Fiorentina 5-1 Cagliari: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 23 December 2007

Result

Fiorentina 5-1 Cagliari

Serie A · Sunday 23 December 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-1

Fiorentina · Cagliari · Serie A predictions

Fiorentina 5-1 Cagliari: match report

Fiorentina defeated Cagliari 5-1 in Serie A on Sunday 23 December 2007. It was 3-1 at half-time.

Riccardo Montolivo opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Fiorentina's goals came from Riccardo Montolivo (3'), Adrian Mutu (42'), Adrian Mutu (45+2', penalty), Mario Santana (47') and Mario Santana (79'). Cagliari scored through Michele Fini (6').

Discipline: Fiorentina received 1 yellow card; Cagliari received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Fiorentina were 5th on 25 points from 16 and Cagliari 20th on 10 points from 16. Fiorentina went on to finish that season 4th with 66 points, and Cagliari 14th with 42.

Fiorentina lined up in a 4-3-3 and Cagliari in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Fiorentina wins, 1 draw and 0 for Cagliari.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Riccardo MontolivoFiorentina · 1-0
  • 6'Goal · Michele FiniCagliari · 1-1
  • 37'Yellow card · M. FerriCagliari
  • 42'Goal · Adrian MutuFiorentina · 2-1
  • 45+2'Penalty goal · Adrian MutuFiorentina · 3-1
  • 47'Goal · Mario SantanaFiorentina · 4-1
  • 76'Yellow card · Dario DainelliFiorentina
  • 79'Goal · Mario SantanaFiorentina · 5-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Fiorentina 3, draws 1, Cagliari 0.

Team news

Fiorentina line-up (4-3-3)

Cristiano Lupatelli, Alessandro Gamberini, Tomás Ujfalusi, Manuel Pasqual, Riccardo Montolivo, Lars Jørgensen, Zdravko Kuzmanović, Mario Santana, Christian Vieri, Adrian Mutu, Fabio Liverani

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

Vincenzo Marruocco, Cristiano Del Grosso, Michele Canini, Michele Ferri, Daniele Conti, Pasquale Foggia, Andrea Parola, Michele Fini, Marco Mancosu, J. Larrivey, Paolo Bianco