2026/2027 season

Serie A

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Fiorentina
Head coach: Fabio Grosso · 4-2-3-1 avec Atta en trequartista, confirmé par deux sources (Ultimo Uomo et le guide Lottomatica, qui mentionnent toutes deux ce rôle d'Atta) ; d'autres sources pré-saison évoquaient un 4-3-3, non retenu ici faute de confirmation dans des comptes rendus récents.
Rank
18th
Pts
4
P
6
Form
🟠 Poor

The essentials at a glance

The summary of this page: estimated level of play, form trend and qualitative verdict. For the details, head to the other tabs.

Editors' ratings
4/10
Attack
1/10
Defence
3/10
Form
5/10
Confidence / mood
Current risk:High

18th with 4 pts from 6 matches: 1 win, 1 draw, 4 defeats.

7 goals scored, 14 conceded.

Good afternoon and welcome to the live narrative of the Series A football game that faces Fiorentine against Como corresponding to Day 7. From the Sports World, we offer you all the coverage minute to minute, the previous, the alignations, the best games and goals of the encounter and the result with all the reactions to the post match.

Mundo Deportivo · 18 Oct 2026 · machine-translated

Vanoli faces Fabregas al Franchi: all the info to follow the Serie A challenge live, the official formations

Corriere dello Sport · 18 Oct 2026 · machine-translated

Viola's coach spoke at the press conference in view of the race against the club of Fabregas, who was defeated in Champions. And on Allegri...

Tuttosport · 16 Oct 2026 · machine-translated

Violas are committed at home against the Larian formation of Fabregas in the match valid for the 7ª Serie A day

Tuttosport · 16 Oct 2026 · machine-translated

How the team has played recently

Match-by-match results, record and rhythm of the current season.

Latest matches
Lvs Genoa CFC (A) · 1-2
Dvs SSC Napoli (H) · 1-1
Wvs Venezia FC (A) · 4-2
Lvs Torino FC (H) · 1-2
Lvs Frosinone Calcio (H) · 0-3
WDLLLL
7 scored / 14 conceded over 6 matches played
Rest: 8 days since the last match · 1 match played in the last 15 days
Home form
0W - 1D - 2L
Away form
1W - 0D - 2L
Statistics

Computed from this season's scores, every time the page is shown.

Goals scored per match
1.4
Goals conceded per match
2.0
At home
2 scored · 6 conceded in 3 matches
Away
5 scored · 4 conceded in 2 matches
Over 2.5 goals
4 of 5
Both teams score
4 of 5
Clean sheets
0 of 5
Failed to score
1 of 5
Cumulative points vs league average

Not enough matchdays recorded yet for this curve — history builds up with every standings refresh.

How Fiorentina play

System, playing identity, and what sets the team apart at both ends of the pitch.

Playing identity
Preferred system
4-2-3-1 avec Atta en trequartista, confirmé par deux sources (Ultimo Uomo et le guide Lottomatica, qui mentionnent toutes deux ce rôle d'Atta) ; d'autres sources pré-saison évoquaient un 4-3-3, non retenu ici faute de confirmation dans des comptes rendus récents.
Philosophy
An approach close to the one developed by Grosso at Sassuolo: a block that can defend deep and look for the counter-attack, while building play through midfield around Fagioli, reflecting a squad judged more balanced defensively than offensively.
Attacking strengths
Technical play in tight spaces (rotations, short exchanges) driven by Atta and Oulai, use of the flanks by technical full-backs, and Kean used as a lone striker supported by the attacking players.
Defensive solidity
Defensive line that can stay relatively high but which, in line with Grosso's Sassuolo, contests opposition possession little (high PPDA); solidity rests on the centre-backs and coverage of the flanks by the full-backs.
Pressing
A tactical analysis by violanews.com (“la partita al computer,” 31/08/2026) describes a passive defensive block, with both full-backs positioning themselves level with the midfielders and the attacking trio rarely taking part in defensive tasks, forming an unbalanced structure close to a “2-5-3” that leaves large spaces.
Transitions
The same analysis points to marked vulnerability in defensive transition against opposition vertical build-up (Frosinone's 2nd goal came on the counter-attack while Fiorentina were dominating play, a pattern already seen in the defeat in Rome), as well as poor offensive transition, with the attacking trio rarely using the flanks to stretch opposing defences (violanews.com, 31/08/2026).
StrengthFresh offensive reinforcement with the arrival of Beto (€18m, from Everton) to compensate for Kean's departure, alongside young talents such as Franco Mastantuono.
WeaknessNo points taken in two matchdays of the league season, including a heavy 0-3 home defeat to promoted side Frosinone, on the very day of the club's centenary celebration (29/08/2026).

