Tottenham Hotspur face an uphill battle at Fiorentina in the Europa League on Thursday after being held to a 1-1 draw at White Hart Lane last week. The Spurs had taken an early lead thanks to Roberto Soldado but Fiorentina got back on level terms through Jose Basanta. Tottenham have a big appointment at the weekend, the League Cup final against Chelsea on Sunday.
Mauricio Pochettino's men have been going through patchy form lately, with two draws and one loss in their last three matches in all competitions. Last time out they snatched a 2-2 draw at home against Tottenham thanks to a 96-th minute goal from Harry Kane. Fiorentina have been quite impressive in 2015, they are on a 10-match unbeaten run in all competitions. They haven't won any of their last two competitive games though.
There are no fresh injury concerns for Tottenham but Pochettino might choose to rest a few of his key players for the crucial match at Wembley this weekend. Fiorentina will be without goalkeeper Ciprian Tatarusanu and Borja Valero, while Giuseppe Rossi and Federico Bernardeschi remain on the long-term absentees list.
Probable line-ups:
Fiorentina: Neto - Rodriguez, Savic, Pizarro, Mati Fernandez - Joaquin, Basanta, Valero, Pasqual - Gomez, Salah
Tottenham: Lloris - Walker, Fazio, Vertonghen, Davies - Bentaleb, Paulinho, Chadli, Eriksen, Townsend - Soldado
My prediction: Fiorentina to win 1-0.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Fiorentina win - 1/1 Draw - 13/5 Tottenham win - 3/1
vlado.mikic.50 9 years ago
I agree with you kruno1414.VIola absolutely deserved this win.Their coach had a good job in this clash.Salah is showin promise and it seems he found a right place in Fiorentina's team.Also Viola has pretty good defence.There are roumors that FC Barcelona is interested in buying Stefan Savic.
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kruno1414 9 years ago
Another English team that didn't come up to expectations , Fiorentina without any big problems got this one , even if Tottenham had big expectations of this match and the competition , i thought they will be in the semi finals or the final but with the football we are seeing they didnt deserved it at all . Deserved win...
Another English team that didn't come up to expectations , Fiorentina without any big problems got this one , even if Tottenham had big expectations of this match and the competition , i thought they will be in the semi finals or the final but with the football we are seeing they didnt deserved it at all . Deserved win by Fiorentina
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vlado.mikic.50 9 years ago
Gomez continues to show that he is still top class goalscorer.If he continues with this kind of play,he could sign again for some top class club.He aint no more in a years when you can say for him that he is young,but he still got something to offer to big clubs.He is strong player with fantastic aeiral ability,he is a...
Gomez continues to show that he is still top class goalscorer.If he continues with this kind of play,he could sign again for some top class club.He aint no more in a years when you can say for him that he is young,but he still got something to offer to big clubs.He is strong player with fantastic aeiral ability,he is a real target man.
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vlado.mikic.50 9 years ago
Good performance from Viola.It is a success for every Italian team when they manage to beat Premier League member.If we get 10 years in the past,we would see that Italian teams were the teams that dominated in European football,but times are changing,situation is a lot different now,and thay can hardly have a single member...
Good performance from Viola.It is a success for every Italian team when they manage to beat Premier League member.If we get 10 years in the past,we would see that Italian teams were the teams that dominated in European football,but times are changing,situation is a lot different now,and thay can hardly have a single member in a quarter final od Champions League.
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mdacic 9 years ago
Fiorentina is in the next round! They won tonight and they deserve it. Gomez and Salah scored for easy win against Tottenham. I am disappointed with Tottenham. They played poor and they didn't deserve to qualify tor next phase of Europa league. I am surprised but I must congratulate to Fiorentina, they played very well.
Fiorentina is in the next round! They won tonight and they deserve it. Gomez and Salah scored for easy win against Tottenham. I am disappointed with Tottenham. They played poor and they didn't deserve to qualify tor next phase of Europa league. I am surprised but I must congratulate to Fiorentina, they played very well.
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sharpe 9 years ago
Nothing unexpected happened in that game and the Italians who achieved very good result after the first game were better team and deservedly go trough to the next round. I think this can be some sort of tactics for Spurs who obviously want to concentrate on the battle for the top 4 in England.
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mdacic 9 years ago
So far this is one boring match. Result on half time is 0-0 and there wasn't any good chances. In second half I expect better game and I expect more from Tottenham, they must score if they want to get into next round but Fiorentina know how to defend. So far all option is open and I think that Fiorentina is closer to next...
So far this is one boring match. Result on half time is 0-0 and there wasn't any good chances. In second half I expect better game and I expect more from Tottenham, they must score if they want to get into next round but Fiorentina know how to defend. So far all option is open and I think that Fiorentina is closer to next round.
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h34dhunt3r 9 years ago
I've been disapointed by Tottenhams preformance last week. Expected them to win with at least one goal advantage, but they failed to accomplish it. Fiorentina is having good season, but Italian teams have been on right foot for Tottenham last few season. Eventho result from a first game doesn't go into their advantage,...
I've been disapointed by Tottenhams preformance last week. Expected them to win with at least one goal advantage, but they failed to accomplish it. Fiorentina is having good season, but Italian teams have been on right foot for Tottenham last few season. Eventho result from a first game doesn't go into their advantage, I'm giving Tottenham slightly higher chances to go in next round. Prediction: 2-2, Tottenham goes in best of 16 round due away goal rule.
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seculla 9 years ago
In the preview for their first game I said that both matches between these two teams will be difficult. At White Hart Lane Tottenham had many chances in the first half, but they scored just one goal, and after that Fiorentina started to getting some control of the ball and they managed to score an equalizer. In second half...
In the preview for their first game I said that both matches between these two teams will be difficult. At White Hart Lane Tottenham had many chances in the first half, but they scored just one goal, and after that Fiorentina started to getting some control of the ball and they managed to score an equalizer. In second half both teams had some chances but the final result was 1:1. So I think that tomorrow's match will be tough too, and I really can't predict who will go trough.
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