Vitoria Guimaraes-Fiorentina is a match of the sixth day of the Conference League and is played on Thursday at 9 p.m.: live TV, probable formations, prediction.
A win to be sure of facing Chelsea, the undisputed favorite of this Conference League, only in an eventual final. Fiorentina only needs a point to qualify among the top eight of the maxiclassification and thus obtain a pass to the knockout stage without going through the play-offs, but it would be important to go for the three points in Portugal and then secure a “friendly” board until the very final.
The reason? Just take a look at the rules of the new Conference League, another event that has changed its format from this year, along the lines of the other two Uefa competitions. From the round of 16 onward, in fact, a sort of tennis-style scoreboard will be created, with the various top seeds: since Chelsea will almost certainly finish first – the Londoners are likely to have an easy time in the last round of the single group stage against Shamrock Rovers – closing as runners-up would result in the Viola ending up on the opposite side from the Blues. This will happen, however, only in case of success against Vitoria Guimaraes, which currently occupies the second step of the podium and has one point more than Palladino’s men, who are third.
The Lusitanians have so far done better than Fiorentina, which stumbled surprisingly in Nicosia on the third day against APOEL. That was the only defeat for the violets: otherwise only victories, some suffered others less so, for example last Thursday’s against the disastrous LASK Linz, annihilated 7-0 in Florence.
Vitoria, on the other hand, is undefeated. Four wins and one draw for the team coached by Rui Borges, which is also not doing badly in Liga Portugal, where it is momentarily in sixth place. In short, a respectable opponent for a Viola that comes from a narrow defeat to former Italian’s Bologna (1-0), its first league knockout after eight consecutive victories.
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The Prediction
Vitoria Guimaraes is certainly the toughest opponent among those Fiorentina has met so far in the conference. And this is not only proved by the ranking, but especially by the fact that they have conceded only 5 goals, an indication of great solidity. Moreover, in the season, the Lusitanians have lost only once at home, last September to Porto. Thus, a hard-fought and balanced match looms in which the Viola should at least avoid defeat: expect more than two goals overall and at least one on each side.
The probable lineups of Vitoria Guimaraes-Fiorentina
VITORIA GUIMARAES (4-3-3): Varela; Gaspar, Fernandes, Rivas, Mendes; Samu, Handel, Tiago Silva; Kaio Cesar, Oliveira, Santos.
FIORENTINA (4-2-3-1): Terracciano; Dodò, Martínez Quarta, Ranieri, Parisi; Richardson, Mandragora; Ikoné, Beltran, Kouamé; Kean.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-2
