Como – Fiorentina: Lombardy flying high, Florence in full panic at the Sinigaglia 
The contrast couldn’t be sharper. One side: a newly promoted side with European dreams and a cup run that has everyone buzzing. The other: a historic club stuck in a desperate scrap for survival. Saturday, Como host Fiorentina determined to extend this remarkable run.
Como: riding high 
Less than two years after leaving Serie B, Como are looking up and doing it loudly. Sixth in the table, Cesc Fàbregas’ men don’t flinch. Their week only confirmed it. On Tuesday, after a suffocating duel with Napoli, the Lariani punched their ticket to the Coppa Italia semi-finals. A stubborn 1-1, then a nerve-shredding penalty shootout ended with Jean Butez producing the decisive save. The Belgian keeper sent the stadium mad and opened the door to a two-legged tie with Inter.
In the league, Como are steady. Three wins in a row before a frustrating draw with Atalanta — a stoppage-time penalty miss left a nasty taste. Still, the momentum is real: seven wins in ten matches and a defence eyeing a fourth clean sheet in a row in Serie A. At the Sinigaglia, they’ve turned home into a trap. Fiorentina have already fallen there this season — beaten 2-1 in the first meeting and knocked out of the cup last month.
Fiorentina: season from hell, pressure turned to eleven 
La Viola are in freefall. Sitting 23 points behind Como in the table, they might as well be in another league. The push for Europe has died; now it’s a scrap to stay up. Three straight defeats have dragged Fiorentina back into the danger zone.
That 2-2 with Torino — fought back into, then thrown away in the dying minutes — sums up the mess. One clean sheet in the last 19 Serie A games. Conceding an average of 1.7 goals per match. That’s not good enough. They’re only three points above the first relegation spot. The margin is wafer-thin. And the schedule offers zero breathing room, with a European trip to Jagiellonia looming. Packing up at Como will be borderline heroic.
Likely lineups
Como : Butez ; Smolcic, Ramon, Kempf, Valle ; Perrone, Da Cunha ; Vojvoda, Paz, Baturina ; Douvikas
Fiorentina : De Gea ; Dodo, Comuzzo, Pongracic, Gosens ; Fagioli ; Solomon, Mandragora, Brescianini, Harrison ; Kean
Football Tips Como vs Fiorentina
Como to win
Riding confidence, solid at home and already twice winners over the Viola this season, Como look to hold all the cards. Fiorentina have shown flashes, but their porous defence and constant pressure will bite them again. The momentum is firmly with the Lombards.
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