The mood around the club, and who is missing

Internal climate, relationship with the supporters, and known absences before the next match.

Mood
Squad confidence
No points, seven goals conceded, none scored: Fiorentina remain the moral bottom club of this start to the season, and Fabio Grosso has to respond as soon as Torino visit on Saturday 5 September at 15:00. The club has nonetheless received an unexpected signal of support from its public: more than 5,000 Firenze Viola readers rated Fabio Paratici's window, and 77% gave him at least a 7. The message is clear: the discontent is aimed less at recruitment than at the team's output. The announced switch to a 4-3-3, the head coach's default system, is presented as the first real attempt to put things in order.
Coach / players / board relationship
The sporting directors delivered a summer of total rupture, thirteen arrivals for twenty-seven departures and only eight players kept, which the local press sums up as a massive overhaul worth more than €130m. The poll of 2 Sep 2026 shows that the strategy is endorsed by the fanbase, with 8.34% giving a 9 and barely 7.71% giving a failing mark, but it explicitly transfers responsibility onto the head coach. Grosso therefore inherits two players per position but a group that barely knows itself. The case of Riccardo Sottil, left off the Serie A list after his move to Watford fell through and with no extension signed, is the summer's administrative black mark.
Mood with the supporters
The centenary celebration turned to boos after the 0-3 against Frosinone, but the mood is more nuanced than it appears: the Firenze Viola survey of 2 Sep 2026 shows clear endorsement of Paratici's work, more than two thirds of voters giving a 7 or an 8. The public now expects that to translate on the pitch, and Grosso's press conference, scheduled for Friday, is being watched as a moment of truth. The Tuscan Coppa Italia derby against Pisa, set for 15 September at 21:00 at the Franchi, will add a fixture with strong local charge. The academy provided a reason for satisfaction with the U18s' 2-0 win over Genoa at the Viola Park.
Pressure on the head coach
Fabio Grosso remains the most exposed man in the league after two defeats without scoring, and the poll on the transfer window placed him unambiguously at the centre of expectations by concluding that the ball is now in his court. He is responding with a bold technical decision, installing his 4-3-3 and the announced start for Alieu Njie, a signing costing €16m plus €4m in bonuses, against his former club. His press conference on Friday will be his first public appearance since the window closed. Three points against Torino are, in practice, the minimum required.
Club objectives
The objective stated at Grosso's presentation, making Fiorentina a leading side in the league, runs up against the reality of no points. In the short term, it is about scoring and winning: Torino on 5 September, then the Tuscan Coppa Italia derby against Pisa on 15 September at 21:00 at the Franchi, with a trip to Napoli in the next round if they go through. In terms of construction, the club claims investment of more than €130m intended to last, with thirteen signings of an average age above 22. The academy remains a stated axis, illustrated by the launch of the U18 season at the Viola Park.
Recent internal tensions
The mood has eased slightly compared with the night of the centenary, but two irritants remain. The first is the Riccardo Sottil situation, left off the Serie A list with an expiring contract, after a move to Watford collapsed at the medical stage. The second is structural: Grosso has to accommodate two players per position in a dressing room rebuilt after 27 departures, which mechanically multiplies frustrations over playing time. Albert Gudmundsson's departure to Lazio, confirmed on 2 Sep 2026, further reduces the group's attacking reference points.
Absences
InjuredFabiano Parisi — Recovering after a cruciate ligament rupture sustained last season; he nonetheless appears on the Serie A list submitted on 2 Sep.

Before kick-off

What to know before the next match: statistical form, qualitative analysis, and a computed estimate of the 1/X/2 probabilities.

Next match

Fiorentina — Como

At homeSunday 18 October at 15:00Matchday 7
It's today. Kick-off time confirmed by the league. Paris time · football-data.org fixtures.

