Fiorentina 5-1 Cagliari: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 23 December 2007
Result
Fiorentina 5-1 Cagliari
Serie A · Sunday 23 December 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-1
Fiorentina 5-1 Cagliari: match report
Fiorentina defeated Cagliari 5-1 in Serie A on Sunday 23 December 2007. It was 3-1 at half-time.
Riccardo Montolivo opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Fiorentina's goals came from Riccardo Montolivo (3'), Adrian Mutu (42'), Adrian Mutu (45+2', penalty), Mario Santana (47') and Mario Santana (79'). Cagliari scored through Michele Fini (6').
Discipline: Fiorentina received 1 yellow card; Cagliari received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Fiorentina were 5th on 25 points from 16 and Cagliari 20th on 10 points from 16. Fiorentina went on to finish that season 4th with 66 points, and Cagliari 14th with 42.
Fiorentina lined up in a 4-3-3 and Cagliari in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Fiorentina wins, 1 draw and 0 for Cagliari.
Going into the match Fiorentina's last five read D-L-L-D-L and Cagliari's L-L-L-D-L.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Riccardo Montolivo
- 6'Goal · Michele Fini
- 37'Yellow card · M. Ferri
- 42'Goal · Adrian Mutu
- 45+2'Penalty goal · Adrian Mutu
- 47'Goal · Mario Santana
- 76'Yellow card · Dario Dainelli
- 79'Goal · Mario Santana
Head-to-head
Team news
Fiorentina line-up (4-3-3)
Cristiano Lupatelli, Alessandro Gamberini, Tomás Ujfalusi, Manuel Pasqual, Riccardo Montolivo, Lars Jørgensen, Zdravko Kuzmanović, Mario Santana, Christian Vieri, Adrian Mutu, Fabio Liverani
Cagliari line-up (4-2-3-1)
Vincenzo Marruocco, Cristiano Del Grosso, Michele Canini, Michele Ferri, Daniele Conti, Pasquale Foggia, Andrea Parola, Michele Fini, Marco Mancosu, J. Larrivey, Paolo Bianco