Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, September 19, 2020
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Fiorentina WDLWW 1
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Match Report

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Fiorentina snatch late win with Castrovilli goal to see off Torino in Serie A opener

Fiorentina grabbed a late goal through Gaetano Castrovilli to beat visiting Torino 1-0 in the opening match of the new Serie A season on Saturday.

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Team Stats

20
Fouls
17
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
6
1
Corner Kicks
4
5
Saves
3
50.4
Possession
49.6
6
SHOTS
15
3
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
369
Accurate Passes
361
445
Passes
423
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
5
7
Crosses
21
0.1
Cross %
0.2
65
Long Balls
56
31
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
5
12
Effective Tackles
7
24
Tackles
13
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
11
Interceptions
15
26
Effective Clearances
7
26
Clearances
7

Head to Head

FIO leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

FIO · 3-5-2

  1. 69Bartlomiej DragowskiG
  2. 17Federico CeccheriniCD
  3. 22Martín CáceresCD-L
  4. 4Nikola MilenkovicCD-R
  5. 10Gaetano CastrovilliCM-L
  6. 5Giacomo BonaventuraCM-R
  7. 8Alfred DuncanAM
  8. 3Cristiano BiraghiLM
  9. 25Federico ChiesaRM
  10. 7Franck RibéryCF-L
  11. 11Christian KouaméCF-R

TOR · 4-3-1-2

  1. 39Salvatore SiriguG
  2. 33Nicolas NkoulouCD-L
  3. 3BremerCD-R
  4. 15Cristian AnsaldiLB
  5. 5Armando IzzoRB
  6. 9Andrea BelottiM
  7. 88Tomás RincónCM
  8. 21Álex BerenguerAM
  9. 77Karol LinettyLM
  10. 23Souahilo MeïtéRM
  11. 11Simone ZazaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 15' Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 44' Federico Ceccherini (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 48' VAR Decision: No Goal Fiorentina 0-0 Torino.
  4. 58' Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 60' Karol Linetty (Torino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 69' Substitution, Torino. Simone Verdi replaces Alex Berenguer.
  7. 69' Substitution, Torino. Sasa Lukic replaces Soualiho Meité.
  8. 78' Goal! Fiorentina 1, Torino 0. Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Federico Chiesa.
  9. 79' Substitution, Fiorentina. Borja Valero replaces Giacomo Bonaventura.
  10. 79' Substitution, Fiorentina. Dusan Vlahovic replaces Franck Ribéry.
  11. 83' Substitution, Fiorentina. Pol Lirola replaces Federico Chiesa.
  12. 87' Substitution, Torino. Vincenzo Millico replaces Karol Linetty.
  13. 87' Substitution, Torino. Mergim Vojvoda replaces Armando Izzo.
  14. 88' Substitution, Fiorentina. Lorenzo Venuti replaces Cristiano Biraghi.
  15. 88' Substitution, Fiorentina. Patrick Cutrone replaces Christian Kouamé.

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