Fiorentina 2-0 Catania: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 14 December 2008

Result

Fiorentina 2-0 Catania

Serie A · Sunday 14 December 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Fiorentina · Catania · Serie A predictions

Fiorentina 2-0 Catania: match report

Fiorentina defeated Catania 2-0 in Serie A on Sunday 14 December 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Adrian Mutu opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Fiorentina's goals came from Adrian Mutu (56') and Alberto Gilardino (79'). Catania did not score.

Discipline: Fiorentina received 2 yellow cards; Catania received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Fiorentina were 5th on 26 points from 15 and Catania 9th on 22 points from 15. Fiorentina went on to finish that season 5th with 68 points, and Catania 15th with 43.

Fiorentina lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Catania in a 5-3-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Fiorentina wins, 0 draws and 0 for Catania.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Yellow card · Christian TerlizziCatania
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Jorge Martínez BarriosCatania
  • 56'Goal · Adrian MutuFiorentina · 1-0
  • 69'Yellow card · Stevan JoveticFiorentina
  • 78'Yellow card · Giacomo TedescoCatania
  • 79'Goal · Alberto GilardinoFiorentina · 2-0
  • 88'Yellow card · Sergio AlmirónFiorentina

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Fiorentina 4, draws 0, Catania 0.

Team news

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

Sébastien Frey, Per Billeskov Krøldrup, Alessandro Gamberini, Juan Manuel Vargas, Gianluca Comotto, Marco Donadel, Riccardo Montolivo, Zdravko Kuzmanović, Mario Santana, Adrian Mutu, Alberto Gilardino

Catania line-up (5-3-2)

Albano Bizzarri, Rocco Sabato, Matías Silvestre, Lorenzo Stovini, Christian Terlizzi, Pablo Martín Ledesma, Mariano Julio Izco, Giacomo Tedesco, Jorge Martínez Barrios, Gianvito Plasmati, Ezequiel Carboni