Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, January 27, 2019
Fiorentina WLDWD 4
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Chievo Verona DDLWL 3
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FIO224
CVO123
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Match Report

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Ten man Fiorentina win seven-goal thriller at Chievo

Fiorentina scored twice with 10 men and saw their opponents miss a late penalty as they won 4-3 at Chievo on Sunday in a crazy Serie A match.

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Team Stats

20
Fouls
18
1
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
8
5
Saves
1
49
Possession
51
14
SHOTS
22
5
ON GOAL
8
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
2
260
Accurate Passes
262
368
Passes
363
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
11
10
Crosses
28
0.2
Cross %
0.4
71
Long Balls
71
30
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
5
6
Effective Tackles
4
11
Tackles
7
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
6
Interceptions
9
22
Effective Clearances
19
22
Clearances
19

Head to Head

FIO leads series 4-1

Lineups

CVO · 4-3-1-2

  1. 70Stefano SorrentinoG
  2. 15Luca RossettiniCD-L
  3. 40Nenad TomovicCD-R
  4. 44Pawel JaroszynskiLB
  5. 27Fabio DepaoliRB
  6. 31Sergio PellissierM
  7. 4Nicola RigoniCM
  8. 17Emanuele GiaccheriniAM
  9. 56Perparim HetemajLM
  10. 11Mehdi LérisRM
  11. 9Mariusz StepinskiCF-R

FIO · 4-3-3

  1. 1Alban LafontG
  2. 31Vitor HugoCD-L
  3. 20Germán PezzellaCD-R
  4. 16Dávid HanckoLB
  5. 2Vincent LauriniRB
  6. 17Jordan VeretoutCM
  7. 6Christian NørgaardLM
  8. 24Marco BenassiRM
  9. 9Giovanni SimeoneF
  10. 29Luis MurielLF
  11. 25Federico ChiesaRF

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal! Chievo 0, Fiorentina 1. Luis Muriel (Fiorentina) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner following a set piece situation.
  2. 17' VAR: Goal. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  3. 19' Marco Benassi (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 25' Emanuele Giaccherini (Chievo) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 26' Goal! Chievo 0, Fiorentina 2. Marco Benassi (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Giovanni Simeone.
  6. 27' Stefano Sorrentino (Chievo) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 30' Substitution, Chievo. Bostjan Cesar replaces Nenad Tomovic because of an injury.
  8. 38' Goal! Chievo 1, Fiorentina 2. Mariusz Stepinski (Chievo) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fabio Depaoli with a cross.
  9. 45' Substitution, Fiorentina. Gerson replaces Christian Nørgaard.
  10. 47' Nicola Rigoni (Chievo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 59' Marco Benassi (Fiorentina) is shown the red card.
  12. 60' Goal! Chievo 2, Fiorentina 2. Sergio Pellissier (Chievo) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  13. 61' Substitution, Fiorentina. Bryan Dabo replaces Giovanni Simeone.
  14. 70' Substitution, Chievo. Federico Barba replaces Mehdi Leris.
  15. 78' Substitution, Chievo. Filip Djordjevic replaces Mariusz Stepinski.
  16. 79' Goal! Chievo 2, Fiorentina 3. Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bryan Dabo with a through ball.
  17. 80' Substitution, Fiorentina. Federico Ceccherini replaces Vincent Laurini.
  18. 85' Penalty saved! Sergio Pellissier (Chievo) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  19. 86' Goal! Chievo 2, Fiorentina 4. Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gerson following a fast break.
  20. 89' Goal! Chievo 3, Fiorentina 4. Filip Djordjevic (Chievo) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Fabio Depaoli with a cross.

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