Polissya Vs Fiorentina Team News, Prediction, Betting Tips And Odds

Ahead of Thursday’s Conference League play-off first leg clash, FootItalia has the Polissya vs Fiorentina preview, prediction, betting tips and odds. 

Polissya Vs Fiorentina Preview

Fiorentina will be gunning for Conference League glory once again this season. The Serie A side bowed out at the semi-final stage in 2024-25 and finished as runners-up in the two campaigns prior to that.

Head coach Stefano Pioli is back in the dugout at the Stadio Artemio Franchi this season and his first competitive match of 2025-26 sees him face the Ukrainian Premier League surprise package Polissya.

Pioli hasn’t had to entertain any fixtures in the preliminary round owing to Viola finishing sixth last season. However, the Florence-based side is without a win in their last three fixtures.

After starting pre-season with victories over Grossetto and Carraresse, Pioli suffered defeats to Leicester and Manchester United either side of a 0-0 stalemate with Nottingham Forest.

Although coming into the tie as underdogs, Polissya can enter the Conference League proper for the first time in their history if they get the better of their more illustrious opponents in Slovakia.

The ‘home’ side will be entertaining the Italians at the Futbal Tatran Arena but come into the game via a three-game losing streak.

Ruslan Rotan’s charges last win actually came in the Conference League having already played three domestic games in 2025-26. That was a 3-0 win over Hungary’s Paksi on August 7.

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— ACF Fiorentina English (@ACFFiorentinaEN) August 14, 2025

Polissya Vs Fiorentina Odds And Match Info

• ⚽️ Conference League play-off 1st leg
• ?️ Futbal Tatran Arena, Presov, Slovakia
• ⏱️ Thursday, August 21: 2pm (ET)/11am (PT)/8pm (CET)
• ? Match Odds: Polissya +700 | Draw +400 | Fiorentina -250

Polissya Vs Fiorentina Team News And Predicted Lineups

Although Napoli are plotting a bid for Fiorentina forward Moise Kean, the Azzurri international is expected to partner summer signing Edin Dzeko in attack.

Latest acquisition Simon Sohm is also set to start in midfield. The Switzerland international scored after just eight minutes in the Snapdragon Cup fixture against Manchester United.

Robin Gosens scored an own goal at Old Trafford but he is likely to start in a left wing-back position. The German international may have competition for his spot in the form of Liverpool defender Kostas Tsimikas.

The Viola are weighing up an offer for the Greek star after it was made clear he could leave Anfield. Elsewhere, David de Gea will be in goal and he will be protected by a back three of Pietro Comuzzo, Marin Pongracic and Luca Ranieri.

Meanwhile, Polissya will have Bogdan Mykhaylichenko avaailable after serving a suspension. Fellow defenders Eduard Sarapiy and Danylo Beskorovainyi are set to start at centre-back.

Head coach Ruslan Rotan will likely deploy a 4-3-3 formation. That means the trio of Ruslan Babenko, Bogdan Lednev and Oleksandr Andrievsky should start in the middle.

Polissya predicted lineup: Volynets; Kravchenko, Sarapiy, Beskorovainyi, Mykhaylichenko; Andrievsky, Babenko, Lednev; Hutsuliak, Filippov, Nazarenko

Fiorentina predicted lineup: De Gea; Comuzzo, Pongracic, Ranieri; Dodo, Sohm, Fagioli, Gudmundsson, Gosens; Dzeko, Kean

Polissya Vs Fiorentina Prediction

Both teams head into the encounter on a bad run of form. Polissya have lost their last three on the bounce whereas Fiorentina have lost two of their last three fixtures.

Nonetheless, the Serie A side comes into the first-leg tie as favorites and we fully expect them to live up to that billing. Stefano Pioli’s side has too much quality and will have too much for the Ukrainians to handle.

Prediction: Polissya 1-3 Fiorentina

Polissya Vs Fiorentina Betting Tips

• Polissya vs Fiorentina betting tip 1: Moise Kean to score first at +550.

Moise Kean scored 25 times in all competitions last season and will be the safest wager to net the opening goal on Thursday in Slovakia. Playing under Stefano Pioli for the Viola in his first competitive match, the Azzurri forward will be keen to impress.

• Polissya vs Fiorentina betting tip 2: Over 3.5 goals at +215.

As per our score prediction, Fiorentina could and should rattle home a lot of goals. A number of key attackers are expected to feature from the off and even if Polissya did net, that’ll help the over 3.5 goals come in.