Fiorentina vs Bologna Prediction: A Fatal Blow from a Spoiler
The Serie A match between Fiorentina and Bologna will take place at 1:45 AM on May 19th. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes the teams' form, provides football commentary, and predicts the score.
Latest Fiorentina vs Bologna team news
Fiorentina may be without all three of their key strikers. Moise Kean and Albert Gudmundsson are injured, while Lucas Beltran is suspended.
Kean has scored 17 goals in Serie A this season – second in the league – so his absence will be a major blow. Nicolo Zaniolo and Cher Ndour will have to carry the attack. Zaniolo has just finished serving a suspension, Michael Folorunsho is out with accumulated yellow cards, and Danilo Cataldi has a hamstring injury.
On Bologna's side, they have almost their strongest squad available after Martin Erlic, Emil Holm, and Dan Ndoye all returned to the team that played in the Coppa Italia final. Ndoye – who scored the winning goal – is likely to continue starting in the attacking trio.
Coach Italiano rested many key players in the previous round to focus on the final, but now he will bring back his strongest lineup with the goal of finishing in the top four.
Latest predicted lineups for Fiorentina vs Bologna
Fiorentina:
De Gea; Pongracic, Pablo Mari, Ranieri; Dodo, Mandragora, Adli, Fagioli, Gosens; Zaniolo, Ndour
Bologna:
Skorupski; De Silvestri, Beukema, Lucumi, Juan Miranda; Ferguson, Freuler, Fabbian; Orsolini, Dallinga, Ndoye
Latest football match prediction: Fiorentina vs Bologna
A historic night unfolded for Bologna on Wednesday as Vincenzo Italiano's team defeated AC Milan 1-0 to win the Coppa Italia, ending a 51-year trophy drought for the Emilia-Romagna club.
Dan Ndoye's solitary goal helped Bologna get revenge on Milan – who had beaten them in Serie A last weekend – and turn this season into an unprecedented success, regardless of the results in the final two league rounds.
This victory came at a very opportune time for Bologna, as they had only managed to secure 2 points in their last 3 Serie A matches (draws against Udinese and Juventus).
The Rossoblu haven't gone four games without a win since the first month of the season, and this is the perfect time to end that streak as the race for the top four is incredibly intense.
Bologna are currently only two points behind Juventus, who are in fourth place, and with their Europa League qualification already secured thanks to winning the Coppa Italia, Italiano's team can now focus all their efforts on finishing in the top four.
Bologna have also won 4 of their last 5 Serie A matches against Fiorentina, including the last two consecutive wins. A win in this match would mark their first consecutive victory against La Viola since the mid-1960s.
Meanwhile, Fiorentina is the team with the most wins against Bologna in Serie A history (57 times), and they are unbeaten in 12 of their last 13 home matches against them at Artemio Franchi – including 9 wins.
However, coach Raffaele Palladino's team is in crisis at a crucial stage, having lost four consecutive matches in all competitions, virtually ending their ambitions of competing for the title.
After being knocked out of the Conference League semi-finals by Real Betis, they went on to lose to AS Roma and most recently suffered a surprising defeat against Venezia on Monday, causing them to drop to 9th place in the standings.
Their hopes of qualifying for European competition are now very slim, unless they can win both of their remaining matches and hope that the teams above them slip up. A win against Bologna would put them level on points with their rivals and give them a slight advantage in head-to-head record, while the gap with Milan would only be one point. However, the possibility that only the top six teams qualify for European competition through league qualification means that the door is almost closed for Fiorentina.
Latest Fiorentina vs Bologna score prediction
Based on the above football analysis, we and leading football websites worldwide have provided our predictions for the match.Fiorentina vs Bolognaas follows:
- Sportsmole:Fiorentina 0-1 Bologna
- WhoScore:Fiorentina 0-2 Bologna
- Our newspaper predicts:Fiorentina 0-1 Bologna
When and where can I watch Fiorentina vs Bologna live?
To watch the Fiorentina vs Bologna match live in Serie A, taking place at 1:45 AM on May 19th, viewers can tune in to the following channels:K+ Sport,K+PMor online sports channels. We hope you enjoy watching football.
