Fiorentina 2-1 Napoli: result and report
Serie A · Wednesday 28 January 2009
Result
Fiorentina 2-1 Napoli
Serie A · Wednesday 28 January 2009, 19:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Fiorentina 2-1 Napoli: match report
Fiorentina defeated Napoli 2-1 in Serie A on Wednesday 28 January 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.
Mario Santana opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Fiorentina's goals came from Mario Santana (47') and Riccardo Montolivo (79'). Napoli scored through Luigi Vitale (49').
Discipline: Fiorentina received 2 yellow cards; Napoli received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Fiorentina were 7th on 32 points from 20 and Napoli 5th on 33 points from 20. Fiorentina went on to finish that season 5th with 68 points, and Napoli 12th with 46.
Fiorentina lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Napoli in a 3-5-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Fiorentina win, 0 draws and 2 for Napoli.
Going into the match Fiorentina's last five read L-L-L-W-W and Napoli's L-L-W-L-W.
Key events
- 47'Goal · Mario Santana
- 49'Goal · Luigi Vitale
- 52'Yellow card · Luciano Zauri
- 71'Yellow card · Gianluca Comotto
- 79'Goal · Riccardo Montolivo
- 84'Yellow card · A. Russotto
- 85'Yellow card · Francesco Montervino
- 90+1'Second yellow · Francesco Montervino
Head-to-head
Team news
Fiorentina line-up (4-3-1-2)
Sébastien Frey, Alessandro Gamberini, Massimo Gobbi, Gianluca Comotto, Felipe Melo, Marco Donadel, Riccardo Montolivo, Mario Santana, Stevan Jovetić, Alberto Gilardino, Luciano Zauri
Napoli line-up (3-5-2)
Matteo Gianello, Luigi Vitale, Salvatore Aronica, Paolo Cannavaro, Leandro Rinaudo, Mariano Bogliacino, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Marcelo Zalayeta, Michele Pazienza, Manuele Blasi, Christian Maggio