Italian Serie A

Fiorentina vs SPAL, 2019-20 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A
Fiorentina
  • 82': Germán Pezzella
FT
1 - 0
SPAL

    About

    Fiorentina are hosting SPAL at Artemio Franchi, Firenze, Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the Italian Serie A.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Andrea Petagna (SPAL) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 1': Foul by Erick Pulgar (Fiorentina).
    • 1': Offside, Fiorentina. Pol Lirola tries a through ball, but Kevin-Prince Boateng is caught offside.
    • 4': Felipe (SPAL) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 4': Foul by Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina).
    • 6': Foul by Gabriel Strefezza (SPAL).
    • 6': Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 6': Attempt blocked. Marco Benassi (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 6': Offside, Fiorentina. Marco Benassi tries a through ball, but Germán Pezzella is caught offside.
    • 13': Attempt blocked. Marco Benassi (Fiorentina) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin-Prince Boateng.
    • 15': Foul by Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina).
    • 15': Thiago Cionek (SPAL) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 16': Foul by Dalbert (Fiorentina).
    • 16': Gabriel Strefezza (SPAL) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 19': Andrea Petagna (SPAL) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 19': Foul by Martín Cáceres (Fiorentina).
    • 20': Foul by Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina).
    • 20': Gabriel Strefezza (SPAL) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 23': Hand ball by Simone Missiroli (SPAL).
    • 25': Foul by Dalbert (Fiorentina).
    • 25': Gabriel Strefezza (SPAL) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 28': Foul by Kevin-Prince Boateng (Fiorentina).
    • 28': Thiago Cionek (SPAL) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 30': Foul by Pol Lirola (Fiorentina).
    • 30': Igor Julio (SPAL) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 32': Attempt saved. Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pol Lirola.
    • 34': Foul by Andrea Petagna (SPAL).
    • 34': Kevin-Prince Boateng (Fiorentina) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 35': Foul by Dalbert (Fiorentina).
    • 35': Gabriel Strefezza (SPAL) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 38': Federico Di Francesco (SPAL) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 38': Foul by Germán Pezzella (Fiorentina).
    • 38': Germán Pezzella (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 39': Corner, SPAL. Conceded by Marco Benassi.
    • 40': Offside, SPAL. Alessandro Murgia tries a through ball, but Felipe is caught offside.
    • 41': Attempt missed. Andrea Petagna (SPAL) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Gabriel Strefezza.
    • 42': Felipe (SPAL) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 42': Foul by Marco Benassi (Fiorentina).
    • 43': Attempt missed. Felipe (SPAL) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Alessandro Murgia with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 44': Foul by Mattia Valoti (SPAL).
    • 44': Pol Lirola (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Kevin-Prince Boateng (Fiorentina).
    • 45'+1': Simone Missiroli (SPAL) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Felipe (SPAL) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left following a set piece situation.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Fiorentina 0, SPAL 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Fiorentina 0, SPAL 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Fiorentina. Dusan Vlahovic replaces Kevin-Prince Boateng.
    • 48': Attempt missed. Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Marco Benassi.
    • 50': Attempt missed. Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Dusan Vlahovic.
    • 51': Foul by Dalbert (Fiorentina).
    • 51': Gabriel Strefezza (SPAL) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 51': Attempt saved. Gabriel Strefezza (SPAL) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Simone Missiroli.
    • 53': Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 53': Foul by Igor Julio (SPAL).
    • 57': Hand ball by Igor Julio (SPAL).
    • 57': Federico Di Francesco (SPAL) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 57': Foul by Marco Benassi (Fiorentina).
    • 58': Attempt saved. Marco Benassi (Fiorentina) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gaetano Castrovilli.
    • 59': Attempt missed. Marco Benassi (Fiorentina) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Erick Pulgar.
    • 61': Attempt blocked. Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dalbert with a cross.
    • 61': Corner, Fiorentina. Conceded by Mattia Valoti.
    • 62': Attempt blocked. Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dalbert with a cross.
    • 62': Corner, Fiorentina. Conceded by Francesco Vicari.
    • 62': Attempt blocked. Pol Lirola (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 64': Attempt missed. Mattia Valoti (SPAL) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alessandro Murgia.
    • 64': Substitution, SPAL. Sergio Floccari replaces Federico Di Francesco.
    • 66': Attempt blocked. Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pol Lirola with a cross.
    • 67': Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 67': Foul by Felipe (SPAL).
    • 68': Corner, SPAL. Conceded by Germán Pezzella.
    • 75': Attempt missed. Dalbert (Fiorentina) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Erick Pulgar.
    • 75': Substitution, Fiorentina. Patrick Cutrone replaces Federico Chiesa.
    • 76': Attempt blocked. Mattia Valoti (SPAL) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Igor Julio.
    • 76': Attempt missed. Mattia Valoti (SPAL) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
    • 77': Hand ball by Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina).
    • 79': Foul by Alessandro Murgia (SPAL).
    • 79': Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 79': Alessandro Murgia (SPAL) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 80': Attempt missed. Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina) header from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dalbert with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 81': Attempt missed. Pol Lirola (Fiorentina) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nikola Milenkovic with a headed pass.
    • 82': Attempt saved. Marco Benassi (Fiorentina) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pol Lirola.
    • 82': Corner, Fiorentina. Conceded by Etrit Berisha.
    • 82': Goal! Fiorentina 1, SPAL 0. Germán Pezzella (Fiorentina) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Erick Pulgar with a cross following a corner.
    • 85': Andrea Petagna (SPAL) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 85': Foul by Martín Cáceres (Fiorentina).
    • 86': Substitution, SPAL. Marko Jankovic replaces Igor Julio.
    • 87': Corner, SPAL. Conceded by Pol Lirola.
    • 89': Corner, SPAL. Conceded by Erick Pulgar.
    • 89': Attempt blocked. Simone Missiroli (SPAL) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marko Jankovic with a cross.
    • 90': Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 90': Foul by Felipe (SPAL).
    • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Patrick Cutrone (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Pol Lirola.
    • 90'+1': Foul by Andrea Petagna (SPAL).
    • 90'+1': Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Dalbert (Fiorentina).
    • 90'+2': Sergio Floccari (SPAL) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Francesco Vicari (SPAL) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a set piece situation.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Fiorentina 1, SPAL 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Fiorentina 1, SPAL 0.

