Real Betis vs Fiorentina Preview: Team News & Prediction

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Real Betis and Fiorentina will both sense a major opportunity to have a famous evening in their respective histories as they compete in the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Kick-off date/time: Thursday 1st May, 2025: UK – 8:00pm / US ET – 3:00pm / US PT – 12:00pm

How to watch on TV: UK – TNT Sports / US – Not televised

How to watch online: UK – Discovery / US – Paramount+

Real Betis Preview: Brilliant Betis

Under the management of former Manchester City and Real Madrid boss Manuel Pellegrini, Real Betis have put together a strong and recognisable squad that have been outstanding since the winter transfer window in both La Liga and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

They are challenging for a top five finish in the league and potential UEFA Champions League qualification with their 5-1 annihilation of Real Valladolid at the Benito Villamarin last week meaning they have suffered just two defeats in their last 16 matches.

Fiorentina Preview: Third time lucky

Fiorentina have reached the final of the UEFA Europa Conference League in each of the last two seasons under Vincenzo Italiano before losing to West Ham United and then Olympiakos but Raffaele Palladino will now hope to take I Viola one step further in the next few weeks.

The Italians come into this one on the back of a hard-fought 2-1 defeat of Empoli in the Florence derby at the weekend thanks to early goals from Yacine Adli and Rolando Mandragora. They are now unbeaten in their last nine matches across all competitions.

Real Betis Team News: Bakambu a doubt

Real Betis' UEFA Europa Conference League squad does not have Cucho Hernandez and they have relied upon Cedric Bakambu up-front but the former Villarreal striker is a doubt for this one. They also have some confirmed absentees such as Diego Llorente, Marc Roca and Chimy Avila.

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Adrian; Sabaly, Bartra, Natan, R. Rodriguez; Cardoso, Fornals; Antony, Isco, Abde Ez; J. Rodriguez

Unavailable: Llorente (Injured), Roca (Injured), Avila (Injured)

Questionable: Bakambu (Injured)

Fiorentina Team News: Dodo a doubt & Kean out

Fiorentina have a few key issues ahead of their trip to Spain this week as Italy international striker and key man Moise Kean is sidelined for the visitors. As well as that, key defender Dodo missed the aforementioned derby with Empoli due to illness and he remains a doubt for this one.

Predicted XI (3-5-2): De Gea; Pongracic, Mari, Ranieri; Folorunsho, Mandragora, Cataldi, Adli, Gosens; Gudmundsson, Beltran

Unavailable: Colpani (Injured), Bove (Illness), Kean (Injured)

Questionable: Dodo (Illness)

Key Stats

Real Betis are through to their first UEFA competition semi-final.
Real Betis are aiming to be the first Spanish team to reach the UEFA Conference League final.
This is the first UEFA competition match between these teams.
Real Betis are unbeaten in their last five UEFA competition matches against Italian teams (W3 D2).
Real Betis have won two and drawn two of their previous four UEFA competition matches at home against Italian teams.
Real Betis have lost only one of their last eight UEFA Conference League matches (W5 D2).
Real Betis have scored the first goal in ten of their last 11 UEFA Conference League matches.
Cédric Bakambu has scored in his last five UEFA Conference League appearances for Real Betis (six goals in total). He has scored the opening goal in their last four matches in the competition.
This is Fiorentina’s tenth UEFA competition semi-final appearance. They were successful in six of their previous nine semi-final ties.
This is Fiorentina’s third successive UEFA Conference League semi-final participation. They reached the final in the last two seasons.
Fiorentina have won 12 out of 12 two-legged UEFA Conference League ties (inc qualifying).
Fiorentina have won only two of their previous 14 UEFA competition matches against Spanish teams (D4 L8).
Fiorentina’s last UEFA matches against a Spanish team were in the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League semi-finals against Sevilla (L 0-5 agg, 0-3 a, 0-2 h).
Fiorentina have faced Spanish teams in two previous UEFA competition semi-final ties; 2014/15 UEFA Europa League semi-finals vs Sevilla (L 0-5 agg, 0-3 a, 0-2 h) and 1996/97 Cup Winners’ Cup vs Barcelona (L 1-3 agg, 1-1 a, 0-2 h).
Fiorentina have lost only three of their last 26 UEFA competition matches (W13 D10).
Fiorentina have won more matches (22) and scored more goals (89) in the UEFA Conference League (GS/LP to F) than any other team.
There has been a total of 135 goals scored in Fiorentina’s previous 38 UEFA Conference League matches (GS/LP to F) – an average of 3.55 per match.
Rolando Mandragora has scored in five of Fiorentina’s last six UEFA Conference League matches.

Real Betis vs Fiorentina Prediction

Real Betis have an abundance of attacking options despite the potential absence of Bakambu. They play an entertaining and front foot style of football and, with the atmosphere in Seville, will seek to get on the front foot against Fiorentina. Fiorentina have entered into some excellent form of their own and, even in the potential absence of Kean, they will be expected to have chances of their own in a UEFA Europa Conference League semi-final first-leg that should be fun to watch for the neutral.

Real Betis vs Fiorentina Tip: Both teams to score