Fiorentina 2-1 Catania: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 17 February 2008
Result
Fiorentina 2-1 Catania
Serie A · Sunday 17 February 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Fiorentina 2-1 Catania: match report
Fiorentina defeated Catania 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 17 February 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Zdravko Kuzmanović opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Fiorentina's goals came from Zdravko Kuzmanović (40') and Adrian Mutu (70'). Catania scored through Juan Manuel Vargas (60').
Discipline: Fiorentina received 3 yellow cards; Catania received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Fiorentina were 5th on 38 points from 22 and Catania 14th on 23 points from 22. Fiorentina went on to finish that season 4th with 66 points, and Catania 17th with 37.
Fiorentina lined up in a 4-3-3 and Catania in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Fiorentina wins, 0 draws and 0 for Catania.
Going into the match Fiorentina's last five read D-L-W-W-W and Catania's L-L-D-L-D.
Key events
- 27'Yellow card · Giampaolo Pazzini
- 40'Goal · Zdravko Kuzmanović
- 60'Goal · Juan Manuel Vargas
- 70'Goal · Adrian Mutu
- 78'Yellow card · Adrian Mutu
- 83'Yellow card · Marco Donadel
- 90'Yellow card · Cristian Silvestri
- 90+2'Yellow card · Davide Baiocco
Head-to-head
Team news
Fiorentina line-up (4-3-3)
Sébastien Frey, Dario Dainelli, Alessandro Gamberini, Alessandro Potenza, Manuel Pasqual, Marco Donadel, Riccardo Montolivo, Zdravko Kuzmanović, Mario Santana, Giampaolo Pazzini, Adrian Mutu
Catania line-up (4-3-3)
Ciro Polito, Lorenzo Stovini, Juan Manuel Vargas, Cristian Silvestri, Pablo Alvarez, Giuseppe Colucci, Mariano Julio Izco, Davide Baiocco, Jorge Martínez Barrios, Marco Biagianti, Inácio Piá