Fiorentina 4-0 ACR Messina: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 23 December 2006
Result
Fiorentina 4-0 ACR Messina
Serie A · Saturday 23 December 2006, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Fiorentina 4-0 ACR Messina: match report
Fiorentina defeated ACR Messina 4-0 in Serie A on Saturday 23 December 2006. It was 3-0 at half-time.
Luca Toni opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Fiorentina's goals came from Luca Toni (17'), Alessandro Potenza (22'), Fabio Liverani (45+2') and Adrian Mutu (51'). ACR Messina did not score.
Discipline: Fiorentina received 2 yellow cards; ACR Messina received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Fiorentina were 4th on 30 points from 17 and ACR Messina 17th on 15 points from 17. Fiorentina went on to finish that season 3rd with 73 points, and ACR Messina 20th with 26.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Fiorentina win, 1 draw and 0 for ACR Messina.
Going into the match Fiorentina's last five read W-D-W-W-D and ACR Messina's D-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Luca Toni
- 22'Goal · Alessandro Potenza
- 32'Yellow card · Adrian Mutu
- 32'Yellow card · Marc-André Zoro Kpolo
- 44'Yellow card · Riccardo Montolivo
- 45+1'Second yellow · Marc-André Zoro Kpolo
- 45+2'Goal · Fabio Liverani
- 51'Goal · Adrian Mutu
Head-to-head
Team news
Fiorentina line-up
Sébastien Frey, Dario Dainelli, Alessandro Potenza, Tomás Ujfalusi, Manuel Pasqual, Marco Donadel, Riccardo Montolivo, Lars Jørgensen, Luca Toni, Adrian Mutu, Fabio Liverani
ACR Messina line-up
Marco Storari, Marc-André Zoro Kpolo, Angelo Rea, Salvatore Masiello, Marco Zanchi, Daniele De Vezze, Mitsuo Ogasawara, Carmine Coppola, Sergio Floccari, Arturo Di Napoli, Mark Iuliano