(Football news) This season, West Ham United finished in 14th position in the Premier League rankings and struggled throughout the course of the season. The Hammers must recover this week after losing to Leicester City by a score of just 2-1 in their last match.

On the other hand, Fiorentina finished the Serie A season in seventh position and have been fairly impressive. La Viola will be optimistic going into this match after easily defeating Sassuolo by a score of 3-1 last week.

Head-to-Head

The two games between the two teams have been won by Fiorentina, who has a strong track record versus West Ham United. The Hammers have yet to triumph over La Viola.

With their lone loss during this time coming by a score of 2-1 to Inter Milan in the Coppa Italia final, Fiorentina had gone undefeated in four of their last five games across all competitions.

West Ham United has given up nine goals in their previous five games across all competitions, with their lone clean sheet coming in a 1-0 win over AZ Alkmaar.

A goal has been scored in each of Fiorentina’s last five games in all competitions despite the fact that they have failed to keep a clean sheet in any of those games.

Prediction

Although West Ham United has an amazing roster, they have been deceiving this season. Declan Rice and Michail Antonio are examples of people who can be quite effective when they want to be and who this week have a message to make.

Fiorentina will have to adjust to a formidable opponent after troubling prominent Serie A players in the past. La Viola have been playing well lately, thus they enter this match with a slight advantage.

Fiorentina 1 – West Ham United 2

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