Venezia vs Fiorentina prediction, odds and how to watch

AS Roma dismantled Fiorentina 4-0 at home with a performance built on clear structural superiority, a hat-trick from their centre forward, and a game plan Fiorentina had no answer for.

Lecce took all three points at Venezia with goals either side of half-time, winning comfortably despite Venezia controlling 71% of possession and missing six big chances. The numbers tell one story. The structure tells another.

Napoli arrive in Florence carrying one of the most impressive away records in recent form, while Fiorentina are already searching for answers after a heavy opening-day defeat. This is a fixture with a clear tactical imbalance, and the numbers make it hard to ignore.

Venezia host Lazio at the Piovese on Saturday evening searching for their first point of the season, while the visitors arrive carrying a significant injury list and questions about their defensive structure. This fixture has the ingredients of a tactical contest shaped as much by what is missing as by what is present.

Venezia carry one of the most compelling home records in Serie A into Friday's fixture against a Fiorentina side still finding their footing in the new season. The data tells a clear story about who holds the structural advantage here.

Frosinone carry one of Italian football's most compelling home records into Sunday's Serie A encounter, but Venezia arrive in good heart and with a quiet resilience that makes them far more dangerous than their billing suggests.

Two clubs carrying question marks into the new Serie A season meet at the Artemio Franchi on Saturday, with Fiorentina desperate to turn draws into wins and Torino's away record making comfortable reading for nobody.

Manchester United are in talks with Fiorentina over a season-long loan for Joshua Zirkzee, with an option to buy next summer, as the club effectively concede their £36.5m signing has failed to work under Ruben Amorim.