Venezia
Fiorentina
Match summary
Fiorentina came from behind to win 4-2 away at Venezia. Fiorentina led 2-1 at half-time.
In the first half, Akor Adams put Venezia ahead in the 22nd minute, set up by Gianluca Busio, Franco Mastantuono equalised in the 29th minute, set up by Alejandro Jiménez, and Mastantuono put Fiorentina in front in the 30th minute, set up by Beto. In the second half, Mateo Pellegrino made it 1-3 in the 66th minute, set up by Nicolo Fagioli, Mastantuono made it 1-4 with a header in the 84th minute, and Antoine Hainaut pulled one back to make it 2-4 in the 86th minute, set up by Ridgeciano Haps.
The chances backed that up: Fiorentina created 3.38 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Venezia's 1.03 from 10.
Venezia hosted Fiorentina on matchday four of Serie A in a fixture that saw the home side dominate possession with sixty-three percent and complete five hundred and sixty passes compared to their opponents three hundred and forty-three. Despite holding territorial advantages, including one hundred attacks to eighty-seven and sixty-nine dangerous attacks to forty-six, Venezia could not contain Fiorentina's attacking threat. The visitors recorded nineteen shots with ten on target, generating an expected goals total of 3.38 against Venezia's 1.03. Venezia registered ten shots with three on target, earned two corners, and committed eleven fouls while receiving two yellow cards.
The scoring opened in the twenty-second minute when Akor Adams converted a right-foot shot to put Venezia ahead. Fiorentina responded swiftly as Franco Mastantuono scored with left-foot shots in the twenty-ninth and thirtieth minutes to establish a half-time lead. Joël Schingtienne received a yellow card in the thirty-eighth minute, followed by a Venezia substitution for an injured Thórir Jóhann Helgason before the interval. Mateo Pellegrino extended Fiorentina's lead with a left-foot shot in the sixty-sixth minute. Further substitutions occurred before Alieu Njie and Simon Sohm were booked. Mastantuono added a header in the eighty-fourth minute, and Antoine Hainaut scored a right-foot shot for Venezia in the eighty-sixth minute.
