1
Rapid Vienna
After dropping two points in a 2-2 draw with Lecce in the Serie A round 2, Fiorentina will look to return to winning ways when they face Rapid Vienna in the Conference League playoffs, return leg. The Viola need a big win in Thursday’s clash if they are to overcome a one-goal deficit and we are positive that they will go all guns blazing at the Austrians. The likes of Gaetano Castrovilli and Abdelhamid Sabiri should miss out with injuries for the home team.
The visitors, on the other hand, have been in a fine form of late, with the team winning three of their last four games in all competitions, but seeing that Fiorentina have turned their Stadio Artemio Franchi into a real fortress, we predict that Zoran Barisic’s men are going to return home empty-handed from the trip to Florence. The likes of Cvetkovic, Grgic, and Pejic are injured for the away team.
Highlighted Player (Christian Kouame):
Christian Kouame is an Ivory Coast international who has been playing for Serie A side Genoa since 2018. Kouame started his youth career at Prato and after ending his loan spells with the likes of Sassuolo and Inter, he returned to Stadio Lungobisenzio.
The 185-cm-tall forward made his professional debut with Prato on September 6, 2015 in a 2-1 loss to Pisa. Christian Kouame started the match, but he was replaced by Alberto Aladje after 66 minutes. The Genoa attacker, though, has yet to earn a call-up for the Ivory Coast national team. He has two caps for the Ivory Coast U23 team, but he is still eyeing his senior team debut.
His main position is centre-forward, but he is used as both left and right winger as well. The Genoa footballer was born in Abijan on December 6, 1997 and he has a contract with the Rossoblu until June 30, 2023.
Highlighted Team (Rapid Vienna):
Rapid Wien are considered the most successful club in the history of Austrian football. In 2008 the capital club won their 32th domestic title and in 1995 they clinched their 15th Austrian Cup trophy. Die Grun-Weissen were founded back in 1898 as Erster Wiener Arbeiter-Fussball-Club and one year later the club was renamed to Sportklub Rapid Wien.
In 1904 the club’s colours were changed to green and white and they have been wearing green and white shirts ever since. In 1985 Rapid made it to the Cup Winners Cup final and it has to be noted that they participated in the final competition in 1996 as well. Famous German footballer Lothar Matthaus was in charge of the team between September 2001 and May 2002, but he failed to record a good result with the Weststadion outfit.
Weststadion has been the home ground of Rapid Wien since 16 July, 2016 and you should bear in mind that the capacity of the stadium is 28 000. Rapid’s fiercest rivals are Austria Wien.
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