Fiorentina v Venezia

Fiorentina vs Venezia Preview

Fiorentina secured a solid point on the road in last weekend's season opener in the Italian top flight away from home at Parma with a 1-1 draw and the hosts will now return to the more familiar surroundings of their Stadio Artemio Franchi where they will welcome Serie A newcomers, Venezia, for Sunday evening's fixture.

Fiorentina achieved an eighth place finish at the end of last season's Italian top flight campaign which also earned the hosts with a place in the UEFA Conference League play-offs where Raffaele Palladino's side are currently locked at 3-3 with Hungarian outfit Puskas Akademia after an entertaining 1st leg tie in midweek.

On the domestic front, The Violets have been handed just the three defeats within their previous 15 league matches in Serie A, two of which were dealt to them on their travels with losses at Juventus and Verona, but this sequence of results also include six wins as well.

Results on home soil at their Stadio Artemio Franchi have also been pretty impressive for Fiorentina as they have slipped to just two defeats in their last 14 games in Serie A and Palladino and his Fiorentina side will be hoping they can continue this solid form here on Sunday evening.

Venezia achieved promotion from Serie B at the end of last season's campaign via the play-offs as they registered a 1-0 win on aggregate against Cremonese in the play-off final but the visitors face a tough opening assignment upon their relatively swift return to the domestic top flight.

It's been just two years since Venezia last found themselves rubbing shoulders with the big boys in Serie A but the visitors had to do it the hard way as they finished last season's domestic second tier campaign in third place and just three points shy of runners-up Como.

The play-off semi-final resulted in an impressive 3-1 win on aggregate against Palermo which saw Venezia progress through to the final where they prevailed over Cremonese, but last weekend's opening game of this new Serie A campaign brought Eusebio Di Francesco's side crashing back down to earth in no uncertain fashion.

A heavy 3-1 loss away from home at Lazio certainly wasn't part of Venezia's plans and they now face another tough task of getting the better of Fiorentina in their own backyard at the Stadio Artemio Franchi on Sunday, where they suffered a 1-0 defeat in their last visit back in mid-April 2022.

Fiorentina v Venezia Verdict

This upcoming fixture may be a low-scoring affair though as five out of the last six meetings between Fiorentina and Venezia have resulted in only one team scoring and this trend may continue here with perhaps Venezia producing a 1-0 upset.

Therefore, our main bet will be BTTS No @ 1.70

Other side bets worth considering:

Venezia win @ 7.00

Correct Score: Venezia 2-0 @ 34.00