Fiorentina-Lecce is a match of the second day of Serie A and is played on Sunday at 18:30: lineups, predictions, TV and streaming.
Florentin fans have been used to a roller coaster since last year, and after the resounding victory in the league opener against Genoa, which they scrambled 4-1 at the Marassi, last Thursday they once again got their feet back on the ground.
The first leg match valid for the Conference League playoffs with Rapid Vienna seemed not to conceal too many pitfalls and instead the Viola, accomplice to an underwhelming performance, got surprised (1-0) by the not irresistible Austrians. Reason why in the coming week they will be called upon to make a comeback – they will have to win by at least two goals in Florence – to avoid finding themselves immediately out of the Conference League, in which they had been repechaged following the exclusion of Juventus by Uefa. Vincenzo Italiano in the cup fielded almost all the protagonists of the night at the “Ferraris” but faced a team already in top condition and suffered from its physicality, failing to dominate the game and doing so when it was too late. Before Rapid Biraghi and his teammates will face Lecce in the league opener in front of their home crowd. Roberto D’Aversa’s team, like the violets, is one of those with full points: thanks to the incredible success achieved against Maurizio Sarri’s Lazio, overturned in the last minutes of the “craziest” challenge of the first round. Di Francesco and new signing Almqvist grabbed the cover on an evening they will hardly forget in Salento.
Fiorentina-Lecce: the latest news on formations
Violet lineup that could undergo numerous changes ahead of the European commitment: in attack, the Argentine Beltran, arrived from River Plate, is ready to start for the first time from 1′, and on the three-quarter his compatriot Infantino will also find space. On the left flank chance for former Empoli man Parisi in place of Biraghi, while in midfield Mandragora, who caused the decisive penalty in Vienna, should remain out. Always out is Amrabat, by now with bags in hand, in addition to the injured Barak and Sabiri.
Almqvist
D’Aversa is about to say goodbye to Di Francesco: despite scoring a goal against Lazio, the son of art is one step away from Palermo. In the offensive trident, alongside Strefezza and Almqvist, Banda should play. Former Venuti is better and is likely to start from the bench.
The Prediction
The “Franchi” in recent years has often been a winning ground for the Giallorossi, who have won three times in the last five visits to the Tuscan capital. Against a Fiorentina “distracted” by next Thursday’s challenge with Rapid Vienna – which at this point already becomes crucial – it would not be a surprise if the guests managed to avoid defeat in a match in which the goals, this time, could be less than three, as has always happened in the last four challenges (since 2011) played on the banks of the Arno.
The probable lineups of Fiorentina-Lecce
- FIORENTINA (4-2-3-1): Terracciano; Dodò, Milenkovic, Martinez Quarta, Parisi; Arthur, Duncan; N. Gonzalez, Infantino, Kouamé; Beltran.
- LECCE (4-3-3): Falcone; Falcone; Gendrey, Baschirotto, Pongracic, Gallo; J. Gonzalez, Ramadani, Rafia; Strefezza, Almqvist, Banda.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-1
