Our prediction for this Serie A match:
Fiorentina
Match Time & Date:
05/11/2023
20:45
Prediction: 1-1
Juventus
A highly-anticipated football game between Fiorentina and Juventus will close Sunday’s program in the Serie A round 11. The Viola aim to make amends for back-to-back losses to Empoli and Lazio, but they face a tough challenge against the Scudetto hopefuls. Midfielder Rolando Mandragora is pushing for a recall to the starting XI, while defender Dodo remains in the recovery room. Gaetano Castrovilli should recover in time to face “The Old Lady”.
Juve, meanwhile, survived Verona in the last league match, with substitute Andrea Cambiaso scoring a late winner. The Bianconeri are eyeing their fourth consecutive league win, but seeing that Fiorentina are tough to beat at Stadio Artemio Franchi, we are tempted to put our money on draw. Both Paul Pogba and Nicolo Fagioli are banned for the match, while Alex Sandro faces race against the clock to be fit for the trip to Florence.
Highlighted Player (Weston McKennie):
After starting his youth career at FC Dallas, Weston McKennie moved to Germany in the summer of 2016, signing a contract with Bundesliga side Schalke 04. The American footballer made his Bundesliga debut on May 20, 2017, coming as a substitute in the 77th minute of the match.
The talented midfielder scored his first goal in the German elite division on August 6, 2018 in a 2-0 win at Fortuna Dusseldorf. Speaking of his international career, the Schalke footballer made his debut with United States of America on November 14, 2017 in a friendly against Portugal, finding the net on his debut.
Weston McKennie has two caps for the USA U20 team as well. His main position is central midfield, but he used as both defensive and attacking midfielder as well. The USA international was born in Fort Lewis, Washington on August 28, 1998. His preferred foot is right.
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.