    Statistics

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    10 Fouls 18
    1 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 2
    4 Corner Kicks 3
    3 Saves 1
    58.8 Possession 41.2
    9 SHOTS 17
    1 ON GOAL 4
    0.1 On Target % 0.2
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    438 Accurate Passes 278
    528 Passes 359
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    3 Accurate Crosses 8
    16 Crosses 18
    0.2 Cross % 0.4
    70 Long Balls 48
    34 Accurate Long Balls 23
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
    2 Blocked Shots 6
    8 Effective Tackles 7
    13 Tackles 12
    0.6 Tackle % 0.6
    6 Interceptions 8
    13 Effective Clearances 16
    13 Clearances 16

    Game Information

    Competition: Italian Serie A

    Venue: Artemio Franchi
    Location: Firenze, Italy
    Attendance: 33,970

    Serie A Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Internazionale 36 +54 85
    2 Napoli 36 +18 70
    3 Juventus 36 +29 68
    4 AC Milan 36 +18 67
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    FIO Fiorentina (3-5-2)

    No. Name
    69 Bartlomiej Dragowski (GK)
    20 Germán Pezzella Yellow Card
    22 Martín Cáceres
    4 Nikola Milenkovic
    8 Gaetano Castrovilli
    24 Marco Benassi
    78 Erick Pulgar
    29 Dalbert
    21 Pol Lirola
    25 Federico Chiesa
    10 Kevin-Prince Boateng
    Fiorentina Substitutes:
    Federico Ceccherini, Dusan Vlahovic, Lorenzo Venuti, Rachid Ghezzal, Milan Badelj, Aleksa Terzic, Patrick Cutrone, Valentin Eysseric, Szymon Zurkowski, Riccardo Sottil, Luca Ranieri, Pietro Terracciano.

    SPA SPAL (3-5-2)

    No. Name
    99 Etrit Berisha (GK)
    23 Francesco Vicari
    27 Felipe
    4 Thiago Cionek
    8 Mattia Valoti
    11 Alessandro Murgia Yellow Card
    7 Simone Missiroli
    3 Igor Julio
    21 Gabriel Strefezza
    31 Federico Di Francesco
    37 Andrea Petagna
    SPAL Substitutes:
    Karlo Letica, Marko Jankovic, Sergio Floccari, Georgi Tunjov, Mirko Valdifiori, Riccardo Mastrilli, Paolo Cannistrà, Bartosz Salamon, Alberto Paloschi, Jaume Cuéllar, Arkadiusz Reca, Demba Thiam.

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