Rapid Vienna vs Fiorentina Predictions

• Fiorentina won six straight games on the road in this competition last term
• Rapid Vienna were eliminated from the Conference league at home to Vaduz last term
• The visitors started their season with a 4-1 victory over Genoa

European return for nearly-men

Fiorentina return to the Europa Conference League just months after losing the final to West Ham in Prague. That defeat looked to have ended la Viola’s chances of European football this term, but off-field issues at Juventus saw them handed a European ban and Serie A’s eighth-placed side stepped up to return to this competition.

Fiorentina get their European adventure underway in this visit to Rapid Vienna on Thursday. The visitors know that away form played a key role in their run last term and they’ll be relying on that again with the hosts drawing 0-0 at home with Debrecen in the last round.

Another away win for Viola

Fiorentina have taken the early lead in Serie A, winning their first game of the season 4-1 at Genoa. That bodes well for them on Thursday, as they look to repeat the away form which carried them to Prague.

Fiorentina lost at home to both Lech Poznan and Basel in the quarter-finals and semi-finals last term, saving themselves with road wins. They won six straight matches on their travels to make the final, scoring at least three goals in each. It’s hard to see Rapid putting up much resistance considering that they went out of this competition with a home loss to Vaduz a year ago, so back la Viola for another victory on the road.