Fiorentina made an enormous step ahead of their pursuit of Serie A security with this 4-1 victory away to Cremonese, together with elegant Dodo and Albert Gudmundsson targets.
This was an enormous and , as going into the weekend the Viola have been in seventeenth place on 25 factors and the hosts in 18th on 24. Moise Kean was solely match for the bench, with Niccolò Fortini, Manor Solomon, Luca Lezzerini and Tariq Lamptey injured after . Cremonese missed Jamie Vardy, Federico Baschirotto, Michele Collocolo and suspended Giuseppe Pezzella, scraping solely 4 factors within the final 14 video games, scoring simply 4 targets in that interval.
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CREMONA, ITALY – MARCH 16: Federico Bonazzoli of US Cremonese shoots on purpose forcing goalkeeper David De Gea of ACF Fiorentina to make a tough save throughout the Serie A match between US Cremonese and ACF Fiorentina at Stadio Giovanni Zini on March 16, 2026 in Cremona, Italy. (Picture by Marco M. Mantovani/Getty Photos)
David De Gea wanted an enormous save after 120 seconds, as a nook was put again in excessive for Federico Bonazzoli to check the goalkeeper from six yards.
Youssef Maleh threw himself within the path of an acrobatic Rolando Mandragora volley, however Fiorentina took the lead when Fabiano Parisi obtained down the suitable on a Mandragora cross and his angled drive took a deflection off Romano Floriani Mussolini to undergo Emil Audero’s legs on the close to put up.
CREMONA, ITALY – MARCH 16: Fabiano Parisi of ACF Fiorentina celebrates after scoring the 0-1 purpose throughout the Serie A match between US Cremonese and ACF Fiorentina at Stadio Giovanni Zini on March 16, 2026 in Cremona, Italy. (Picture by Marco M. Mantovani/Getty Photos)
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The second purpose got here from a Robin Gosens by means of ball that allowed Roberto Piccoli to spring the offside entice, beating the on-rushing Audero from a difficult angle.
CREMONA, ITALY – MARCH 16: Roberto Piccoli of ACF Fiorentina celebrates after scoring the 0-2 purpose throughout the Serie A match between US Cremonese and ACF Fiorentina at Stadio Giovanni Zini on March 16, 2026 in Cremona, Italy. (Picture by Marco M. Mantovani/Getty Photos)
Fiorentina added a 3rd straight after the restart, as Dodo began the run from his personal half, shrugged off Floriani Mussolini, then rolled the ball off the underside of the suitable boot to ship each Maleh and Audero to floor, calmly stroking it into the web along with his left.
CREMONA, ITALY – MARCH 16: Dodo of ACF Fiorentina in motion throughout the Serie A match between US Cremonese and ACF Fiorentina at Stadio Giovanni Zini on March 16, 2026 in Cremona, Italy. (Picture by Marco M. Mantovani/Getty Photos)
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Cremonese did get one again with solely their fifth purpose within the final 15 Serie A video games, as Ceccherini pulled it again from the suitable for substitute David Okereke to slip in with the end from 10 yards. It was an incredible second for the striker, who had been frozen out of the squad for months and solely made his return final week.
Audero ran an enormous danger moments later when taking part in out from the again, harassed into an error by Parisi, however made up for it by flying to fingertip a Mandragora roller out from underneath the bar.
Cremonese very almost obtained it again to 2-3 when Okereke’s glancing header on a nook was cleared off the road by Nicolò Fagioli.
Alberto Grassi additionally got here sliding in to satisfy a Djuric knockdown and couldn’t steer it on track on the again put up.
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As a substitute, Fiorentina restored their three-goal benefit with one other purpose of nice high quality. Gosens despatched Marco Brescianini down the left, he back-heeled it for Piccoli, who in flip heeled it into the trail of Gudmundsson to comb in first-time with the within of the suitable boot.
Gosens nonetheless confirmed bravery throwing himself within the path of a Djuric header earlier than Alessio Zerbin might faucet in on the again put up, crashing into the upright along with his ribs.
Cremonese 1-4 Fiorentina
Parisi 25 (F), Piccoli 32 (F), Dodo 49 (F), Okereke 57 (C), Gudmundsson 70 (F)