Juventus 2-1 Fiorentina: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 20 August 2016

Result

Juventus 2-1 Fiorentina

Serie A · Saturday 20 August 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Juventus · Fiorentina · Serie A predictions

Juventus 2-1 Fiorentina: match report

Juventus defeated Fiorentina 2-1 in Serie A on Saturday 20 August 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

Sami Khedira opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Juventus's goals came from Sami Khedira (37') and Gonzalo Higuaín (75'). Fiorentina scored through Nikola Kalinic (70').

Discipline: Juventus received 1 yellow card; Fiorentina received 3 yellow cards.

Juventus went on to finish that season 1st with 91 points, and Fiorentina 8th with 60.

Juventus lined up in a 3-5-2 and Fiorentina in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Alex Sandro of Juventus (8.1), ahead of Sami Khedira (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Juventus wins, 2 draws and 2 for Fiorentina.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Goal · Sami KhediraJuventus · 1-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Nikola KalinicFiorentina
  • 44'Yellow card · Matías VecinoFiorentina
  • 54'Yellow card · Andrea BarzagliJuventus
  • 70'Goal · Nikola KalinicFiorentina · 1-1
  • 75'Goal · Gonzalo HiguaínJuventus · 2-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · N. TomovićFiorentina

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Juventus 6, draws 2, Fiorentina 2.

Team news

Juventus line-up (3-5-2)

Gianluigi Buffon, Giorgio Chiellini, Andrea Barzagli, Leonardo Bonucci, Sami Khedira, Alex Sandro, Mario Lemina, Kwadwo Asamoah, Dani Alves, Mario Mandžukić, Paulo Dybala

Fiorentina line-up (3-4-3)

Ciprian Tătărușanu, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Davide Astori, Nenad Tomovic, M. Badelj, Matías Vecino, Federico Bernardeschi, Marcos Alonso, Nikola Kalinić, Federico Chiesa, Josip Ilicic