Fiorentina will be aiming to stroll into the last four of the Europa Conference League this Thursday evening with the Serie A side already 4-1 up from the first leg ahead of a visit from Lech Poznań for the very first time to the Artemio Franchi Stadium.
Fiorentina beat Poznan in the first leg 4-1 after an early goal from Arthur Cabral got the ball rolling. Soon after, Kristoffer Velde scored to make it 1-1 and give the Polish side hope of turning things around on home soil.
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Nicolas Gonzalez added another just before half time, as Giacomo Bonaventura scored 13 minutes into the second half to add a third. Jonathan Kone capped off a fantastic display from Fiorentina to make it 4-1 after the club had 21 shots and six on target.
The Serie A side have since gone on to draw in Italy, as a penalty from Cabral secured a point at home to Atalanta.
This leaves Fiorentina in ninth and with 11 wins on the board and 10 defeats. At the same time, the club have scored 35 goals and let in 33 and now sit behind Juventus in seventh by just two points.
As for Poznan, their struggles in Poland continued with a 2-2 draw away to Legia Warszawa. Afonso Sousa bagged a brace in the second half that day, as Poznan let in a late goal to see them drop two points.
The Polish outfit now sit third in the league table and behind Warszawa by nine points and adrift of Rakow Czestochowa by a stunning 17 points in the Ekstraklasa.
Poznan's last win was against Warta Poznan in a 2-0 and it's doubtful we will see them pull this tie back and turn around a three-goal deficit.
Back in the group stages of the Europa Conference League, Poznan managed to score 12 goals from six games and lose only once as they even managed to smash Villarreal 3-0 at home, and this will give them great hope in being able to turn this one around.
The club also secured a 4-1 win over Austria Wien in the group stages and they have proven they can score goals in abundance in Europe this campaign.
Forebet predicts Fiorentina to get another win in this game once more as they have been excellent at home this season. The Florence side will likely rest some players given the aggregate scoreline before the game, but Forebet also predicts the game to see over 2.5 goals.