Fiorentina will be looking to bounce back to winning ways when they welcome Verona to Stadio Artemio Franchi for their Serie A matchday 28 on Sunday evening with kickoff at 17:00.
Fiorentina head into the match off the back of two consecutive defeats across all competitions, first falling to 2-1 loss to Sassuolo at away in Serie A before surrendering to a 1-0 defeat at home to Juventus in the first leg of their Coppa Italia semifinal last Wednesday night
The defeat to Sassuolo ended their two match winning streak in Serie A and have now won two and lost two of their last four league matches. A result the Violas were dropped into the eight and now sit two points outside the European places, and thus they will want to return to winning ways as they look to break into or stay close to the top-six.
Meanwhile Verona head into the match off the back of a 3-1 victory against Venezia at home last weekend. The win extend their unbeaten run in Serie A to three matches with a 2-2 draw to Roma sandwiched between a 4-0 victory over Udinese and their last weekend’s win against Venezia.
Igor Tudor’s side have now lost just one of their last six top-flight matches claiming four wins in the run. The upturn of results have seen them reduce the gap between them an Fiorentina and they now sit just two points behind their hosts and four outside the European places. They look determined to challenge for a European finish and a win on Sunday will be a massive boost.
Fiorentina vs Verona head to head
Both sides have met in 26 encounters since 1996 with Fiorentina claiming 14 victories while Verona have claimed sic victories and there have been six draws.
- Verona 1-1 Fiorentina 22/12/21
- Verona 1-2 Fiorentina 20/04/21
- Fiorentina 1-1 Verona 19/12/20
- Fiorentina 1-1 Verona 12/07/20
- Verona 1-0 Fiorentina 24/11/19
Home
- Fiorentina 0-1 Juventus
- Sassuolo 2-1 Fiorentina
- Fiorentina 1-0 Atalanta
- Spezia 1-2 Fiorentina
- Atalanta 2-3 Fiorentina
Away
- Verona 3-1 Venezia
- Roma 2-2 Verona
- Verona 4-0 Udinese
- Juventus 2-0 Verona
- Verona 2-1 Bologna
Fiorentina team news
Fiorentina will be without Giacomo Bonaventura due to injury.
Verona team news
Verona will be without Pawel Dawidowicz, Ivor Pandur, Panagiots Retsos, Antonin Barak and Mateusz Praszelik due to injuries while Matteo Cancellieri is a doubt.
Prediction and odds
- Draw
- Both sides to score
- Correct score 1-1
