Fiorentina 3-2 Brescia: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 9 January 2011
Result
Fiorentina 3-2 Brescia
Serie A · Sunday 9 January 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Fiorentina 3-2 Brescia: match report
Fiorentina defeated Brescia 3-2 in Serie A on Sunday 9 January 2011. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Alessandro Diamanti opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Fiorentina's goals came from Alberto Gilardino (72'), Mario Santana (86') and Hamdi Salihi (88'). Brescia scored through Alessandro Diamanti (30') and N. Córdova (45+3').
Discipline: Fiorentina received 1 yellow card; Brescia received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Fiorentina were 16th on 20 points from 17 and Brescia 18th on 15 points from 18. Fiorentina went on to finish that season 9th with 51 points, and Brescia 19th with 32.
Fiorentina lined up in a 4-4-2 and Brescia in a 4-3-1-2.
Going into the match Fiorentina's last five read D-L-W-D-L and Brescia's L-L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 30'Goal · Alessandro Diamanti
- 40'Yellow card · Riccardo Montolivo
- 45+3'Goal · N. Córdova
- 72'Goal · Alberto Gilardino
- 86'Goal · Mario Santana
- 88'Goal · Hamdi Salihi
Team news
Fiorentina line-up (4-4-2)
Alessandro Gamberini, Manuel Pasqual, Lorenzo De Silvestri, Michele Camporese, Marco Donadel, Mario Santana, Riccardo Montolivo, Khouma Babacar, Alessio Cerci, Alberto Gilardino, Artur Boruc
Brescia expected line-up (4-3-1-2)
Matteo Sereni, Jonathan Zebina, Marco Zambelli, Panagiotis Kone, Davide Baiocco, Éder, Andrea Caracciolo, Gilberto Martinez Vidal, Nicolás Andrés Córdova San Cristóbal, Përparim Hetemaj