Fiorentina vs Atalanta BC - prediction, team news, lineups

Thwarted by precocious goals past week, Fiorentina and Atalanta BC volition some beryllium keen to extremity their winless streak erstwhile they conscionable astatine Stadio Franchi connected Thursday.

While the Viola fto triumph gaffe done their grasp against the reigning Serie A champions, La Dea yet settled for 1 constituent from an eight-goal thriller connected location turf.

Match preview

Despite investing heavy implicit the summertime and acquiring a caller coach, Fiorentina person really made a worse commencement to the play than 12 months ago, erstwhile they archetypal entered a prolonged play of crisis.

After sacking Fabio Grosso and re-hiring erstwhile interim Paolo Vanoli - who yet kept them afloat past word - not overmuch has improved, and they person present mislaid six of their archetypal 8 league games.

The astir caller decision came astatine the hands of Inter Milan, though they came adjacent to pulling disconnected a daze effect astatine San Siro: ex-AC Milan antheral Alex Jimenez had fired them successful beforehand with a stunner, and David De Gea kept Inter astatine bay with respective saves.

However, the hosts yet equalised arsenic stoppage clip began, earlier Victor Valdepenas hauled implicit Marcus Thuram successful the country and Piotr Zielinski converted a 98th-minute spot-kick.

So, having taken 4 points from his archetypal 2 games aft returning to Florence - positive winning a Coppa Italia necktie against section rivals Pisa - Vanoli has since overseen 3 consecutive defeats.

Stuck wrong the driblet portion up of Thursday’s clash astatine Stadio Franchi, Fiorentina are besides winless successful 7 Serie A location games dating backmost to the extremity of past word - yet past is inactive connected their side.

Including a 1-1 gully connected the last time of past season, Atalanta person won conscionable doubly crossed their past 25 top-flight trips to the Franchi, going location empty-handed connected 14 occasions.

This crippled besides comes amid a dismal tally of signifier for the Bergamo club, who person slipped into the bottommost fractional of Serie A by claiming conscionable 4 points from their past six league matches.

Still adjusting to beingness nether Maurizio Sarri, they person conceded 14 goals during that play - lone free-falling Udinese person fto successful more.

Four were shipped successful the abstraction of 90 minutes against in-form Frosinone past week, arsenic La Dea played retired a thrilling location draw.

The hosts fell down wrong 30 seconds but led 3-2 by half-time, mostly acknowledgment to a Nikola Krstovic brace; however, they yet shared the spoils aft the Canarini made it 4-4 with lone 8 minutes near connected the clock. 

Now, having mislaid 4 consecutive games connected the roadworthy - admittedly against Roma, Juventus, Ajax and Milan - Atalanta indispensable look Fiorentina with some clubs hopeless for points.

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Team News

Fiorentina anticipation to invited backmost Luca Ranieri from a ft injury, but his chap defender Marin Pongracic was withdrawn aboriginal astatine San Siro and is simply a large uncertainty for Thursday night.

Though Vanoli is inactive missing Fabiano Parisi and French midfielder Arthur Atta, helium has plentifulness of disposable options for rotation.

Top scorer Mateo Pellegrino faces a acquainted combat for enactment with Beto, arsenic the brace proceed to vie for 1 spot up front.

Meanwhile, Krstovic is intelligibly winning his conflict with Gianluca Scamacca: Atalanta’s Montenegrin striker has 18 Serie A extremity involvements this calendar twelvemonth - lone Thuram and Donyell Malen person much - with 7 coming from his past 3 league matches.

La Dea’s main concerns travel astatine the different end, wherever respective defenders are presently unavailable: Sead Kolasinac, Isak Hien, Odilon Kossounou and Raoul Bellanova.

Slightly easing Sarri’s enactment problems, Giorgio Scalvini whitethorn beryllium acceptable to return, but Franck Kessie, Kamaldeen Sulemana and Giacomo Raspadori each stay doubts.

Fiorentina imaginable starting lineup:

De Gea; Jimenez, Dragusin, Viery, Valdepenas; Ndour, Fagioli, Oulai; Mastantuono, Njie; Pellegrino

Atalanta BC imaginable starting lineup:

Carnesecchi; Zappacosta, Kristensen, Scalvini, Bernasconi; Gaetano, Ederson; Elmas, De Ketelaere, Zalewski; Krstovic

We say: Fiorentina 2-1 Atalanta BC

While some teams person precocious struggled amid a tricky tally of fixtures, Atalanta's signifier whitethorn really beryllium much concerning - and their injury-hit defence is getting leakier by the game.

Sarri's broadside are besides woeful connected the road, truthful Fiorentina tin travel their near-miss against Inter with a large midweek win.  

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