Fiorentina-Udinese is a match valid for the 18th day of Serie A and is played Monday at 6:30pm: stats, news, likely lineups, prediction, live TV, streaming.
Fiorentina’s winning streak – eight victories in a row – came to a halt a week ago against the Bologna of former Vincenzo Italiano, who was also publicly “reprimanded” at the end of the match by the Viola’s sporting director Pradé because of an over-exaggerated exultation. The fact of the matter is that the Gigliati, also due to a decidedly underwhelming second half, returned empty-handed from the away match in Emilia (1-0), collecting their first league defeat since last September.
The standings remain beautiful in any case, with Fiorentina continuing to be stationed at the top, practically in the Champions League zone, the “forbidden dream” of Rocco Commisso’s club. During the week, the Viola were also protagonists in the Conference League: a goal by Mandragora in the final avoided a defeat to Vitoria Guimaraes (1-1), allowing Raffaele Palladino’s team to fly directly to the round of 16 and finish third in the single group stage behind Chelsea – a bogeyman in the knockout phase – and the Portuguese. Before the challenge – never trivial – with Juventus, the last in 2024, Fiorentina hosts Udinese at the “Franchi,” which has been in a waning phase since November. The Friulians seem to have lost the certainties of the beginning of the championship and in the last two months they have been able to get the better of only Monza, reaping six knockouts between Serie A and Coppa Italia. The latest came last Thursday in the domestic cup against Inter, who came out on top 2-0 at the San Siro despite a large turnover. Udinese, in any case, has no ranking concerns, having reached 20 points and being far from the red zone.
Fiorentina-Udinese: the latest lineup news
In Fiorentina, a tired Beltran is expected to make way for Sottil, who along with Colpani will fill the role of high outside in Palladino’s 4-2-3-1. On the three-quarter will play Gudmundsson, still not at his best after the injury that kept him out for a month, in front instead the Viola coach relies on the usual Kean. On the right in defense it’s Kayode’s turn, given Dodò’s disqualification. The Cataldi-Adli pair is back in midfield.
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The Prediction
Florentin has appeared a bit short of breath in recent outings: the desire to return to winning ways is great and the three points against Udinese should come anyway, but the one with the Friulians – another team that wants to redeem itself despite the many absences – is a match that hides quite a few pitfalls: we imagine a match of at least 3 goals in total and with both scoring.
The probable formations of Fiorentina-Udinese
FIORENTINA (4-2-3-1): De Gea; Kayode, Comuzzo, Ranieri, Gosens; Cataldi, Adli; Colpani, Gudmundsson, Sottil; Kean.
UDINESE (3-5-2): Sava; Kristensen, Bijol, Touré; Ehizibue, Atta, Karlstrom, Ekkelenkamp, Zemura; Thauvin, Lucca.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-1