Saturday afternoon features this upcoming clash in the Italian top flight between hosts, Fiorentina, and visitors, Venezia, at the Stadio Artemio Franchi with the home side seeking to collect a third league win on the trot in Serie A which in turn could also lift Fiorentina up into the top six.
Indeed, if 6th placed Lazio lose and Fiorentina grab all three points in this encounter, then Fiorentina will break into the top six of the division and having put together a solid looking five-match unbeaten run into this clash, Fiorentina look set for further success here.
Recent victories against Bologna, Empoli and most impressive of all, a 3-2 win away from home at 3rd placed Napoli, should give Fiorentina plenty of confidence in getting a result on Saturday.
The bigger picture shows that the hosts have lost just three of their last 17 games overall - two of which were incurred away from home as well.
Fiorentina have suffered just one loss in their last 12 home games, picking up nine wins in the process.
Onto Venezia, and the visitors occupy a place in the relegation zone as they sit third from bottom and three points adrift of safety and fourth from bottom outfit, Cagliari, prior to this tough looking trip to Fiorentina on Saturday.
To make Venezia’s task even tougher, the visitors have lost their last six league matches on the trot in Serie A which have been inflicted by Verona, Sassuolo, Lazio, Sampdoria, Spezia and Udinese, and only one of these opponents are actually in the top six (Lazio).
Venezia have certainly struggled to chalk up victories in this season’s Serie A campaign and this is very evident when looking at their previous results over the last few months.
The visitors have collected just one win out of their last 18 matches overall in the Italian top flight which doesn’t bode well for Venezia.
Results away from home have also been hard to come by for Venezia who have lost each of their last three away games on the trot, while the bigger picture shows Venezia have registered just three away wins on their last 23 games on their travels as well.
All road therefore point towards a Fiorentina win here and better odds can be achieved by backing the hosts with the AH-1 handicap here.
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