Fiorentina 2-0 Crotone: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 31 March 2018
Result
Fiorentina 2-0 Crotone
Serie A · Saturday 31 March 2018, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Fiorentina 2-0 Crotone: match report
Fiorentina defeated Crotone 2-0 in Serie A on Saturday 31 March 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.
Giovanni Simeone opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Fiorentina's goals came from Giovanni Simeone (3') and Federico Chiesa (62'). Crotone did not score.
Discipline: Fiorentina received 4 yellow cards; Crotone received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Fiorentina were 9th on 41 points from 28 and Crotone 18th on 24 points from 28. Fiorentina went on to finish that season 8th with 57 points, and Crotone 18th with 35.
Fiorentina lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Crotone in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to R. Saponara of Fiorentina (8.4), ahead of Federico Chiesa (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Fiorentina win, 1 draw and 1 for Crotone.
Going into the match Fiorentina's last five read W-W-W-D-L and Crotone's L-W-L-L-D.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Giovanni Simeone
- 16'Yellow card · Federico Ricci
- 18'Yellow card · Rolando Mandragora
- 18'Yellow card · Adrian Stoian
- 30'Yellow card · S. Cristóforo
- 32'Yellow card · Germán Pezzella
- 43'Yellow card · Jordan Veretout
- 48'Yellow card · Marco Capuano
- 57'Second yellow · Marco Capuano
- 62'Goal · Federico Chiesa
- 78'Yellow card · Maximiliano Olivera
Head-to-head
Team news
Fiorentina line-up (4-2-3-1)
Marco Sportiello, Vincent Laurini, Maximiliano Olivera, Germán Pezzella, Vitor Hugo, R. Saponara, Valentin Eysseric, Jordan Veretout, Sebastián Cristóforo, Federico Chiesa, Giovanni Simeone
Crotone line-up (4-3-3)
Alex Cordaz, Federico Ceccherini, Marco Capuano, Davide Faraoni, Bruno Martella, Andrea Barberis, Rolando Mandragora, Ahmad Benali, Adrian Stoian, Federico Ricci, Marcello Trotta