Prediction, odds and form of both teams →

What the press says
Prediction
EstimateFiorentina — Como
21 %
1 · Fiorentina
22 %
X · draw
57 %
2 · Como
In-house calculation, from this page's standings data alone: 6 matches played by Fiorentina, 6 matches by Como. Confidence: medium
The formula, in plain words — with this match's figures
  1. League average. 187 goals scored over 130 team-matches played (20 teams taken into account), i.e. μ = 1.44 goal scored per team per match. This is the reference point: everything that follows is expressed relative to it.
  2. Attacking and defensive strengths. Goals scored (or conceded) per match, divided by μ. 1.00 = exactly average; in defence, above 1.00 means “concedes more than average”.
    TeamGoalsRawKept
    Fiorentina — attack7 in 6 matches0.810.91
    Fiorentina — defence14 in 6 matches1.621.31
    Como — attack9 in 6 matches1.041.02
    Como — defence6 in 6 matches0.700.85
    The “Kept” column is the result of shrinkage towards the mean: weight = P / (P + 6), i.e. 0.50 for Fiorentina and 0.50 for Como. The rest of the weight goes to the league average. This is what stops a lone 5-0 from producing an attack at 3.3 times the average — and hence a 95% probability.
  3. Home advantage (γ). Measured on the league itself: 1.65 goal scored on average by the host against 1.33 by the visitor, over the 52 fixtures present in each team's last 5 matches. Raw ratio 1.24; shrunk towards 1 (weight 0.44, on the log of the ratio) then capped at 1.25 → γ = 1.10. Shrinkage goes towards 1, i.e. no advantage at all: while the sample is small, the model does not assert a home advantage it cannot measure.
  4. Venue correction, specific to each team. Drawn from the home/away split: points per match at the venue concerned are compared to points per match over all fixtures, with stronger shrinkage (weight = P / (P + 8)) and a bound of ±12%.
    Fiorentina at home: 0.33 pts/match versus 0.67 overall over 3 matches → ×0.880
    Como away: 1.75 pts/match versus 1.83 overall over 4 matches → ×0.985
  5. Expected goals. One side's attack is set against the other's defence. γ applies to the host only: applying it the other way round too would count the home advantage twice.
    λFiorentina = 1.44 × 0.91 × 0.85 × 1.10 × 0.880 = 1.07
    λComo = 1.44 × 1.02 × 1.31 × 0.985 = 1.90
  6. Poisson grid. Probability of every exact score from 0-0 to 8-8, assuming the two goal totals are independent, then adding up the cells: home win 21.1%, draw 22.3%, away win 56.7% — displayed rounded to whole numbers so that they add up to exactly 100. Most likely exact score in the grid: 1-1 (only 10.4%, which says enough about how unpredictable an exact score is).
Limits of this model — they are not anecdotal.
  • It only knows goals and a venue. Neither absences, suspensions, line-ups, fatigue, stakes, weather nor club context enter the calculation — while the other tabs of this page show that they matter.
  • The assumption that the two goal totals are independent is false in reality: it slightly underestimates tight scores, hence the draw.
  • γ is measured over a rolling window (each team's last 5 matches), not over the whole season.
  • The shrinkage constants (6, 60, 8) and the bounds are choices, not measurements. They were tuned to be cautious early in the season; they were not calibrated on a results history, as none is available here.
  • No after-the-fact evaluation has been made: at this stage, nobody knows whether this model is better or worse calibrated than another.
What other sources say
No external source has been collected for this match. That is the normal state: readings are taken by hand, and an empty box is better than an unverified figure.
This block shows probability estimates, not predictions, and carries no advisory value. The in-house estimate is the result of a formula applied to a small sample; the figures from external sources are reproduced as they were collected, without their method having been verified.

The full squad

The professional squad by position, captain marked with an armband.

Goalkeepers
  • David de GeaC
  • Luca Lezzerini
  • Oliver Christensen
Defenders
  • Dodô
  • Radu Dragusin
  • Marin Pongracic
  • Luca Ranieri
  • João Mário
  • Álex Jiménez
  • Valde
  • Viery
  • Fabiano Parisi
Midfielders
  • Marco Brescianini
  • Rolando Mandragora
  • Arthur Atta
  • Cher Ndour
  • Christ Inao Oulaï
  • Nicolò Fagioli
  • Antonio Pirrò
  • Brando Mazzeo
Forwards
  • Alieu Njie
  • Albert Gudmundsson
  • Franco Mastantuono
  • Mateo Pellegrino
  • Federico Croci
  • Sulayman Jallow
  • Beto
Squad last verified on 31 Aug 2026 — source: corrieredellosport.it + tuttosport.com (official squad list, cross-checked) for the squad; captain confirmed by several consistent sources (corrieredellosport.it, violanews.com, labaroviola.com). Moise Kean removed and Beto added manually based on the transfer confirmed on 31/08/2026 (corrieredellosport.it), not yet reflected on the squad pages consulted. The name “Valde” is reproduced as given in the source rosters; his full identity could not be verified..

