Fiorentina vs Venezia Prediction & Betting Tips (25 August)

Thursday evening, Fiorentina played their Europa Conference League play-off first leg against the Hungarians Puskas Academy to follow. Last year, the Viola did not shine in the championship but still took 8th place, allowing it to participate in this European play-off. Obviously, she would have preferred to participate in the Europa League with a coronation in C4 but she lost a 2nd Conference League final in 2 years. During J1, Ikoné's teammates traveled to the pitch of promoted Parma for a 1-1 draw. The particularity of this part was the exclusion of the rookie Pongracic in the last ten minutes, which ultimately did not harm the Viola.

Venezia, promoted this season, is off to a very bad start following its away defeat at the weekend. last against the excellent formation of Lazio 3-1. Additionally, the Arancioneroverdi were knocked out of the Italian Cup at the Round of 32 stage by Brescia before starting the SA campaign 3-1. It will be necessary to quickly clear the clouds for the residents of the city of lovers in order to hope for survival.

Established in a three central hinge, Marin Pongracic (recruit from Lecce) was sent off for his first under the colors of Fio and will logically be suspended for this part. Conversely, Luca Ranieri (2 goals last season in SA) will return from suspension (accumulation of yellow cards). Injured, replacement goalkeeper Christensen, Nicolas Gonzalez (12 league goals last year, pending departure) and Icelandic recruit Gudmundsson (on loan from Genoa) could all be missing. During the summer, important boys like Bonaventura and Castrovilli left the club (end of contract) and midfielders Lopez (Sassuolo) and Arthur Melo (Juventus) were not retained (end of loan). Ditto for center forward Belotti (Roma). Lately, it was Nzola (Lens, ready) who took off. In terms of recruitment, the main reinforcements are brought by the Argentine defender Valentini (Boca Juniors), the midfielder Amir Richardson (Reims) and the striker Moïse Kean (Juventus) without forgetting the ex-Spanish international goalkeeper, De Gea, who signed to revive his career.

What a feeling to be back, incredible but with lots of emotions and feelings.

I want to thank my family, friends and supporters of Fiorentina for the reception and look forward to the upcoming season to see what we can achieve together.

Che bella sensazione essere tornato!… pic.twitter.com/EkHET2EVaO

— David de Gea (@D_DeGea) August 23, 2024

On the bench against Parma, Leonardo Baroncelli signed his professional contract at the club but it cannot be ruled out that he could leave on loan between now and the end of the transfer window in order to get some playing time elsewhere. During the trip to the capital last weekend, a bunch of players were missing. We start the list with Bjarkason (3 goals last year in SB), Busio (7 pawns, 5 assists in SB), midfielder Jajalo (15 appearances, rotation), American international hopeful, Tanner Tessmann (7 goals , 3 cakes in SB last year) and the main architect of the climb, Pohjanpalo (22 achievements, 5 offerings in SB). Suspended during J1, Candela (1 goal, 3 assists last year), rookie El Haddad and important defender Idzes (3 goals last season) will likely be back this evening. On the transfer market, Venezia made moves by bringing back Altare (Cagliari), Oristanio (Inter), Doumbia (AlbinoLeffe), the goalkeeper on loan from Inter, Stankovic, without forgetting to mention the striker Raimondo, not retained by Bologna . On the other hand, Cheryshev left the boat (free from any contract) while French defender Ali Dembele returned to Torino (end of loan).