Fiorentina-Lugano is a friendly match and will be played on Wednesday at 18:00: news, statistics, live TV, streaming, likely formations, predictions
Seventh friendly match in seventeen days for Vincenzo Italiano’s Fiorentina: you can’t say the Viola have been sitting on their hands during this long break to allow the World Cup to take place. After the test against Monaco, which ended 1-1, the lilies will face the Swiss team of Lugano.
This was the first draw in this atypical pre-season for the Tuscan team, which had always won in the previous five friendly matches, scoring 20 goals and conceding only two. Against the Principality’s club, however, the attack did not particularly excite: Cabral again fired blanks – the Brazilian striker is still without goals since Fiorentina’s return from holiday – and Jovic, who took over, had neither time nor way to make an impact. The goal of the momentary advantage bore the signature of a defender, Ranieri, who was able to deposit the ball behind Nubel’s back, taking advantage of a rebound by the same goalkeeper on Benassi’s shot. In the second half, no sooner had the Viola lowered the pace than Boadu, from Monaco, equalised.
Italiano will recover some starters for the match against the Ticino team, starting with the convalescent Castrovilli, back from a long injury lay-off. The Apulian-born midfielder is among those called up, along with Kouamé, Ikoné and Venuti. On the other hand, Gonzalez, Sottil and Amrabat remain out: the latter is enjoying a well-deserved holiday after the World Cup he experienced as a protagonist with his Morocco team. The technician should give again confidence to Cabral: Lugano is the team to which the ex Basel has scored more goals in his career, 7 in 9 matches when he played in the Swiss championship.
Croci-Torti, Lugano’s coach
The prediction
The Lugano, currently the fourth force in the Swiss championship, comes to the “Franchi” after five victories in a row, including the one in the friendly match against Monza (Fiorentina’s next Serie A opponent). They can create some problems for the Viola in a match in which the total number of goals should be at least three.
Fibrentina-Lugano’s likely line-up
- FIORENTINA (4-2-3-1): Terracciano; Dodò, Martinez Quarta, Ranieri, Biraghi; Bianco, Mandragora; Benassi, Bonaventura, Saponara; Cabral.
- LUGANO (4-2-3-1): Osigwe; Arigoni, Mai, Hajrizi, Ziegler; Doumbia, Bislimi; Mahou, Bottani, Babic; Celar.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-1
