Horrible information, everybody. Fiorentina’s again in motion this weekend. Even worse, Serie A’s most disappointing aspect takes on Como, a staff that’s already gained twice in Florence this 12 months, . The Lariani, in fact, have gone from energy to energy, knocking Napoli out of the Coppa on penalties on Tuesday. Maybe the Viola can ambush their excessive flying hosts, who is perhaps drained out from their midweek exertions, however let’s be actual: Como’s miles forward and is the plain favourite.
The match shall be performed on Saturday, 14 February 2026, at 14:00 GMT/9:00 AM EST on the Stadio Giuseppe Sinagaglia in Como. The forecast requires a gray day on the banks of the lake with the possibility of some rain, which completely fits my emotions going into this one. As a reminder, Fiorentina’s followers aren’t allowed to journey for Serie A video games for the remainder of the 12 months after their idiotic conflict with AS Roma followers on a freeway exterior Turin.
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Three issues to observe for1. Depth, urgency, all that jazz
Each cliche applies to Fiorentina proper now. There aren’t leaders, there’s no character, the mentality is terrible. I quantified it with earlier this week however you don’t want numbers to see that one thing elementary is damaged at this membership. Whether or not that’s the deaths of Joe Barone and Rocco Commisso in fast succession or the organizational turmoil in higher administration positions, issues aren’t proper and that hasn’t trickled right down to the gamers a lot as inundated them.
Fiorentina has proven glimpses of competence, in fact. The primary half towards Como was wonderful, for instance, regardless of a wackily-rotated squad. The second half towards Torino final trip was excellent till the turtling started. The whole lot might and should enhance, in fact, however that’s not potential at this juncture. Chopping out the boneheaded errors would go a protracted strategy to staying in Serie A, although. If the Viola can simply not dribble urine down their very own legs, they’ve obtained an affordable likelihood of getting one thing from this.
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2. Set piece protection, as per regular
Fiorentina has gone forward in each conferences with Como this 12 months and in each, Como equalized by way of a set piece aim. I’m as sick of writing about this subject as you’re of studying it however the reality stays that Fiorentina is nearly uniquely catastrophic at defending set items; earlier than fbref misplaced its information, the Viola had conceded extra possibilities from them than any staff in Serie A, and I haven’t seen something that might change that. The one silver lining is that for Como to equalize from one other nook or free kick would imply that not less than Fiorentina may have scored once more, solely to unravel as per.
3. What recent idiocy Fiorentina will unveil
One factor that’s been enjoyable* about this 12 months’s Fiorentina is the number of errors that each participant commits. We’ve seen defenders make inexcusable passes out the again, fluff their clearances, or stare at forwards operating previous them with out transferring. We’ve seen midfielders dribble into culs-de-sac of their very own development, bork 5-yard passes, and stand astonished within the middle circle reasonably than observe again. The forwards have missed objectives in more and more artistic methods, dribbled into contact, and wandered off the pitch to take pleasure in a pleasant bowl of carabaccia.
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Selection is the spice of life and it is a very spicy staff certainly. Should you, like me, have just about given up hope for this unbelievable assortment of bozos to really do their jobs for 90 minutes, the one leisure they’ll give you is a collection of errors that deserve . If we’re caught on this sinking ship, all we are able to do is fireplace up the kazoos and supply a morbidly raucous refrain earlier than the waves shut over our heads.
*this has not truly been enjoyable in any respect
Doable lineups
Como (4-2-3-1): Butez; Moreno, Kempf, Diego Carlos, van der Brempt; da Cunha, Perrone; Rodríguez, Paz, Kühn; Douvickas ||| Fiorentina (4-5-1): de Gea; Gosens, Pongračić, Comuzzo, Dodô; Solomon, Brescianini, Fagioli, Mandragora, Parisi; Kean
Ted’s Memorial Blind Guess Division
Everybody from the specialists to the bookies to the bettors predicts Como to win and that’s the right opinion. In any case, Serie A’s nouveau-est riche aspect is within the hunt for a Champions League place and, even when that’s most likely past it, Europe beckons any staff in sixth at this stage of the season. The guests are, in fact, full and utter ass. Their solely benefit is a number of further days of relaxation and that’s not almost sufficient to tip the scales.
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Because of the curse that’s TMBGD, although, I suppose I’ll name it a 1-2 win for the guests. The Moose has proven indicators of life these days and I like his odds to get in behind the Como protection a few instances; he’ll want to complete a type of possibilities, in fact, however we’re in a secure house right here so let’s assume he does. Como will pull one again through Paz after a scramble at a free kick, setting the stage for a late winner on the break from Marco Brescianini because the hosts pour our bodies ahead. Como’s going to dominate this sport by each statistical and emotional metric however hey, why not fake like Fiorentina has an opportunity? We lose nothing by hoping.
Forza Viola!