Competition: UEFA Europa League 2016-17
Date: Thursday, 16th February, 18:00 GMT
Stadium: Borussia-Park.
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M’gladbach vs Fiorentina Preview and Prediction
Fiorentina travel to M’gladbach for their Europa League clash on Thursday hoping to build on the confident display and a 3-0 home win over Udinese this weekend. While it will surely be enough to lift their team spirits, we don’t feel they have been nearly as convincing on the road and we’ll now back a home win at 21/20 with Ladbrokes.
Borussia M’gladbach have picked up their form and they’ve connected a five-match unbeaten streak since the New Year, recording one draw and four consecutive wins across competitions! While they’ve started climbing Bundesliga table in the process, even more importantly, their flags will be flying high ahead of the 16th finals matchup!
While they have started consistently scoring goals, Die Fohlen have also been a very solid defence and kept a clean sheet in all of their last three outings (3-0 against Freiburg, 0-2 against Greuther Furth, and 0-1 at Werder Bremen). Nonetheless, Fiorentina will surely be more of a challenge on the day and they could need more to earn an advantage ahead of the return match.
Despite winning just two of their last four outings, Viola have netted eight goals in the process and backing Over 2.5 goals FT could be the best way to approach the fixture here (backed at 19/20 with bet365). While we do believe Die Fohlen will earn a win here, the visitors would very much keep the contest alive with a goal on the day.
Borussia M’gladbach vs. Fiorentina Stats
The teams will meet for the first team on Thursday and we’re surely in for an exciting matchup as both sides have been in a good form recently and are currently similarly placed in their leagues – with a lot of ground to cover for the European qualifying spots next season and a definite focus on the competition.
We thus feel we’re in for a narrow contest and we’ll go for a 2-1 correct score prediction, backing it at 15/2 with BetVictor, which does seem the best value in the market at this point.
Recommended Bets:
Home win at 21/20
Over 2.5 goals FT at 19/20
