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Italian Soccer Serie A
% Ball Possession FIORENTINA and % Ball Possession AS ROMA
Fiorentina 2 – 2 AS Roma 
18′ Luca Ranieri 58′ Houssem Aouar
69′ Rolando Mandragora
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma, 5th position with 47 points and a positive goal difference of +19
Fiorentina, 8th position with 42 points and a positive goal difference of +9
Roma and Fiorentina with an important mission to win the Serie A Week 28 game on Sunday 10 March 2024 at the Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence, Italy. Roma boast an open streak of three consecutive victories in the league and are fresh from the resounding 4-0 defeat against Brighton in the first leg of the round of 16 of the Europa League. The Giallorossi who, with a victory in this postponement, could move close to fourth place, currently occupied by Bologna with 51 points.
Fiorentina have not lost for three days in Serie A (two draws, one win) and, at home, they have so far won 26 of the 39 points available, thanks to eight wins, two draws and only three knockouts. By beating Roma this evening, Viola would leapfrog Napoli into seventh place; otherwise, they could be overtaken in the standings by Lazio.
Fiorentina took the lead in the 18th minute. Luca Ranieri defeated AS Roma goalkeeper with a headed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Nicolás González following a corner conceded by Diego Llorente.
👉Fiorentina 1 – 0 AS Roma, 18th minute, ⚽️ goal by Luca Ranieri for @ACFFiorentinaEN with a headed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Nicolás González following a corner conceded by Diego Llorente. https://t.co/wJMZ0V375m
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) March 10, 2024
Fiorentina take the early lead over Roma 👀 pic.twitter.com/5Q911P7k3u
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) March 10, 2024
Roma equalized in the 58th minute. Houssem Aouar defeated Fiorentina goalkeeper with a headed shot to the top left corner.
👉Fiorentina 1 – 1 AS Roma, 58th minute, ⚽️ goal by Houssem Aouar for @asRomaen with a headed shot to the top left corner. https://t.co/VnprWF2FIP
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) March 10, 2024
HOUSSEM AOUAR LEVELS IT IN FLORENCE 😤 pic.twitter.com/JNdGHLXKwL
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) March 10, 2024
✅ Stats before the game: Roma have won only one of their last four league matches against Fiorentina (1N, 2L), also drawing the most recent one (1-1 in the first leg of this tournament). Fiorentina have won their last two home games against Roma in Serie A, after a series of four consecutive home matches without success against this opponent (1D, 3L); the last time the Viola beat the Giallorossi in three home games in a row in the competition was between 1978 and 1980. Roma is the team that has obtained the fewest points in the direct matches played in this Serie A between the teams currently in the top eight positions in the standings, just five in nine matches (1W, 2D, 6P). Fiorentina have won six of their last eight home games in Serie A (1N, 1L), although in three of the most recent four they ended the first half 1-0 behind. Since Daniele De Rossi’s arrival on the Roma bench, only Inter (21) and Bologna (19) have won more points than the Giallorossi in the league (18, the result of six successes and one defeat) and no team has scored more goals than the Romans (20, equal to the Nerazzurri).
👉 Lineup FIORENTINA (4-2-3-1): Terracciano; Kayode, Milenkovic, Ranieri, Biraghi; Maxime Lopez, Mandragora; Nico Gonzalez, Bonaventura, Sottil; Belotti.
👉 Lineup AS ROMA (4-3-3): Svilar; Mancini, Llorente, Ndicka, Angelino; Cristante, Paredes, Aouar; Dybala, Lukaku, El Shaarawy.
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Photo via twitter.com/asromaen
Stadio Artemio Franchi 🏟 #ForzaViola #FiorentinaRoma #ACFFiorentina pic.twitter.com/8LzXEEViUJ
— ACF Fiorentina English (@ACFFiorentinaEN) March 10, 2024
HERE WE ARE 💪#ForzaViola #FiorentinaRoma #ACFFiorentina pic.twitter.com/h6bKsQHofT
— ACF Fiorentina English (@ACFFiorentinaEN) March 10, 2024
Pitch inspection 🏟 #ForzaViola #FiorentinaRoma #ACFFiorentina pic.twitter.com/03Dbp7GukQ
— ACF Fiorentina English (@ACFFiorentinaEN) March 10, 2024
Our starting XI to face Roma⚜️
Powered by @easportsfcit #ForzaViola💜 #forzaviola #fiorentina #fiorentinaroma #seriea pic.twitter.com/p1qE0bdyff— ACF Fiorentina English (@ACFFiorentinaEN) March 10, 2024
Photo via twitter.com/asromaen
Checking in at the Franchi! 📌 #ASRoma | #FiorentinaRoma pic.twitter.com/6UbnvWAWn1
— AS Roma English (@ASRomaEN) March 10, 2024
Photo via twitter.com/asromaen
Photo via twitter.com/asromaen
👉 First half Fiorentina 1 – 0 AS Roma
⚽️ Goals: 18′ Luca Ranieri (F)
🟨 Booked: 6′ Gianluca Mancini (R), 37′ Leandro Paredes (R), 45′ Dean Huijsen (R)
✍ Ball Possession: 39.5% @ACFFiorentinaEN and 60.5% @ASRomaEN
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— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) March 10, 2024
Photo via twitter.com/ACFFiorentinaEN
2023 – 2024 Italian Serie A Week 28
Fiorentina 2 – 1 AS Roma
Sunday 10 March 2024
Artemio Franchi Stadium
Florence, Italy
20:45
Referee: MASSA
Assistants: MELI – ALASSIO
IV: RUTELLA
VAR: MARESCA
AVAR: SOZZA
Goals: 18′ Luca Ranieri (F), 58′ Houssem Aouar (R), 69′ Rolando Mandragora (F)
🟨 Booked: 6′ Gianluca Mancini (R), 37′ Leandro Paredes (R), 45′ Dean Huijsen (R), 57′ Giacomo Bonaventura (F), 64′ Nikola Milenkovic (F), 68′ Evan Ndicka (R), 76′ Tommaso Baldanzi (R)
Official lineups – formations – tabellino:
👉 Lineup FIORENTINA (4-2-3-1): Terracciano; Kayode, Milenkovic, Ranieri, Biraghi; Maxime Lopez, Mandragora; Nico Gonzalez, Bonaventura, Sottil; Belotti.
Subs: Martinelli, Vannucchi, Dodo, Arthur, Ikoné, Castrovilli, Nzola, Infantino, Faraoni, Martinez Quarta, Duncan, Comuzzo, Parisi, Barak.
Coach: Vincenzo Italiano
👉 Lineup AS ROMA (4-3-3): Svilar; Mancini, Llorente, Ndicka, Angelino; Cristante, Paredes, Aouar; Dybala, Lukaku, El Shaarawy.
Subs.: Rui Patricio, Boer, Karsdorp, Huijsen, Celik, Spinazzola, Pellegrini, Bove, Zalewski, Baldanzi, Azmoun.
Coach: Daniele De Rossi
