Highlights: Sassuolo 2-4 Fiorentina | Serie A 2026-27 – a comeback
Fiorentina came from behind to beat Sassuolo 4-2 in Serie A, with Franco Mastantuono scoring the winning goal and Victor Valdepenas adding a goal in stoppage time.
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Fiorentina won 4-2 away at Sassuolo in the Serie A 2026-27 season. The match kicked off on 2 November 2026 at 17:30. There were six goals in total, and four of them came after half-time.
How the match unfolded
Sassuolo scored the first goal of the match in the 25th minute. Armand Lauriente finished after an assist from Sebastiano Esposito to make it 1-0.
Fiorentina were behind until the 45+2nd minute, when Mateo Pellegrino Casalanguila equalised, assisted by Eybi Nije. The teams went in at half-time level at 1-1.
Eybi Nije then scored himself in the 50th minute, set up by Marco Brescianini, and Fiorentina led 2-1.
Sassuolo drew level in the 65th minute. Armand Lauriente scored again, this time from a Nemanja Matic assist, completing a double for the home side at 2-2.
The winning goal came in the 79th minute. Franco Mastantuono scored for Fiorentina, assisted by Pedro Goncalves, to put the visitors 3-2 ahead.
The last goal of the match arrived in the 90+3rd minute. Victor Valdepenas, assisted by Cher Ndour, made the final score 2-4 to Fiorentina, who had been 1-0 down before coming back to win.
Cards
Sassuolo received two yellow cards and Fiorentina received three.
Match statistics
Sassuolo had 58% of possession to 42% for Fiorentina. The visitors had 15 shots to 7 for the home side, and 6 on target compared with 2 for Sassuolo. Sassuolo won 5 corners to 3 for Fiorentina and recorded 49 dangerous attacks to 19.
Next matches
Sassuolo face Roma next, on 8 November 2026.
Fiorentina play Juventus in their next match, on 9 November 2026.
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