Our prediction for this Serie A match:
Fiorentina
Match Time & Date:
29/12/2023
11:30 AM
Prediction: 1-0
Torino
Fiorentina will look to build on back-to-back wins over Verona and Monza when they take on Torino in the Serie A round 18. The Viola have been in a fine form of late, with the team improving defensively and they are likely to rely on their rock-solid defence in Friday’s clash. All Bonaventura, Gonzalez, Martinelli, Dodo, and Gaetano Castrovilli should miss out with injuries.
Il Toro, meanwhile, are undefeated in the previous four league matches. Ivan Juric’s troops, though, are not regarded as good travellers and we do not believe that they are capable of spoiling Fiorentina’s party at Stadio Artemio Franchi. Both Ange N’Guessan and Perr Schuurs are out of contention with injuries, while Raoul Bellanova returns to the starting XI after serving a one-game ban in a 1-1 draw with Udinese. In their last meeting in Florence Torino defeated Fiorentina 1-0, meaning that the hosts are hungry for revenge.
Highlighted Player (Duvan Zapata):
Duvan Zapata was born in Cali, Colombia on 1 April, 1991. The 186-cm-tall attacker started his youth career at America de Cali, playing for the club between 2004 and 2008. In 2008 he made his debut for the first team and three years later he scored his first hat-trick for the Colombian outfit, in a 3-2 win over Deportivo Pereira.
In 2011 he signed a loan deal with Estudiantes and he found the net for the Argentine team on his debut against Belgrano. After scoring 11 goals in 37 appearances for Estudiantes, the Colombian striker joined Napoli in 2013, but he failed to establish himself as a first-choice attacker.
On 22 July, 2015 Zapata joined fellow Serie A team Udinese on loan and it has to be noted that he scored eight goals in 24 league appearances for the Zebrette. Duvan Zapata has 5 caps for Colombia U20 team, but he has yet to make his debut for the senior side.
Highlighted Team (Fiorentina):
AC Fiorentina was founded on 29th of August in 1926 after a fusion between Libertas and CS Firenze. Currently Fiorentina is playing his home games in the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence which can accommodate 47282 supporters. The stadium was build in 1931 by Pier Luigi Nervi. De first prize ever won by Fiorentina was the CoppaItalia in the season of 1939/1940. The first Scudetto (name for the Serie A title) was in 1955/1956. One of the most important players in that season was the Brazilian Juninho. In 1996 he was rewarded as the best player in club history.
One year later Fiorentina lost the semi finals in the European Cup 1 against Real Madrid. During that period of time Fiorentina won the Europan Cup 2 against Glasgow Rangers and the Coppa Italia as well. In total Fiorentina won the league title twice.
Important football players that played for Fiorentina are: Batistuta, Baggio, Effenberg, Laudrup, Mijatovic and Rui Costa.
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