Fiorentina vs Club Brugge Prediction & Picks - Conference League

Prediction published on 5/2/24, 4:39 AM  by Tyler Doty | Modified on 5/2/24 at 6:45 AM in Soccer Picks

Fiorentina had a tough time eliminating Maccabi Haifa (3-4 and 1-1) in the round of 16 and Viktoria Plzen (0-0 and 2-0 after extra time) in the quarter-finals to reach the semi-finals of the Europa Conference League. After a long series of 4 matches without a win in regular time (3 draws and 1 loss), the current 8th in Serie A has regained momentum with 2 wins in their last 3 outings, away against bottom-placed Salernitana (0-2) and against Sassuolo (5-1) last Sunday. However, Nicolas Gonzalez's teammates (with 4 goals in the C3) failed in the semi-finals of the Italian Cup against Atalanta with a crushing defeat in Bergamo (4-1) between the last two Serie A matchdays. Club Brugge eliminated Molde (2-1 and 3-0) and PAOK Salonika (1-0 and 0-2) in the last two rounds of the Europa Conference League. With 6 wins (KA, Osasuna, Bodo/Glimt, Lugano, Besiktas, PAOK) in their last 7 European away games, the Belgian club, finalist of the Europa League in 1976, is close to playing the 3rd European final in its history. They will need to master this first leg match at the Artemio Franchi before a hotly contested return leg at the Jan Breydelstadion. Andreas Skov OIsen's teammates, who scored 7 goals in 12 C3 matches this season, will be keen on securing their 8th consecutive victory, across all competitions. The Belgian team, since their victory in Greece (0-2) on April 18th, has recorded 3 impressive wins, away against Royale Union SG (1-2) and against Genk in their two-legged tie (4-0 and 0-3) with 2 goals from Igor Thiago, their top scorer in the Pro League (18 goals), and 6 goals in European competition.