In this week 20 match, on Thursday Jan 6th, Fiorentina will host Udinese in a clash of the Serie A. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, 7th placed Fiorentina, recorded a 1-1 draw against Hellas Verona. Kevin Lasagna scored the first goal for Hellas Verona in the 17th minute, but Gaetano Castrovilli got the equalizer for Fiorentina in the 81st minute earning them at least the one point. Fiorentina should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 14th placed Udinese, recorded a 4-0 shutout win against Cagliari. Jean-Victor Makengo struck first for Udinese in the 4th minute, then Gerard Deulofeu added another in the 45th minute In the end, Cagliari was frustrated by Udinese’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Udinese ended the match with the shutout victory. Udinese is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sun Sep 26th, Udinese hosted Fiorentina in their last match together. Fiorentina won by a score of 1 to 0. Dušan Vlahović struck first for Fiorentina in the 16th minute on a penalty kick, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Udinese couldn’t manage to score, and Fiorentina took the shutout win.
Both Beto and Gerard Deulofeu have been the hottest scorers for Udinese in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals. Dušan Vlahović has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored four goals for Fiorentina.