Serie A Preview: ACF Fiorentina vs. Parma FC – Visitors to challenge
The Viola keen to snatch victory
The Tuscan giants made a mid-table finish to the 2010/11 season, securing the 9th spot in the league table with a tie on 51 points with the 10th placers, Genoa CFC. The team lacked consistency during the opening and ending phase of
the season and cost them precious places on the table.
The Gigliati have made an average start to the 2011/12 season, winning one of the two games they have played in the Serie A thus far. They won their opening game against Bologna 2-0 at home and lost to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Udinese-Calcio-c40789 2-0 in the second game, away from home.
Approaching the 3rd game of the season, the Gigliati are keen to take three points in order to regain their confidence.
Fiorentina head coach Sinisa Mihajlovic believes that the team needs to be more aggressive in order to score. He claimed that this was the mistake made against Udinese and they failed to score as a result.
"We created very few goal scoring opportunities against Udinese. Although Udinese defended deeply throughout the game, we have to try to be more creative and lethal in front of goal,” said the coach.
I Ducali up for the fight
Parma made a disappointing finish to the 2010/11 season as they dropped to the 12th spot on the league rankings. The team showed poor performances in away games and lost precious points, losing 9 of the total 19 away fixtures, winning only on
4 occasions.
There has been no clear change in the consistency of the team as they are still suffering from the ‘away from home’ syndrome. The team has played two games so far in the Italian top flight, winning the home game 2-1 against Chievo Verona and lost the away
game 4-1 to Juventus. Approaching the upcoming game against Fiorentina at Stadio Artemio Franchi, chances of a Crusaders win are rather slim.
Going into the game, Crociati head coach http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Franco-c14050 Colomba has claimed that his team is confident after the recent victory over Chievo and it will have an impact on the outcome of tonight’s game.
"It's a good victory considering it came against a Chievo side that has pleasantly surprised me. We played much better than we did against Juve and we deserved this win.''
Team News
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/ACF-Fiorentina-c38209
The Fiorentina boss would be missing http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alberto-Gilardino-c4324 tonight.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Stevan-Jovetic-c34163 will be the highlight of the match for the hosts.
Parma FC
The visitors would be without Graziano Pelle and Francesco Valiani as both players are sidelined due to injuries. Moreover, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Danilo-c10159 Pereira, Jaime Valdes and Raffaele Palladino are unlikely to play the
game tonight at Stadio Artemio Franchi.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jonathan-c18993 Ludovic Biabiany will be the player that might change the course of the game for the visitors.
Prediction
It will be a close encounter for both the teams but the visitors are not likely to defeat the Tuscan giants. The game will end with the final score of Fiorentina 1-0 Parma.
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