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Italian Soccer Serie A
70% Ball Possession FIORENTINA and 30% Ball Possession UDINESE
Fiorentina 2 – 2 Udinese 
56′ Lucas Beltrán 10′ Sandi Lovri
87′ M’Bala Nzola (pen) 73′ Florian Thauvin
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Fiorentina, 4th position with 33 points and a positive goal difference of +8
Udinese, 16th position with 17 points and a negative goal difference of -11
Fiorentina and Udinese ended the Serie A Week 20 game with a draw on Sunday 14 January 2024 at the Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence, Italy. Fiorentina regained fourth place with 34 points but with just one point ahead of Lazio, now fifth. Udinese leads Cagliari at 18 points, +1 from the relegation zone.
An intense match full of reversals saw Udinese take the lead with Lovric, in the second half Beltran found the equalizer but the guests took the lead again with Thauvin. In the final,a penalty for the Tuscans converted by Nzola to equalize.
In the last two meetings between the teams, Fiorentina won against Udinese with a score of 2-0. Both have come back from a defeat and a victory in the championship. Fiorentina tries to regain fourth place alone, when Udinese visits them in search of safety points.
Udinese opened the score in the 10th minute. Sandi Lovric defeated Fiorentina goalkeeper Pietro Terracciano with a left-footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Lorenzo Lucca.
👉Fiorentina 0 – 1 Udinese, 10th minute, ⚽️ goal by Sandi Lovric for @Udinese_1896 with a left-footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Lorenzo Lucca. https://t.co/wUy4Yf4MUY
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) January 14, 2024
From back to front in a flash! ⚡
Clinical counter attack from Udinese. pic.twitter.com/nQa8P3Mtj3
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) January 14, 2024
Davide Faraoni makes his Fiorentina debut ⚜️#ForzaViola #FiorentinaUdinese #ACFFiorentina pic.twitter.com/AqyjgajaaK
— ACF Fiorentina English (@ACFFiorentinaEN) January 14, 2024
Fiorentina equalized in the 56th minute. Lucas Beltrán defeated Udinese goalkeeper with a headed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Marco Faraoni.
👉Fiorentina 1 – 1 Udinese, 56th minute, ⚽️ goal by Lucas Beltrán equalized for @ACFFiorentinaEN with a headed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Marco Faraoni. https://t.co/hffWEm2ipY
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) January 14, 2024
Inch perfect cross and finish to get Fiorentina back on level terms! 💜 pic.twitter.com/TIOcJV7zDV
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) January 14, 2024
Udinese took the lead again in the 73rd minute. Florian Thauvin scored with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Sandi Lovric.
👉Fiorentina 1 – 2 Udinese, 73rd minute, ⚽️ goal by Florian Thauvin for @Udinese_1896 with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by Sandi Lovric. https://t.co/kokZKGyF8m
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) January 14, 2024
Florian Thauvin with the first-time finish for Udinese! 👌 pic.twitter.com/6G1WW8CQRj
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) January 14, 2024
Fiorentina reacted and got another draw in the 87th minute. M’Bala Nzola converted a penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner. The penalty was conceded by João Ferreira with a handball.
👉Fiorentina 2 – 2 Udinese, 87th minute, ⚽️ goal by M’Bala Nzola equalized for @ACFFiorentinaEN after converting a penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner. The penalty was conceded by João Ferreira with a handball. https://t.co/pl39vErwNH
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) January 14, 2024
✅ Stats before the game: Fiorentina won the last two championship matches against Udinese with a score of 2-0: since the two-year period 1952-1953, Viola have not beaten the Friulians three times in a row in Serie A without conceding a goal. In eight of the last nine Serie A matches between Fiorentina and Udinese, at least one of the two teams has not found a way to score; only the 3-2 against Viola on 25 October 2020 is an exception in this sense. Fiorentina have won in 14 of their last 15 Serie A home games against Udinese (1P); A total of 31 away defeats have been suffered by the Friulians against the Tuscans in Serie A (like against Roma): in away games played in the top division, the Bianconeri have only suffered more defeats against Juventus (38). Fiorentina have won in their last four home league matches and have not conceded any goals in their last three: the Tuscan team did not collect four consecutive clean sheets at home between February and April 2018 (three wins and a draw in that case). Despite the defeat against Sassuolo, Fiorentina recorded their second best first round in Serie A of the last 10 seasons: with 33 points they are only inferior to the 38 achieved in the first 19 matches of the 2015/16 season (Paulo Sousa coach).
