FC Basel 1893 vs Fiorentina Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 18th May 2023

It is time to find out whether Fiorentina or FC Basel 1893 get to see the next round of the Europa Conference League. They meet for their second leg battle at the St. Jakob Park on Thursday with a 1-2 score from the first leg to look back on.

Fiorentina need goals and a couple of them to overturn the tie after falling prey to some slick goalscoring from FC Basel 1893 in the (2-1) first leg win for the latter. As such, they have a nice advantage before the return leg and with the home crowd behind them, should have a fairly quiet evening. Fiorentina need at least a goal to take the game into extra time at St. Jakob Park, while FC Basel 1893 will feel confident of seeing the next round. No many teams manage a comeback after losing the first leg at home.

When it comes to goal-scoring FC Basel 1893 could be more prolific, scoring 19 in their previous ten games in this tournament. That is an average of 1.9 per game in which, they conceded 15. This is an average of 1.5 a game, achieving a clean sheet one.

Ahead of their coming Europa Conference League match, Fiorentina look in excellent goal-scoring shape. In their previous ten games in this tournament, they hammered in an average of 2.9 goals a game. A highly respectable total of 29 goals, while also letting in 11. The latter leaves an average of 1.1 per outing, in which they managed a clean sheet three in this tournament.

FC Basel 1893 vs Fiorentina Prediction

FC Basel 1893 Form

In their previous three games, FC Basel 1893 lost 2-0 against FC Zuerich, beat Fiorentina 1-2, before losing 6-1 against FC St. Gallen. FC Basel 1893 claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the Europa Conference League. They also drew three and lost one, scored 11 goals and conceded nine.

Fiorentina Form

Fiorentina suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches as they were run over by SSC Napoli in a 1-0 defeat. FC Basel 1893 also proved too hard to handle as they won 1-2, before Fiorentina were able to strike back in a 2-0 win against Udinese. Fiorentina recorded no less than five in their previous six Europa Conference League away matches, as well losing once and drawing none. They hit the target 18 themselves while allowing five goals against.

FC Basel 1893 and Fiorentina are both scoring more or less for fun right now, and a very entertaining game should be on the menu. More often than not, their matches against each other turn out high scoring affairs.

FC Basel 1893 vs Fiorentina Team News

FC Basel 1893 just have a single unavailable player for squad selection, when facing Fiorentina at St. Jakob Park.

Sidelined with an injury, FC Basel 1893 can't field Hugo Novoa on Thursday against Fiorentina.

Fiorentina have three on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against FC Basel 1893 on Thursday.

Luka Jovic, Rolando Mandragora and Riccardo Sottil all face a spell on the sidelines for Fiorentina due to various injuries.

FC Basel 1893 vs Fiorentina H2H

The last time these two teams faced off against each other, FC Basel 1893 came away as 1-2 winners. No doubt they are planning a similar outcome on Thursday. As FC Basel 1893 enter the match against Fiorentina at St. Jakob Park, they do so with a 2-1-0 record in their previous three encounters.

Both teams found the back of the net three times in the last three matches between FC Basel 1893 and Fiorentina.

FC Basel 1893 vs Fiorentina Results

FC Basel 1893 vs Fiorentina Betting Tips

Zeki Amdouni has six strikes in six Europa Conference League matches for FC Basel 1893, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with Fiorentina. The visitors are looking to Arthur Cabral, who has provided his team with four Europa Conference League goals.

FC Basel 1893 claimed a win two times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing five along the way. They endured defeat in three of the games in this run. Fiorentina won seven of their last 10 games away, while drawing one and losing two in this series of matches. FC Basel 1893 managed to open the scoring no less than four of their previous 10 league games on home soil. The visitors from Fiorentina performed a similar feat as they scored the opener in seven of their last 10 away games.

Over 2.5 goals happened three times in the past three encounters between FC Basel 1893 and Fiorentina, with FC Basel 1893 scoring 2.01 goals on average per game. Fiorentina averaged 1.33 goals, while both teams scored three times. FC Basel 1893 scored an average of 1.5 goals in their last ten matches in which over 2.5 goals happened six times. Over 2.5 goals came up in six of Fiorentina's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of two goals in these matches.