Our prediction for this Serie A match:
AS Roma
Match Time & Date:
22/08/2021
20:45
Prediction: 2-0
Fiorentina
Roma will look to make a flying start to the new Serie A campaign when they take on Fiorentina at their Stadio Olimpico on Sunday evening. The Giallorossi did well to crush Raja Casablanca 5-0 in their last warm-up game, and they are likely to adopt yet another attacking style of play. This game comes too early for big-money signing Tammy Abraham, but fellow new recruit Eldor Shomurodov should lead the line for the hosts.
Edin Dzeko is no longer part of the team, while Spinazzola remains in the recovery room after suffering an injury at the EURO 2020 finals. The Viola, on the other hand, should be without key attacker Dusan Vlahovic in Sunday’s clash as the Serbian rising star is on the verge of leaving the club. Since Fiorentina are not regarded as good travelers, we believe that there is a big value in betting on Jose Mourinho’s troops. Nordin Amrabat is injured for the visiting team.
Highlighted Player (Nikola Kalinic):
Nikola Kalinic is a product of Hajduk Split’s youth school. The 187-cm-tall striker scored 32 goals in 59 appearances for Hajduk at senior level and he played for the likes of Pula and Sibenik in Croatia as well. In 2009 he moved to Blackburn Rovers for fee of £6 million.
Nikola Kalinic made his Blackburn Rovers debut against Sunderland on 22 August, 2009 and he scored his first goal for the Riversiders against Peterborough United in the League Cup. After making 44 league appearances for Blackburn Rovers, the Croatian attacker joined Dnipro in 2011 and he played for the Ukrainian outfit until 2015.
Kalinic signed a four-year deal with Fiorentina on 15 August, 2015 and he impressed in the 2015/2016 Serie A campaign, scoring 12 goals in 36 games. The Fiorentina striker made two appearances for Croatia at the 2016 European Championship in France and it has to be noted that he found the net in a 2-1 win over Spain in the group stages of the competition.
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.
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