Fiorentina-Verona is a Serie A Week 7 match played on Sunday at 15:00
The Turkish side Basaksehir certified Fiorentina’s crisis, in freefall and unable to win a match for more than a month now. The Viola’s only successes of the season remain those against Cremonese and Twente. The first won on the first day of the championship, the second in the first leg of the Conference League qualification play-off. Since then, accomplices of absences and a proverbial difficulty to concretise the amount of game built, the lily-livered players have lost their way. The three points have been missing for eight matches: a very long and absolutely unexpected streak after what the team led by Vincenzo Italiano had shown last season.
The night in Istanbul, the one that should have allowed Fiorentina to redeem the disappointing draw with Riga and the defeat in Bologna, has turned into a real nightmare: three individual mistakes – clamorous the one of the goalkeeper Gollini – have condemned the Viola, who left the field with a humiliating 3-0 on their back, son of another colourless performance that has confirmed the offensive inconsistency of the lily-men. Italiano is also paying for the continuous injuries that certainly do not help in such a difficult moment.
In these circumstances it could be complicated even facing a team within reach but slightly growing like Gabriele Cioffi’s Verona, which in the last three matches seems to have changed pace and found its own dimension after a market that deprived the new coach of the most valuable players. The Scaligeri came out of the Olimpico on Sunday with their heads held high (2-0) and had previously picked up four points against Empoli and Sampdoria.
Fiorentina v Verona: latest line-up news
Lazovic
There are still plenty of absences at Fiorentina. Gonzalez cannot make it, who will most likely return after the break, but Milenkovic, Dodo and the disqualified Igor will also be missing. Italiano deployed Amrabat in the middle of the defence in the cup, this time he could adapt Mandragora in that role, pairing him with Ranieri. Terracciano will be back in goal after the disasters caused by Gollini, while the offensive trident will consist of Saponara, Kouamé and Jovic, the latter preferred to Cabral.
On the other side, former duty player Ceccherini will grit his teeth, completing the defensive trio with Hien and Coppola. Nothing to do instead for Faraoni, still struggling with an ankle problem. The attack will be led, as usual, by Henry and Lasagna.
The prediction
The draw is a result that has come up very often in recent challenges between the two teams. And it cannot be ruled out that they will split the stakes again this time, as has been the case in four of the last five previous matches. This is suggested by Fiorentina’s particular moment, obliged to score after the disaster in Istanbul. At the ‘Franchi’ there is the possibility of witnessing a balanced match, in which Verona should at least find the way of the goal on one occasion, taking advantage of the Viola’s heavy defensive absences.
The probable formations of Fiorentina-Verona
- FIORENTINA (4-3-3): Terracciano; Venuti, Mandragora, Ranieri, Biraghi; Bonaventura, Amrabat, Barak; Kouamé, Jovic, Saponara.
- VERONA (3-5-2): Montipò; Ceccherini, Hien, Coppola; Depaoli, Lazovic, Ilic, Veloso, Doig; Lasagna, Henry.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-1
