FIRENZE. Fiorentina found a way to turn the tables against Roma to win 2-1. It was Roma to strike first with a goal of Federico Insúa at the 12′. Then it was a goal in the 85′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Jonathan Ikoné gave the win to Fiorentina in the 88′ minute. Fiorentina was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio Artemio Franchi stadium in Firenze on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Giovanni Ayroldi with the help of Giorgio Peretti and Fabrizio Lombardo. The 4th official was Gianluca Manganiello. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 24.3 degrees Celsius or 75.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.
Match Statistics
- ! 66 Ball Possession 34
Shots
- 15 Total 8
- 6 On Target 4
- 10 Off Target 5
- 7 Shots blocked 1
- 128 Attack 44
- 60 Dangerous attack 13
- 82 Ball safe 77
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 4
Fouls
- 11 Total 12
- 5 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Fiorentina had a strong ball possession 66% while Roma was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Fiorentina was more pushing with 60 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Fiorentina won the match.
Fiorentina shot 15 times, 6 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Roma shot 8 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Fiorentina received 5 yellow cards (Riccardo Saponara, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Lorenzo Venuti, Luka Jović and Igor). Regarding the opposition, Roma received 4 yellow cards (F. Missori, Ola Solbakken, Mile Svilar and José Mourinho).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Fiorentina will have 53 points like Torino to sit in the 8th place. On the other side, Roma will stay with 60 points to sit in the 6th place.
Next matches
Fiorentina – Formation
Fiorentina started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Vincenzo Italiano decided to play with the following team: Michele Cerofolini
, Lorenzo Venuti , Lucas Martínez Quarta , Igor Júlio , Cristiano Biraghi , Alfred Duncan , Rolando Mandragora , Jonathan Ikoné , Antonín Barák , Riccardo Saponara and Luka Jović .The home team had on the bench: Nicolás González, Christian Kouamé
, Riccardo Sottil , Nikola Milenković , Luca Ranieri, Michael Kayode, Giacomo Bonaventura, Dodô , Josip Brekalo, Sofyan Amrabat, Gaetano Castrovilli, Alessandro Bianco, Pietro Terracciano, Aleksa Terzić and Arthur Cabral.Substitutions
Fiorentina made 5 changes: Lucas Martínez Quarta for Nikola Milenković (46′), Cristiano Biraghi for Aleksa Terzić (46′), Riccardo Saponara for Riccardo Sottil (61′), Lorenzo Venuti for Dodô (62′) and Alfred Duncan for Christian Kouamé (76′).
Best player: Jonathan Ikoné
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Fiorentina was Jonathan Ikoné.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 41 passes (87% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 4 crosses.Roma – Formation
Roma started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho played with: Mile Svilar
, Filippo Missori , Chris Smalling , Diego Llorente , Nicola Zalewski , Benjamin Tahirović , Ola Solbakken , Edoardo Bove , Georginio Wijnaldum , Stephan El Shaarawy and Andrea Belotti .These were the players on the bench: Gianluca Mancini
, Ebrima Darboe, Dimitrios Keramitsis, Cristian Volpato, Pietro Boer, Bryan Cristante , Tammy Abraham , Gabriele Baldi, Roger Ibañez , Zeki Çelik and Riccardo Pagano.Substitutions
Roma made 5 changes: Chris Smalling for Gianluca Mancini (46′), Federico Insúa for Zeki Çelik (46′), Georginio Wijnaldum for Bryan Cristante (60′), Ola Solbakken for Ibañez (71′) and Nicola Zalewski for Tammy Abraham (80′).
Best player: Ola Solbakken
The player that probably impressed the most for Roma was Ola Solbakken.
His rating is
with 11 passes (72% accurate) and 4 key passes. He performed 3 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.