Fiorentina vs The New Saints Prediction and Betting Tips | October 3rd 2024

Fiorentina will host The New Saints at the Stadio Artemio Franchi on Thursday in the opening round of the 2024-25 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage. The home side have endured a slow start to life under new head coach Raffaele Palladino and will hope a change of scenery this week can bring about a change of fortune for the rest of their season.

They played out a goalless draw against Empoli in their last match and could have no real complaints about the result after failing to register a single shot on target throughout the match.

Meanwhile, The New Saints are set for a historic game this week as they become the first Welsh side to feature in the group stages of a major European competition following their 3-0 aggregate victory over Lithuanian side Panevėžys in the playoffs back in August.

The visitors geared up for the midweek clash with a 6-1 demolition of Newtown in the league last Friday and will be looking to give a good account of themselves against a two-time Conference League finalist.

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Fiorentina vs The New Saints Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• Thursday's game will mark the first-ever meeting between Fiorentina and the New Saints.
• The midweek clash will see Fiorentina take Welsh opposition for the first time and the New Saints on Italian opposition.
• The Saints are without a clean sheet in their last three games after keeping clean sheets in each of their previous six outings.
• Only four of I Viola's 13 league defeats since the start of last season have come on home turf.
• Each of Fiorentina's last two group openers in the Conference League have ended in draws.

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Fiorentina vs The New Saints Prediction

Fiorentina are on a run of back-to-back unbeaten outings and have lost just once all season. They are undefeated at the Stadio Artemio Franchi since the start of April and will head into the midweek clash as overwhelming favorites.

TNS' latest result ended a run of back-to-back defeats and they will be looking to build on that this week. The sheer gulf in class and quality between the two teams could however see the visitors suffer an opening day defeat.

Prediction: Fiorentina 3-1 The New Saints

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Fiorentina vs The New Saints Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Fiorentina to win

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Four of the visitors' last five matches have produced more than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: YES (Both sides have found the back of the net in eight of the hosts' last 10 matches)