While Palladino pointed to improvements after another draw at the weekend, his Fiorentina side are yet to sparkle and could come unstuck against a motivated Hungarian outfit keen to record an unprecedented success at the Italian club's expense.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Fiorentina win with a probability of 47.31%. A win for Puskas Academy had a probability of 27.62% and a draw had a probability of 25.1%.
The most likely scoreline for a Fiorentina win was 0-1 with a probability of 10.43%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-2 (9.35%) and 0-2 (8.2%). The likeliest Puskas Academy win was 1-0 (7.57%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.9%).