FIRENZE. Fiorentina beats Venezia 1-0 after L. Torreira scored just 1 goal (30′). Fiorentina was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (69%) 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 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Rosario Abisso with the help of Edoardo Raspollini and Salvatore Affatato. The 4th official was Davide Ghersini. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 21.7 degrees Celsius or 70.97 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 38%.​

Match Statistics​

Fiorentina

1 - 0

Venezia

  • ! 69 Ball Possession 31
Shots
  • 22 Total 4
  • 7 On Target 0
  • 15 Off Target 4
  • 6 Shots blocked 0
  • 106 Attack 72
  • 61 Dangerous attack 17
  • 84 Ball safe 76
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 5 Corners 0
  • 1 Off Sides 4
Fouls
  • 15 Total 17
  • 4 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Fiorentina had a superior ball possession 69% while Venezia was struggling with a 31% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Fiorentina was putting more pressure with 61 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Fiorentina won the match​.

Fiorentina shot 22 times, 7 on target, 15 off target. On the other side, Venezia shot 4 times, 0 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Fiorentina received 4 yellow cards (R. Sottil, A. Duncan, L. Torreira and L. Venuti). Talking about the opposition, Venezia received 4 yellow cards (R. Haps, D. Okereke, S. Kiyine and D. Peretz).

Match Timeline

29'
30'
36'
46'
56'
57'
Alfred Duncan- sub ->Youssef Maleh
68'
Riccardo Sottil- sub ->Jonathan Ikoné
68'
77'
78'
78'
Riccardo Sottil- Yellow
79'
Alfred Duncan- Yellow
83'
87'
87'
90'
90'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Milan
86
38
Inter
84
38
Napoli
79
38
Juventus
70
38
Lazio
64
38
Roma
63
38
Fiorentina
62
38
Atalanta
59
38
Hellas Verona
53
38
Torino
50
38
Sassuolo
50
38
Udinese
47
38
Bologna
46
38
Empoli
41
38
Sampdoria
36
38
Spezia
36
38
Salernitana
31
38
Cagliari
30
38
Genoa
28
38
Venezia
27
38

After playing this encounter, Fiorentina will have 56 points like Lazio to sit in the 7th place. Talking about the opposition, Venezia will stay with 22 points like Genoa to sit in the 19th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Fiorentina will play away against Salernitana on the 24th of April with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Fiorentina (0 draws).

Venezia will host Atalanta on the 23rd of April with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Atalanta (0 draws).

Fiorentina – Formation

Fiorentina
G
Pietro Terracciano 1.Italy
7.4
D
Cristiano Biraghi 3.Italy
8.0
D
Lorenzo Venuti 23.Italy
7.4
90'
D
Igor 98.Brazil
7.2
D
Nikola Milenković 4.Serbia
7.1
M
Lucas Torreira 18.Uruguay
7.9
90' 30'
M
Gaetano Castrovilli 10.Italy
7.1
77'
M
Youssef Maleh 14.Morocco
7.0
68'
F
Jonathan Ikoné 11.France
7.4
68'
F
Arthur Cabral 9.Brazil
6.7
87'
F
Nicolás González 22.Argentina
6.5
Substitutes
G
Bartlomiej Dragowski 69.Poland
D
Aleksa Terzic 17.Serbia
D
Matija Nastasic 55.Serbia
D
Álvaro Odriozola 29.Spain
D
Lucas Martínez Quarta 2.Argentina
M
Sofyan Amrabat 34.Morocco
6.6
77'
M
Alfred Duncan 32.Ghana
6.4
68' 83'
M
Riccardo Saponara 8.Italy
F
Aleksandr Kokorin 91.Russia
F
Riccardo Sottil 33.Italy
6.6
68' 79'
F
José Callejón 7.Spain
F
K. Piątek 19.Poland
6.5
87'

Fiorentina adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Vincenzo Italiano decided to play with the following team: .

Fiorentina could not rely on the presence of S. Amrabat (injured).

Substitutions

Fiorentina made 4 changes: J. Ikone for R. Sottil (68′), Y. Maleh for A. Duncan (68′), G. Castrovilli for S. Amrabat (77′) and A. Cabral for K. Piatek (87′).

Venezia – Formation

Venezia
G
Niki Mäenpää 1.Finland
6.9
D
Ridgeciano Haps 55.Suriname
6.5
29'
D
Ales Mateju 37.Czech Republic
7.1
D
Mattia Caldara 31.Italy
6.8
D
Pietro Ceccaroni 32.Italy
6.6
M
Domen Crnigoj 33.Slovenia
7.0
78'
M
G. Busio 27.United States
6.8
87'
M
T. Tessmann 8.United States
6.7
56'
F
Thomas Henry 14.France
6.2
F
Dennis Johnsen 17.Norway
6.1
46'
F
David Okereke 77.Nigeria
6.2
36'
Substitutes
G
R. Lazar 41.Moldova
G
Bruno Bertinato 34.Brazil
D
Maximilian Ullmann 19.Austria
D
Michael Svoboda 30.Austria
D
Marco Modolo 13.Italy
M
L. Fiordilino 16.Italy
6.6
78'
M
Sofian Kiyine 23.Morocco
6.4
46' 57'
M
Dor Peretz 42.Israel
6.8
87' 90'
M
Nani 20.Portugal
F
Jean-Pierre Nsame 9.Cameroon
6.5
78'
F
M. Aramu 10.Italy
6.8
56'

Also Venezia adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Paolo Zanetti played with: .

Substitutions

Venezia made 5 changes: D. Johnsen for S. Kiyine (46′), T. Tessmann for M. Aramu (56′), D. Okereke for J. Nsame (78′), D. Crnigoj for L. Fiordilino (78′) and G. Busio for D. Peretz (87′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​