Fiorentina 2-1 Sassuolo: result and report

Serie A · Monday 12 December 2016

Result

Fiorentina 2-1 Sassuolo

Serie A · Monday 12 December 2016, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Fiorentina · Sassuolo · Serie A predictions

Fiorentina 2-1 Sassuolo: match report

Fiorentina won against Sassuolo 2-1 in Serie A on Monday 12 December 2016. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Nikola Kalinic opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Fiorentina's goals came from Nikola Kalinic (10') and Nikola Kalinic (39'). Sassuolo scored through Francesco Acerbi (76').

Discipline: Fiorentina received 3 yellow cards; Sassuolo received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Fiorentina were 9th on 23 points from 14 and Sassuolo 14th on 20 points from 15. Fiorentina went on to finish that season 8th with 60 points, and Sassuolo 10th with 49.

Fiorentina lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sassuolo in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Nikola Kalinić of Fiorentina (8.9), ahead of Francesco Acerbi (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Fiorentina wins, 2 draws and 1 for Sassuolo.

Going into the match Fiorentina's last five read W-L-W-D-W and Sassuolo's W-D-L-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Nikola KalinicFiorentina · 1-0
  • 20'Yellow card · Carlos SalcedoFiorentina
  • 39'Goal · Nikola KalinicFiorentina · 2-0
  • 64'Yellow card · Federico PelusoSassuolo
  • 67'Yellow card · Davide AstoriFiorentina
  • 76'Goal · Francesco AcerbiSassuolo · 2-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Nikola KalinicFiorentina

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Fiorentina 3, draws 2, Sassuolo 1.

Team news

Fiorentina line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ciprian Tătărușanu, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Davide Astori, Maximiliano Olivera, Carlos Salcedo, M. Badelj, Matías Vecino, Federico Bernardeschi, Federico Chiesa, Josip Ilicic, Nikola Kalinić

Sassuolo line-up (4-3-3)

Andrea Consigli, Federico Peluso, Francesco Acerbi, Marcello Gazzola, Paolo Cannavaro, Francesco Magnanelli, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Stefano Sensi, Grégoire Defrel, Federico Ricci, Antonino Ragusa