Fiorentina and FC Basel play later on at the Stadio Artemio Franchi

Fiorentina and FC Basel face each other this Thursday at the Stadio Artemio Franchi for a match of the semi-finals of the Europa Conference League.

Fiorentina head into this clash on the back of a 1x0 defeat against Napoli (Serie A 2022/23), while FC Basel lost 0x2 to FC Zurich (Super League 2022/2023). On arrival at this matchday, Vincenzo Italiano's team is on a scoring run that has seen them score at least one goal a game in their past 10 matches in the Conference League 22/23. On the other hand, Alexander Frei's team has recorded a five-game unbeaten sequence in the Conference League 22/23. When analysing the previous encounters between the teams, Fiorentina and FC Basel have faced each other two times, with Alexander Frei's team holding the advantage: 1 victory, against 0 victories of Vincenzo Italiano's team. Specifically in the Stadio Artemio Franchi, FC Basel have the advantage in the duels against Fiorentina: 1 win in 1 game.

Considering the Conference League 22/23, from Fiorentina's most influential players, Rolando Mandragora is the most used player in a total of 12 games (828 min). Luka Jovic is their current best scorer with 6 goals. As for FC Basel, Andy Pelmard participated in 12 games, and Marwin Hitz is the one with more minutes played (960). Mohamed Amdouni has scored 5 goals, the most across FC Basel's squad.

The last meeting between the two teams ended with a draw, 2x2. Fiorentina are given the favouritism to win this match.