Fiorentina vs Club Brugge KV Prediction & Betting Tips (2 May)

Fiorentina had all the trouble in the world to eliminate Maccabi Haifa 3-4 and 1-1 in the 1/8 final and Viktoria Plzen 0-0 and 2-0 after in the 1/4 final to find themselves in the final four of this Europa Conference League. After a long series of 4 matches without a victory in regulation time, 3 draws and 1 defeat, the current 8th in Serie A has regained color with 2 successes in its last 3 outings at the red lantern Salernitana 0-2 and against Sassuolo 5-1 this Sunday. Nicolas Gonzalez's partners 4 goals in C3, however, failed in the 1/2 final of the Italian Cup against Atalanta with a crushing failure in Bergamo 4-1 between the last two days of Serie A. Club Bruges has knocked out Molde 2-1 and 3-0 and PAOK Salonika 1-0 and 0-2 in the last two rounds in this Europa Conference League. With 6 successes KA, Osasuna, Bodo/Glimt, Lugano, Besiktas, PAOK during its last 7 European trips, the Belgian club, finalist of the Europa League in 1976, is close to playing the 3rd European final in its history.

The latter will have to master this first leg at Artemio Franchi before a hot return to the Jan Breydelstadion. The partners of Andreas Skov OIsen, author of 7 goals in 12 C3 matches this season, will be keen to achieve an 8th victory in a row, in all competitions. The Belgian team, since its success in Greece 0-2 on April 18, remains on 3 great victories on the ground of Royale Union SG 1-2 then against Genk during its double confrontation 4-0 and 0-3 with 2 goals from Igor Thiago, top scorer for his team in the Pro League 18 goals and author of 6 goals on the European scene.

Absent from the return match in the quarter-final against Plzen and again absent in the league last weekend against Sassuolo, Nzola (2 goals, 2 assists in the league this season) is back for this meeting. The Florentine group will therefore be complete with the heroic scorers against Plzen, captain Biraghi (1 goal, 3 assists in SA) and Nicolas Gonzalez (9 goals, 2 goals) author of a double in SA at the weekend last. Without forgetting to mention the Italian striker Belotti (lacking success this season, only 4 goals), the Ivorian Kouamé (not a pawn in C4), the Argentinians Beltran (6 goals, 2 goals in the championship) and Lucas Quarta (5 goals in SA, 2 goals in his last 2 matches) and finally the stainless Bonaventura (7 goals, 3 assists in SA). Despite the suspensions of the important Thiago (18 goals in the league), Mechele (5 goals in 33 appearances in championship) and De Cuyper (3 goals, 8 assists in the Jupiler League) on the return, Bruges managed to pass the step of PAOK Salonika.

Good news for the Belgians, the 3 players mentioned above are again eligible to play this evening alongside Zinckernagel (7 pawns, 5 assists in the league) or the Spanish striker Jutgla (8 goals, 5 offerings in the Jupiler League), author of his team's two goals on the return to the PAOK pitch. As a bonus, note the return to the league group last weekend of the starting goalkeeper Mignolet and the important Skov Olsen (11 goals, 4 assists) who will probably be on the scoresheet.