Roma 2-1 Fiorentina: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 26 July 2020
Result
Roma 2-1 Fiorentina
Serie A · Sunday 26 July 2020, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Roma 2-1 Fiorentina: match report
Roma beat Fiorentina 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 26 July 2020. The half-time score was 1-0.
Jordan Veretout opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Roma's goals came from Jordan Veretout (45', penalty) and Jordan Veretout (87', penalty). Fiorentina scored through Nikola Milenković (54').
Discipline: Roma received 1 yellow card; Fiorentina received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Roma were 5th on 61 points from 35 and Fiorentina 12th on 43 points from 35. Roma went on to finish that season 5th with 70 points, and Fiorentina 9th with 49.
Roma lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Fiorentina in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jordan Veretout of Roma (8.9), ahead of Amadou Diawara (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Roma wins, 3 draws and 2 for Fiorentina.
Going into the match Roma's last five read W-D-W-W-W and Fiorentina's D-W-W-D-D.
Key events
- 35'Yellow card · Germán Pezzella
- 45'Penalty goal · Jordan Veretout
- 54'Goal · Nikola Milenković
- 72'Yellow card · Martín Cáceres
- 85'Yellow card · Rachid Ghezzal
- 87'Penalty goal · Jordan Veretout
- 90+4'Yellow card · Nikola Milenković
- 90+6'Yellow card · Gianluca Mancini
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Roger Ibañez
- Juan Jesus
- Kevin-Prince Boateng
- Marco Benassi
- Bartłomiej Drągowski
- José Faria
- Antonio Mirante
- Cengiz Ünder
Roma line-up (3-4-2-1)
Pau López, Gianluca Mancini, Chris Smalling, Aleksandar Kolarov, Bruno Peres, Amadou Diawara, Jordan Veretout, Leonardo Spinazzola, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Edin Džeko
Fiorentina line-up (3-5-2)
Pietro Terracciano, Nikola Milenković, Germán Pezzella, Martín Cáceres, Federico Chiesa, Rachid Ghezza, Erick Pulgar, Alfred Duncan, Pol Lirola, Christian Kouamé, Franck Ribéry