Fiorentina head to Udine in pursuit of Europe
Serie A

Fiorentina head to Udine in pursuit of Europe

Udinese and Fiorentina’s seasons will come to an end at the Bluenergy Stadium

It’s the final fixture of the season for both Udinese and Fiorentina. After a positive campaign, the hosts want to finish on a high in front of their fans, while the Viola need to win and hope for favourable results elsewhere in order to qualify for Europe next season.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Udinese have won three of their last six Serie A games against Fiorentina (D1 L2), as many as in their previous 17 games against the Viola in the competition (D4 L10). Fiorentina have kept as many clean sheets in their last seven away Serie A games at Udinese (4) as they had in their previous 31 beforehand.

DID YOU KNOW?

Since mid-March, Udinese have lost seven of their nine matches in Serie A (W1 D1); in this period, no team has suffered more defeats than the Bianconeri in Serie A, and no team has won fewer points (4). Fiorentina currently have 62 points, while on the seven occasions in which they have surpassed this figure at the end of a Serie A season since 2006/07, they have always qualified for European competition. In addition to being, along with Napoli, one of the two teams with the fewest headed goals conceded (1), Udinese are third behind Cagliari (28%) and Genoa (24%) for percentage of goals scored via headers in Serie A this season (23%, 9/39).

PLAYERS

Udinese’s Lorenzo Lucca found the net in his last Serie A match against Monza; the last time he scored in two consecutive matches in the competition was in February against Roma and Venezia, both at home. In addition to having scored four goals, his personal best in a single Serie A season, Rolando Mandragora has provided three assists in the competition this term; only in 2022/23 (4) has he provided more in a season in the competition. Moise Kean has scored 18 goals and provided three assists in Serie A this season, a total of 21 goal involvements, just two less than he managed in all of his previous six Serie A seasons combined (22 goals, one assist). The last Italian to record more in a campaign with Fiorentina was Luca Toni in 2005/06 (37, 31 goals and 6 assists).

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: Kristensen, Lovrić (Udinese); Zaniolo (Fiorentina) Cautioned: Giannetti, Karlstrom (Udinese); Fagioli, Marí (Fiorentina)

REFEREE

MARCENARO (TOLFO – POLITI) IV: GIUA, VAR: ABISSO, AVAR: MAZZOLENI (Photo Getty Images)