Our football match prediction:
Fiorentina
Match Time & Date:
22/09/2018
19:30 GMT
Prediction: 1-0
SPAL
Both Fiorentina and SPAL have only played three matches so far. SPAL takes on Atalanta in the last game of round four. Fiorentina is going to Sampdoria midweek to play in a game that was postponed in August. Both will hope for good results going into this matchup on Saturday, at the Artemio Franchi Stadium. They have met 34 times in their history, with Fiorentina taking 14 wins as opposed to seven wins from SPAL. Fiorentina just missed out on Europe last year, while SPAL struggled to stay up and finished in 17th place. This year, their form is identical. They are sitting next to each other in the table, 5th and 6th, with Fiorentina on top because of a much better goal difference. In fact, SPAL have really struggled to get goals this season. Both of their wins have ended with a 1:0 score. The Viola have scored seven goals so far compared to SPAL’s two goals. Should be close home win.
Fiorentina - SPAL STATISTICS
Fiorentina
67%
Curent Form
Position
vs
Position
67%
Curent Form
SPAL
Last 6 Matches
League Statistics
Average Goals Per Match
Last 6 Matches
League Statistics
Average Goals Per Match
Fiorentina - SPAL LAST MEETINGS
15/04/18
Fiorentina
SPAL
19/11/17
SPAL
Fiorentina
Total Score
Fiorentina
SPAL
Fiorentina - SPAL STATISTICS
FIO
67%
Curent Form
Position
vs
Position
67%
Curent Form
SPA
Last 6 Matches
League Statistics
Avg Goals/Match
Last 6 Matches
League Statistics
Avg Goals/Match
Fiorentina - SPAL LAST MEETINGS
15/04/18
FIO
SPA
19/11/17
SPA
FIO
Total Score
FIO
SPA
Highlighted Player (Alban Lafont):
Alban Lafont is a French goalkeeper who plays for Ligue 1 side Toulouse. Born in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Lafont joined AS Lattoise youth school at the age of nine and he stayed at the academy until 2014 when he moved to Toulouse. The 193-cm-tall goalkeeper has established himself as a first-choice goalkeeper at Toulouse and it has to be noted that he made 36 appearances for the club in the 2016/2017 season, keeping 10 clean sheets in the process. Due to his dual citizenship, Alban Lafont is eligible to represent both Burkina Faso and France on international stage, but he has yet to play for the African team. Alban Lafont represented les Tricolores at youth level and, no doubt, there is a bright future ahead of the talented shoot-stopper who was born on January 23, 1999. The rising star has a contract with Toulouse which expires on June 30, 2020.
Highlighted Team (SPAL):
SPAL impressed in the 206/2017 Serie B campaign, with the team finishing the season in top position in the standings, four points clear of second-placed Hellas Verona. The Biancazzurri returned to the Italian elite division following a 49-year absence and it has to be noted that they finished the 2016/2017 Serie A campaign in 14th place in the table. As a result, they were relegated to the Italian second tier at the end of the season. The club was founded in 1907 as Circolo Ars et Labor and six years later was renamed as Societa Polisportiva Ars et Labor. After a bankruptcy the club was re-founded in 2005 and they have been competing as SPAl 1907 ever since. SPAL welcome their rivals at Stadio Paolo Mazza, the venue which was opened in 1928. You should know that the capacity of the stadium is 12.438 Rovigo are regarded as Spal’s fiercest rivals and the two teams face each other in the Derby of Polesine.