👉 Lineup Fiorentina (4-2-3-1): Terracciano; Kayode, Martinez Quarta, Ranieri, Biraghi; Duncan, Mandragora; Ikonè, Bonaventura, Brekalo; Beltran.
👉 Lineup Udinese (3-5-1-1): Okoye; Ferreira, Perez, Kristensen; Festy, Samardzic, Walace, Lovric, Kamara; Pereyra; Lucca.
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Here we are 🏟 #ForzaViola #FiorentinaUdinese #ACFFiorentina pic.twitter.com/9bQZyHl5XX
— ACF Fiorentina English (@ACFFiorentinaEN) January 14, 2024
Our starting XI to face Udinese⚜️
Powered by @easportsfcit #ForzaViola💜 #ForzaViola #FiorentinaUdinese #ACFFiorentina #coppaitalia pic.twitter.com/ALwmIg4uxl— ACF Fiorentina English (@ACFFiorentinaEN) January 14, 2024
Photo via twitter.com/Udinese_1896
The hunting season opens 🦁 🦓 💜⚜️#forzaviola #fiorentina #fiorentinaudinese #seriea pic.twitter.com/vk2ziuftrH
— ACF Fiorentina English (@ACFFiorentinaEN) January 14, 2024
👉 First half Fiorentina 0 – 1 Udinese
⚽️ Goals: 10′ Sandi Lovric (U)
🟨 Booked: 35′ Hassane Kamara (U)
✍ Ball Possession: 70% @ACFFiorentinaEN and 30% @Udinese_1896
✅ https://t.co/E8QXHtacc0 https://t.co/zjZUdgfFrc
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) January 14, 2024
👉Result Fiorentina 2 – 2 Udinese
⚽️ Goals: 10' Sandi Lovric (U), 56' L. Beltrán (F), 73' F. Thauvin (U), 87' M'Bala Nzola (pen)(F)
🟨 Booked: Fiorentina 1, Udinese 1
✍ Ball Possession: 70% @ACFFiorentinaEN and 30% @Udinese_1896
✅ https://t.co/E8QXHtacc0@SerieASitdown https://t.co/GD0FvXIoqg
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) January 14, 2024
Photo via twitter.com/acffiorentinaen
2023 – 2024 Italian Serie A Week 20
Fiorentina – Udinese
Sunday 14 January 2024
Artemio Franchi Stadium
Florence, Italy
18:00
Referee: PAIRETTO
DE MEO – LAUDATO
IV: GUALTIERI
VAR: IRRATI
AVAR: AURELIANO
⚽️ Goals:
🟨 Booked:
✅ Official Lineups – Formations – Tabellino:
👉 Lineup Fiorentina (4-2-3-1): Terracciano; Kayode, Martinez Quarta, Ranieri, Biraghi; Duncan, Mandragora; Ikonè, Bonaventura, Brekalo; Beltran.
Subs Christensen, Martinelli, Vannucchi, Milenkovic, Arthur, Sottil, Lopez, Nzola, Infantino, Faraoni, Mina, Comuzzo, Parisi, Barak, Amatucci.
Coach: Vincenzo Italiano.
👉 Lineup Udinese (3-5-1-1): Okoye; Ferreira, Perez, Kristensen; Festy, Samardzic, Walace, Lovric, Kamara; Pereyra; Lucca.
Subs: Silvestri, Padelli, Masina, Zarraga, Success, Davis, Tikvic, Ehizibue, Camara, Brenner, Thauvin, Kabasele, Giannetti, Payero, Zemura.
Coach: Cioffi
