Fiorentina picked up their first win of the season on the sixteenth time of asking because of an early Maduka Okoye pink card in an eventual 5-1 victory over Udinese on Sunday night: Rolando Mandragora, Albert Gudmundsson, Cher Ndour, Moise Kean and Oumar Solet with the objectives.
Fiorentina had not received any of their first 15 Serie A matches of the season, and had misplaced all of their final three league fixtures earlier than kick-off. They made only one change after final weekend, with Ndour coming in to interchange Simon Sohm in the midst of the park. Udinese, who picked up final trip, unsurprisingly named an unchanged XI.
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FLORENCE, ITALY – DECEMBER 21: Moise Kean of ACF Fiorentina celebrates after scoring a aim through the Serie A match between ACF Fiorentina and Udinese Calcio at Artemio Franchi on December 21, 2025 in Florence, Italy. (Photograph by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Pictures)
Okoye value his crew the factors after simply seven minutes when he got here speeding out of his space in an try and cease Moise Kean one-on-one. The stopper smashed into the Italy worldwide simply outdoors the realm and was proven an instantaneous pink card for his problem.
Mandragora brushed the highest of the crossbar with the ensuing free-kick. Gudmundsson then went on to rattle the precise submit with an encouraging effort from 25 yards out a number of moments later.
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Fiorentina discovered the breakthrough within the twenty first minute when Nicolo Fagioli tapped a free-kick to Mandragora contained in the D. The 28-year-old shot low, and managed to squeeze his effort beneath substitute goalkeeper Razvan Sava, who may have been disillusioned to see that one sneak in.
FLORENCE, ITALY – DECEMBER 21: Rolando Mandragora of ACF Fiorentina in motion through the Serie A match between ACF Fiorentina and Udinese Calcio at Artemio Franchi on December 21, 2025 in Florence, Italy. (Photograph by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Pictures)
Gudmundsson doubled the Viola benefit a couple of minutes earlier than the interval. He twisted and turned on the sting of the field, earlier than reducing a right-footed effort throughout aim and into the highest nook of the web for 2-0.
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That might have been an honest finish to a promising half for Fiorentina, however the unmarked Ndour went one additional by nodding in Fagioli’s delicately positioned cross for 3-0 5 minutes into first-half stoppage time.
FLORENCE, ITALY – DECEMBER 21: Cher Ndour of ACF Fiorentina scores a aim through the Serie A match between ACF Fiorentina and Udinese Calcio at Artemio Franchi on December 21, 2025 in Florence, Italy. (Photograph by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Pictures)
Although Udinese got here out firing originally of the first-half, substitute Hassane Kamara coming the closest two minutes after the re-start, it was Fiorentina celebrating once more as Kean received in on the act within the 56th minute.
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It was the best of tap-ins for the Italy worldwide, who had the entire of the aim to purpose at from 5 yards out after Fabiano Parisi’s shot bounced off the submit and into his ft.
Solet pulled one again for the guests halfway via the second half. It was one of many most interesting comfort objectives you’ll see: A superbly bent effort into the highest nook from the centre-back.
Solet, nonetheless, went from hero to zero lower than two minutes later as he misinterpret an extended ball excessive and allowed Kean via one-on-one. The Italy worldwide made no mistake as he doubled his tally for the afternoon, and for the season.
FLORENCE, ITALY – DECEMBER 21: Moise Kean of ACF Fiorentina celebrates after scoring a aim with Fabiano Parisi of ACF Fiorentina through the Serie A match between ACF Fiorentina and Udinese Calcio at Artemio Franchi on December 21, 2025 in Florence, Italy. (Photograph by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Pictures)
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Within the short-term, Sunday’s consequence has not fairly lifted Fiorentina off backside spot within the Serie A desk. They’re nonetheless two factors behind Pisa in nineteenth, three behind Verona in 18th and 5 behind Parma and that all-important seventeenth place.
This does come as a much-needed confidence enhance for Vanoli and his gamers, who had gone 15 matches with out a win initially of the 2025-26 marketing campaign. Nearly 30% of the Serie A objectives they’ve scored this season went in on Sunday.
For Udinese, this was a night to neglect. It was all the time going to be an uphill battle after Okoy’s early pink, and now, it’s all give attention to Lazio on December 27.
Fiorentina 5-1 Udinese
Mandragora (F) 21′, Gudmundsson (F) 42′, Ndour (F) 45+5′, Kean (F) 56′, 68, Solet (U) 66′.