Fiorentina 4-1 Roma: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 25 April 2009
Result
Fiorentina 4-1 Roma
Serie A · Saturday 25 April 2009, 18:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Fiorentina 4-1 Roma: match report
Fiorentina defeated Roma 4-1 in Serie A on Saturday 25 April 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Juan Manuel Vargas opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Fiorentina's goals came from Juan Manuel Vargas (6'), Alberto Gilardino (47'), Alberto Gilardino (67') and Massimo Gobbi (73'). Roma scored through Júlio Baptista (86').
Discipline: Fiorentina received 4 yellow cards; Roma received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Fiorentina were 5th on 55 points from 32 and Roma 6th on 52 points from 32. Fiorentina went on to finish that season 5th with 68 points, and Roma 6th with 63.
Fiorentina lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Roma in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Fiorentina wins, 4 draws and 3 for Roma.
Going into the match Fiorentina's last five read L-W-W-W-L and Roma's W-L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Juan Manuel Vargas
- 8'Yellow card · Juan Manuel Vargas
- 20'Yellow card · Marco Donadel
- 27'Yellow card · Marco Cassetti
- 45+2'Yellow card · Dario Dainelli
- 47'Goal · Alberto Gilardino
- 49'Yellow card · Matteo Brighi
- 55'Yellow card · David Pizarro
- 59'Second yellow · David Pizarro
- 59'Yellow card · F. Semioli
- 67'Goal · Alberto Gilardino
- 73'Goal · Massimo Gobbi
- 86'Goal · Júlio Baptista
Head-to-head
Team news
Fiorentina line-up (4-2-3-1)
Sébastien Frey, Dario Dainelli, Alessandro Gamberini, Juan Manuel Vargas, Gianluca Comotto, Manuel Pasqual, Marco Donadel, Franco Semioli, Riccardo Montolivo, Stevan Jovetić, Alberto Gilardino
Roma line-up (4-2-3-1)
Artur Moraes, John Arne Semundseth Riise, Marco Cassetti, David Pizarro, Taddei, Daniele De Rossi, Matteo Brighi, Francesco Totti, Júlio Baptista, Christian Panucci, Marco Motta