What has been said recently

Chronological feed of verified information about the club.

rss18 Oct 2026
Serie A: Fiorentina-Como in campo alle 15 DIRECT
Source: ANSA Sport
rss18 Oct 2026
Fiorentina - Like, live - 124; Series A
Source: Mundo Deportivo
rss18 Oct 2026
Where to see Fiorentina-Como? Dazn or Sky, schedule
Source: Corriere dello Sport
rss16 Oct 2026
Serie A: Fiorentina-Como in campo Sunday alle 15 DIRECT
Source: ANSA Sport
rss16 Oct 2026
Football: Fiorentina; Vanoli, I asked players not to look at the rankings
Source: ANSA Sport
rss16 Oct 2026
"Atta ko, Mastantuono has a screw in his hand, Goncalves..." Fiorentina, Vanoli prepares for the Como
Source: Tuttosport
Club3 Sep 2026
Fiorentina host Torino on Saturday 5 September 2026 at 15:00 at the Stadio Artemio Franchi for matchday 3, a meeting between two sides still without a win.
Source: Sky Sport
Club3 Sep 2026
Fiorentina's U18s opened their league season with a 2-0 win against Genoa at the Viola Park, thanks to Francesco Amenta (59) and Bernamonte (61), both goals coming after the break.
Source: Pianeta Genoa 1893
Head coach3 Sep 2026
Fabio Grosso's pre-match press conference has been set for Friday, on the eve of Torino's visit, an eagerly awaited appointment after two defeats without a single goal scored.
Source: Viola News
Contract2 Sep 2026
Fiorentina submitted their Serie A list the day after the window closed, with every player available to Fabio Grosso, including the three last signings and Fabiano Parisi, recovering from his cruciate ligament rupture. Only Riccardo Sottil is excluded: his move to Watford collapsed in the final hours of the window, after the medical, and he did not extend until 2028 as had been envisaged, which leaves him out of contract.
Source: Firenze Viola
Supporters2 Sep 2026
A Firenze Viola poll of more than 5,000 readers gives broad approval to Fabio Paratici's first window: 35.33% marks of 7 and 33.81% of 8, plus 8.34% of 9, against only 7.71% failing marks (4 or 5). The summer produced thirteen arrivals of an average age above 22, more than €130m spent, twenty-seven departures and only eight players kept.
Source: Firenze Viola
Club2 Sep 2026
Fabio Grosso is expected to switch for the first time this season to his default 4-3-3 against Torino, with De Gea; Joao Mario, Drăgușin, Pongračić, Valdepeñas; Ndour, Oulai, Atta; Mastantuono, Pellegrino, Njie. The Swede Alieu Njie, signed for €16m plus €4m in bonuses, has trained with the group and is expected to start against his former club.
Source: FiorentinaUno
Transfers2 Sep 2026
Albert Gudmundsson has left Florence for Lazio: on 2 Sep 2026 the Rome club confirmed his arrival “on a temporary basis with an option to make the move permanent” from ACF Fiorentina.
Source: Cittaceleste
Transfers1 Sep 2026
Fiorentina were Serie A's biggest spenders with around €149m invested, including €26m for Christ Inao Oulai, €25m for Arthur Atta from Udinese and €22.5m for Mateo Pellegrino from Parma.
Source: Tuttomercatoweb
Transfers1 Sep 2026
On deadline day, the Viola completed a triple attacking swoop with Beto, Wilfried Gnonto and Pedro Gonçalves, the last of those on loan from Sporting CP with a purchase option.
Source: Fanpage
Transfers31 Aug 2026
Moise Kean leaves Fiorentina for Como under a deal valued at up to €40m (€10m loan fee, €25m mandatory buy option, €5m in add-ons), after several days of tension marked by lateness followed by a refusal to train; agreement reached on 27/08/2026, the signing of a five-year contract confirmed on 31/08/2026.
Source: Eurosport.it
News last verified on 18 Oct 2026. Sources: sports press (L'Équipe, Le Parisien, Foot Mercato, regional press…) and official club websites — see the link on each item.
Editorial content (playing style, mood, absences, external prediction sources) last verified on 3 Sep 2026. The standings/form data above are refreshed automatically — as is the 1/X/2 estimate, recomputed on every view.