Fiorentina earned an enormous victory away to Bologna with Rolando Mandragora and Roberto Piccoli, dedicating it to President Rocco Commisso.
There was a sombre temper within the Viola camp following on Saturday, however his household needed the group to play as scheduled in his honour. A minute’s silence was held earlier than each Serie A match this weekend.
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Moise Kean, Edin Dzeko and Tariq Lamptey had been injured, with coach Paolo Vanoli sitting out a touchline ban. The Rossoblu lastly ended their unfavorable streak with victory over Verona on Thursday, and welcomed Niccolò Cambiaghi again , with Jhon Lucumi and Federico Bernardeschi sidelined. Martin Vitik pulled out within the warm-up, changed by Nicolò Casale.
BOLOGNA, ITALY – JANUARY 18: David de Gea of ACF Fiorentina wears a shirt in reminiscence of the late president Rocco Commisso through the Serie A match between Bologna FC 1909 and ACF Fiorentina at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium on January 18, 2026 in Bologna, Italy. (Photograph by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Photos)
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Torbjorn Heggem charged down a Fabiano Parisi effort inside the world, then the Viola had the ball within the internet on 17 minutes with Cher Ndour sweeping within the Dodo pull-back from simply inside the world, nevertheless it was disallowed for Parisi’s offside within the build-up.
Moments later, Fiorentina did take the lead, as Albert Gudmundsson flashed a ball throughout from the left for Rolando Mandragora, who reacted faster than two Bologna gamers to faucet in from six yards. He ran to the touchline to rejoice with a particular shirt bearing Commisso’s identify.
BOLOGNA, ITALY – JANUARY 18: Rolando Mandragora of ACF Fiorentina celebrates after scoring the opening objective through the Serie A match between Bologna FC 1909 and ACF Fiorentina at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium on January 18, 2026 in Bologna, Italy. (Photograph by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Photos)
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Parisi additionally drilled onto the side-netting, whereas a ferocious long-range Mandragora roller flashed extensive of the far submit and Federico Ravaglia took the sting out of Nicolò Fagioli’s strike.
On the stroke of half-time, Dodo went on the counter from his personal penalty space and rolled throughout from the fitting for Roberto Piccoli, who made essentially the most of a ricochet off Remo Freuler to slip in from point-blank vary. It was initially flagged offside, however an extended VAR verify confirmed Heggem’s foot was conserving him on.
BOLOGNA, ITALY – JANUARY 18: Roberto Piccoli of ACF Fiorentina scores his group’s second objective through the Serie A match between Bologna FC 1909 and ACF Fiorentina at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium on January 18, 2026 in Bologna, Italy. (Photograph by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Photos)
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Vincenzo Italiano was so sad with the primary half efficiency that he made 4 adjustments for the restart, however they nonetheless risked conceding once more with Marin Pongracic’s dinked end on the counter-attack testing Ravaglia.
Parisi went off injured within the remaining phases, however Bologna barely managed to check David De Gea in a surprisingly sluggish efficiency, only a Giovanni Fabbian header straight on the goalkeeper.
The hosts did lastly create an actual scoring alternative on 85 minutes when Jonathan Rowe turned Marco Brescianini for a left-foot roller that bounced off the within of the far submit.
They received a objective again when Fagioli was too weak taking part in out from the again, permitting Rowe to whip in a cross for the Fabbian header into the highest nook.
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It was too late to finish the comeback, as Santiago Castro and Rowe couldn’t hold headers down, whereas there was a mad scramble in stoppages, nevertheless it means Bologna are with out a residence victory in Serie A since November 2025.
Bologna 1-2 Fiorentina
Mandragora 19 (F), Piccoli 45 (F), Fabbian 88 (B)
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