Fiorentina goalkeeper Cyprian Tatarusanu. (Photo : Getty Images)
Contending club ACF Fiorentina (10-6-7, 37 points) will look to get back to its winning form as they host struggling team Udinese Calcio (8-10-5, 29 points) at the Artemio Franchi Stadium on Saturday, Feb. 11 in a 2016-2017 Serie A season match.
Start Time and Streaming Info
The game starts at 2:45 p.m. ET. It can be viewed live online thru FuboTV.
Fiorentina has been undefeated in five of their last six matches to remain in the eighth spot of the Italian top flight table. The team is now five points below fifth-running team Inter Milan and the final Europa League qualifying berth for next season.
Viola snapped a five-game unbeaten streak with a crushing 0-4 loss to title contenders AS Roma on the road at the Stadio Olimpico in their most recent Serie A match on Tuesday, as per Football Italia.
Head coach Paulo Sousa's squad was shut out during the match while I Giallorossi netted four goals, courtesy of a brace by Bosnian forward Edin Dzeko in the 39th and 83rd minutes while Federico Fazio and Radja Nainggolan netted one apiece in the 58th and 75th minutes respectively.
Meanwhile, Udinese has been on a downward spiral at the moment as the team has been winless in five of their last six games, which included a three-game losing slide. The team had dropped to the 12th spot in the 20-team standings as a result.
Bianconeri Friuliani is still comfortably 15 points above the bottom three relegation area but is 13 points below Inter Milan for the Europa League berth.
The Little Zebras was held to a 0-0 draw by a 10-man Chievo side on the road at the Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Stadium last Sunday, via Sporting Life.
Chievo's Slovenian defender Bostjan Cesar was sent off in the 81st minute of the match after getting booked with a second yellow card off a foul on Brazilian forward Ryder Matos.
However, head coach Luigi Delneri's side was not able to capitalize on the advantage as they settled for the goalless tie.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a 1-0 bounce back win for Fiorentina.
Fiorentina starting lineup (3-4-2-1 formation): Tatarusanu; Sanchez, Gonzalo, Astori; Chiesa, Vecino, Badelj, Olivera; Bernardeschi, Valero; Babacar
Udinese starting lineup (4-3-3 formation): Karnezis; Widmer, Danilo, Felipe, Samir; Fofana, Hallfredsson, Jankto; De Paul, Zapata, Thereau
