Fiorentina vs FC Basel 1893 Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 11th May 2023

FC Basel 1893 are gearing for a clash against Fiorentina at Artemio Franchi, Firenze this coming Thursday in the first leg of the Semi Finals of the Europa Conference League.

Booking their place in this round was not without its problems for Fiorentina, who lost the second leg against Lech Poznan in the Quarter Finals. A comfortable win in the first leg turned out to be enough to see them through, though, with an aggregate score of 6-4. FC Basel 1893 knocked out Nice in the Quarter Finals to book their place in the next phase of the tournament. They managed an aggregate score of 4-3 after drawing the first leg, before winning the second.

Odds are stacked against FC Basel 1893 who are in need of a minor miracle to see the final. At least according to the bookmakers who are favouring Fiorentina at quite a large scale. Unsurprisingly, given how a Swiss team in a European final is a rare occasion, to say the least.

Fiorentina enjoy some whopping stats from their previous ten matches in this tournament. They average two goals per game, scoring 20 times while conceding 13. That is an average of 1.3 per game, as they pulled off a clean sheet in three of the matches.

FC Basel 1893 scored 17 goals, conceded 16 and managed a clean sheet once in their previous ten matches in this tournament.

Fiorentina vs FC Basel 1893 Prediction

Fiorentina Form

Judging by their last three matches, we can expect a bit of everything from Fiorentina at the moment. Against Sampdoria, they came out on top in a 5-0 win, before drawing 3-3 against Salernitana. Most recently, they were left reeling in a 1-0 defeat against SSC Napoli. Fiorentina won four of their last six Europa Conference League matches on home soil, while drawing once and losing once. They conceded eight and scored 14 goals.

FC Basel 1893 Form

FC Basel 1893 won twice in their last three matches as FC Sion were defeated by 1-2, before they beat FC Winterthur 1-4. FC Zuerich proved too strong, though, and a 0-2 defeat followed. FC Basel 1893 won four times in their last six away games in the Europa Conference League, in which they drew once and lost once. They conceded nine goals while scoring 14 themselves.

Fiorentina are scoring freely these days, FC Basel 1893 are doing just fine in that department as well, and we expect a match with plenty of goalsthis coming Thursday.

Fiorentina vs FC Basel 1893 Team News

Fiorentina could be looking at three players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against FC Basel 1893.

Luka Jovic, Rolando Mandragora and Riccardo Sottil are all absent from the Fiorentina squad that faces FC Basel 1893 at Artemio Franchi, Firenze.

FC Basel 1893 have just one player unavailable for selection, when visiting Fiorentina at Artemio Franchi, Firenze.

Hugo Novoa nurses an injury and won't be travelling with FC Basel 1893.

Fiorentina vs FC Basel 1893 H2H

Betting on the draw would have earned you a sound profit the last time Fiorentina played FC Basel 1893. The pair split the points in a 2-2 match, where no one managed to get the upper hand. As Fiorentina enter the match against FC Basel 1893 at Artemio Franchi, Firenze, they do so with a 0-1-1 record in their previous two encounters.

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

Fiorentina vs FC Basel 1893 Results

Fiorentina vs FC Basel 1893 Betting Tips

Arthur Cabral look like value in the goal scoring market with five strikes to his name in six Europa Conference League matches. The visitors are crossing their fingers Zeki Amdouni adds to his five Europa Conference League goals come this coming Thursday.

Fiorentina were able to win five of their previous 10 home games across all tournaments, while drawing four of the games. They suffered defeat in one of these outings. FC Basel 1893 won five of their last 10 games away, drew three and suffered defeat in two of them. Of the previous 10 outings at Artemio Franchi, Firenze, Fiorentina scored the opening goal five times, whereas their visitors were first on target in four of their last 10 games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals came up two times in the previous two encounters between Fiorentina and FC Basel 1893, as Fiorentina scored 1.5 goals on average per game and FC Basel 1893 averaging two goals. Both teams scored in two times of these matches. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Fiorentina’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of two goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals appeared in five of the last ten matches that FC Basel 1893 played across all tournaments. They scored 1.6 times on average in the process.