Crystal Palace vs Fiorentina predictions: Low-scoring affair likely at Selhurst Park
Joe Casey
Crystal Palace’s last four home games have gone under 2.5 goals
Fiorentina have only conceded four goals in their last six matches
Recommended bet: Under 2.5 goals
Crystal Palace have made heavy weather of their Conference League campaign despite starting out as antepost favourites. They finished 10th in the league phase before scraping past Zrinjski Mostar and AEK Larnaca in the knockout stages.
Now they face their toughest challenge yet as they host Fiorentina in the first leg of their quarter-final tie. The Italian team have an excellent record in this competition and are on a six-game unbeaten run.
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Team news
Adam Wharton is expected to shake off a knock to feature for Palace but Eddie Nketiah and Cheick Doucoure are doubts.
Fiorentina have a more extensive injury list, with former Leeds winger Manor Solomon expected to miss out. He will be joined in the treatment room by Niccolo Fortini, Fabiano Parisi and Rolando Mandragora.
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The stats
Fiorentina have had a season to forget domestically, as they sit just five points clear of the relegation zone in Serie A.
However, they do have a strong record in this competition, reaching at least the semi-finals in each of the last three seasons.
The visitors have not drawn any of their 12 Conference League matches this term while seven of Crystal Palace’s 12 European games have gone under 2.5 goals.
Ismaila Sarr has scored 15 goals in 29 starts for the Eagles in all competitions this season.
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Prediction
Crystal Palace were expected to breeze through this year’s Conference League but they have done anything but that.
The Eagles have only scored 17 goals in their 12 games in this competition and now face one of the toughest teams left in Fiorentina.
The visitors may have had a disappointing Serie A season but they have started to turn things around recently, beating Cremonese and Verona as well as holding league leaders Inter Milan to a 1-1 draw.
The Viola have beaten a pair of Polish teams in the knockout stages of this competition, following up a 5-4 aggregate success over Jagiellonia with a pair of 2-1 wins against Rakow.
They have reached at least the semi-finals of the Conference League in each of the last three seasons and pose a significant challenge to this Palace team, conceding just four goals in their last six matches.
This should be a cagey affair and under 2.5 goals is the pick, something which has landed in the Eagles’ last four home games.
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