Puskas vs Fiorentina Prediction: La Viola can be victorious

Puskas Academy take on Fiorentina in the second leg of their Conference League play-off on Thursday, 29th August.

The Hungarian hosts have never advanced to the main draw of any European competition but they achieved a 3-3 draw in Florence last week and have all to play for when the second leg kicks off at 8pm at Puskas Akademia Pancho Arena in Felcsut, Hungary.

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Puskas are 9/2 to win the second leg with Fiorentina 1/2 and the draw, which would lead to extra-time, priced up at 3/1.

Over 2.5 goals is available to back at 4/6 and another 3-3 draw is priced up at 50/1.

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No fresh injuries have been reported for the Hungarian hosts.

Attacking duo Albert Gudmundsson (calf) and Jonathan Ikone (muscle strain) are expected to miss out for Fiorentina.

Fiorentina-Fiorentina half-time, full-time @ 13/10

Fiorentina have plenty of work to do after being surprisingly held to a 3-3 draw by Puskas Academy at Stadio Artemio Franchi last Thursday but they are likely to be more focused in the return leg and should progress in fairly comfortable fashion.

Puskas Academy started with a lot of purpose in the opening leg and were 2-0 up after only 12 minutes.

Fiorentina were caught cold by opponents they knew little about but turned the match around and looked set for a 3-2 success until Puskas Academy defender Wojciech Golla popped up with an 89th-minute goal.

There was a sloppiness about Fiorentina’s play in the early exchanges of last week’s match and their head coach, Raffaele Palladino, will be keen to avoid a repeat.

Palladino should have his players primed to perform from the first whistle in Hungary and that could make it a tough night’s work for their hosts, who will probably be behind by the break and may lack the wherewithal to respond.

Bet Builder - Fiorentina to score over 1.5 goals, Fiorentina to lead at half-time and Fiorentina to keep a clean sheet @ 6/1

Fiorentina have made a scratchy start to the Serie A season, drawing twice and scoring just once, but they are used to scoring a lot of goals in European competitions and can bag at least another two on their trip to Hungary.

Attacking football was key to Fiorentina’s run to last season’s Conference League final.

La Viola racked up 14 goals in the group stage and another 11 in the knockout rounds before they were negated in the final, losing 1-0 to Olympiakos.

Fiorentina look a solid wager to score at least a couple of goals in the second leg against Puskas Academy and they should demonstrate greater discipline at the back.

They defended much more solidly in Sunday’s 0-0 Serie A draw at home to Venezia and are capable of keeping a second successive clean sheet.

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