Bologna 2-3 Fiorentina: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 5 December 2021

Result

Bologna 2-3 Fiorentina

Serie A · Sunday 5 December 2021, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

Bologna · Fiorentina · Serie A predictions

Bologna 2-3 Fiorentina: match report

Bologna lost to Fiorentina 2-3 in Serie A on Sunday 5 December 2021. The half-time score was 1-1.

Youssef Maleh opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Bologna's goals came from Musa Barrow (42') and Aaron Hickey (83'). Fiorentina scored through Youssef Maleh (33'), Cristiano Biraghi (51') and Dusan Vlahovic (67', penalty).

Discipline: Bologna received 3 yellow cards; Fiorentina received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bologna were 8th on 24 points from 15 and Fiorentina 6th on 24 points from 15. Bologna went on to finish that season 13th with 46 points, and Fiorentina 7th with 62.

Bologna lined up in a 5-3-2 and Fiorentina in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Nico González of Fiorentina (7.8), ahead of Giacomo Bonaventura (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Bologna wins, 5 draws and 5 for Fiorentina.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

24'Yellow card · Nicolás DomínguezBologna
25'Yellow card · Lucas TorreiraFiorentina
33'Goal · Youssef MalehFiorentina · 0-1
42'Goal · Musa BarrowBologna · 1-1
50'Yellow card · Arthur TheateBologna
51'Goal · Cristiano BiraghiFiorentina · 1-2
64'Yellow card · Nikola MilenkovićFiorentina
67'Penalty goal · Dusan VlahovicFiorentina · 1-3
83'Goal · Aaron HickeyBologna · 2-3
90'Yellow card · Sofyan AmrabatFiorentina
90+4'Yellow card · Adama SoumaoroBologna

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bologna 0, draws 5, Fiorentina 5.

Bologna 3-3 FiorentinaSerie A · 2 May 2021
Fiorentina 0-0 BolognaSerie A · 3 Jan 2021
Fiorentina 4-0 BolognaSerie A · 29 Jul 2020
Bologna 1-1 FiorentinaSerie A · 6 Jan 2020
Fiorentina 0-0 BolognaSerie A · 14 Apr 2019
Bologna 0-0 FiorentinaSerie A · 25 Nov 2018

Team news

Unavailable

Kingsley MichaelBologna · injury (Fibula Fracture)
Marko ArnautovicBologna · injury (Thigh Problems)
Bartłomiej DrągowskiFiorentina · injury (Fitness)
Ibrahima MbayeBologna · injury (Muscle Fatigue)
Jerdy SchoutenBologna · injury (Pubis Bone Irritation)
Matija NastasićFiorentina · injury (Calf Problems)
Gaetano CastrovilliFiorentina · injury (Stress Response Of The Bone)

Bologna line-up (5-3-2)

Lukasz Skorupski, Lorenzo De Silvestri, Adama Soumaoro, Gary Medel, Arthur Theate, Mitchell Dijks, Roberto Soriano, Nicolás Domínguez, Mattias Svanberg, Musa Barrow, Nicola Sansone

Fiorentina line-up (4-3-3)

Pietro Terracciano, Álvaro Odriozola, Nikola Milenković, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Cristiano Biraghi, Giacomo Bonaventura, Lucas Torreira, Youssef Maleh, Nico González, Dušan Vlahović, Riccardo Sottil