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Sunday, November 9, 2014
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French Cup holders EA Guingamp will look to join UEFA Europa League Group K leaders ACF Fiorentina on ten points as the sides meet in France on matchday five.
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EA Guingamp will look to join Group K leaders ACF Fiorentina in the UEFA Europa League round of 32 as the sides meet again on matchday five.
Form guide• Fiorentina beat Guingamp 3-0 in Florence on matchday one.
• Fiorentina have won just one of their six games in France, and are without a victory in their last four visits (D2 L2); Guingamp lost their only previous home match against Serie A opponents, 3-0 to FC Internazionale Milano in September 1996.
• Guingamp won both of their previous Group K home games 2-0 but have yet to win an away fixture in the UEFA Cup or UEFA Europa League.
• Fiorentina are unbeaten in eight European away contests (W6 D2).
Trivia and links• Guingamp defender Benjamin Angoua turns 28 the day after the Fiorentina game.
• This is French Cup holders Guingamp's first major UEFA group stage campaign.
The coaches• A losing UEFA Cup finalist as an Olympique de Marseille midfielder in 1999, Jocelyn Gourvennec played for a number of clubs all over France but returned to his native Brittany to take charge of Guingamp in 2010, leading them to their second French Cup triumph in 2013/14.
• Fiorentina coach since June 2012, Vincenzo Montella was known as L'Aeroplanino (the Little Aeroplane) because of his modest stature and trademark goal celebration during his time as a striker. He won the Serie A title and two Coppa Italias with AS Roma, whom he later coached along with Calcio Catania.