Fiorentina vs Palermo Predictions, Betting Tips and Match Previews

Fiorentina should be pushing for a place in Europe next season, but they’re currently falling short. Their defeat at Inter on Monday night has left them eight points behind the Europa League places. That’s created an unhappy camp, with the agent of Gonzalo Rodriquez speaking out about his unhappiness with the club. Everything is clearly not well with la Viola, but can they get three points on the board this weekend to stop the rot?

They’re up against bottom side Palermo this weekend, which is their chance to get back to winning ways. The struggling team look hopeless at the moment; they’ve lost seven straight games. You’d think that Fiorentina have to win this game, or else serious questions will be asked. This is the best possible fixture to have when aiming to get some points on the board.

Palermo come here having scored just 0.71 goals per game this season. They’re not much better at the other end, they’ve kept clean sheets in just 7% of their matches in Serie A. It’s not much of a surprise that they’re fighting off relegation with those statistics, but they are starting to get cut adrift. Fiorentina, meanwhile, have a much better record. They may not be fighting for a European spot, but they’ve still been impressive.

The hosts have kept clean sheets in 67% of their home matches this season. They’ve also conceded just 0.33 goals per game in the league at their own ground. While none of their games here have gone over 2.5 goals, they can still boast an unbeaten record in front of their own fans. They’re skilled at just edging games, so don’t go expecting a classic in this one. So far, 80% of their goals have been scored away, while 87% of the goals they’ve conceded have come on the road.

Fiorentina do have goals in their side, especially with the in form Federico Bernardeschi. He’s now hit three goals in his last three league games for la Viola. He’s the kind of player they’ll rely on to break the deadlock. The winger is priced at 13/8 with bet365 to score any time here, which is a tempting price. They’ll need his scoring form to edge this game.

Seeing as Fiorentina’s match are so low scoring, and since Palermo have hit less than one goal per game so far, we are backing this to be a cagey affair. La Viola have a strong back four, and they should be able to keep a clean sheet against the goal-shy, bottom of the league side. We’re backing Palermo’s scoring woes to get even worse, as we’re going with a win to nil for the hosts, which is priced at 11/10 with bet365.