After their incredible streak finally came to an end last week, Florence will look to start another winning streak when they meet on Monday Udinese.

The Viola suffered defeat against Bologna before nervously securing European progression, while their visitors recently crashed out of the cup and slipped the Serie A table.

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Fiorentina’s defeat in the Derby dell’Appennino against a Bologna side coached by the former coach halted the club’s record run of eight straight wins in Serie A Vincenzo Italiano The purple phase may be over, but they are still in good shape for a top-four challenge.

The Tuscan club last lost two league games in a row in April, while still sitting ahead of Calcio giants AC Milan and Juventus in the table – with a game in hand.

In the middle of the week they visited northern Portugal to meet with others Conference League High flyers Vitoria de Guimaraes and Rolando MandragoraThe late equalizer was enough to send them straight into the round of 16 without a playoff.

Fiorentina now returns to Florence, where it has delivered outstanding performances so far this season: across all competitions, Raffaele PalladinoManchester United’s men have scored 32 goals on home soil – more than any other Serie A team.

Unbeaten in 19 home games – winning 13 of them – the club suffered their last defeat at the Stadio Franchi back in March, which is the club’s best record in 16 years.

Since their return to the top flight two decades ago, the Viola have also won more games (16) and scored more goals (49) at home to Udinese than any other opponent, so history suggests they will have maximum points on Monday can achieve.

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Despite this dismal record with the Franchi, both teams have won three games each in Udinese’s last seven league games against Fiorentina – the outlier being a 2-2 draw in their last meeting at the start of 2024.

They now come together again at the end of the year, and the visitors are experiencing a prolonged downturn that threatens to derail a seemingly promising campaign.

Down after three wins and a draw from the first four Serie A games Kosta Runjaic – who was appointed after the Friulians’ narrow relegation last season – Udinese have since lost eight of their last twelve games.

Although his team still occupies a relatively safe place Center tableThe 3-1 defeat to Napoli last week means they have won just one of their last seven league games.

Furthermore, the Bianconeri slipped modestly out of the Coppa Italia on Thursday night when they gave Inter Milan two first-half goals at the San Siro and barely threatened to fight back.

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For the final league stage game of Fiorentina’s final Conference League season, Raffaele Palladino made seven changes to the team that faced Bologna and most will be reversed on Monday night.

David de Gea returns between the posts, Moise Kean should start at the beginning while Michael Kayode should replace Dodowho has to serve a ban.

Kean needs one more goal to reach double figures for the first time in Serie A: he was the last Italian to score at least 10 goals in a league season for the Viola Federico Chiesafive years ago.

Udinese will also rotate again after changing their team for the game against Inter. Above all Alexis Sanchez He finally made his first appearance in his second term with the Friulians and unexpectedly started against his former club. However, it remains to be seen whether he can play two games in four days.

French striker instead Florian Thauvin will probably work with the top scorer Lorenzo Lucca in the last third.

Sandi Lovric suffered a hamstring injury in the loss to Napoli last week and left Oier Zarraga, Martin Payero, Noan Davis and regular goalkeeper Maduka Okoye on the edge.

Possible Fiorentina starting lineup:
De Gea; Kayode, Comuzzo, Ranieri, Gosens; Adli, Cataldi; Colpani, Gudmundsson, Sottil; Kean

Udinese possible starting lineup:
Save; Kristensen, Bijol, Giannetti; Ehizibue, Atta, Karlstrom, Ekkelenkamp, ​​​​Zemura; Thauvin, Lucca

We say: Fiorentina 2:1 Udinese

Udinese are averaging more than one goal per away game this season and they certainly have the talent to break through Fiorentina’s usually solid defense.

However, the Viola have conceded the fewest second-half goals in Europe’s top five leagues – just two – so if they take the lead, they should stay there.

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