Fiorentina 0 – Udinese 4: Visitors cruise past The Purple One at Stadio Artemio Franchi

Fiorentina fell to a home defeat at the hands of Udinese at Stadio Artemio Franchi on Wednesday. Fiorentina were looking forward to meeting again, following a previous defeat to Salernitana. Udinese secured a point against Bologna in their previous match. After today’s result, Fiorentina and Udinese sit 7th, (56 points) and 12th, (40 points), spots respectively, after 20 matches.

Bianconeri started the first half well, with Pablo Mari opening the rout in the 12th minute. They then scored again, increasing their advantage thanks to a goal from Gerard Deulofeu at the 36 minute mark, which saw the first half end 0-2.

Udinese continued to pile on the pressure in the second and were rewarded, with Walace finding the net in the 90th minute. They then scored again, increasing their advantage thanks to a goal from Iyenoma Destiny Udogie just before the final whistle with a final score of 4-0.

For Fiorentina, Arthur Cabral, Igor, Youssef Maleh, Jonathan Ikone and Jose Callejon, came on for Krzysztof Piatek, Nikola Milenkovic, Giacomo Bonaventura, Alfred Duncan and Riccardo Sottil. Udinese brought on Mato Jajalo, Ignacio Pussetto, Brandon Soppy and Ilija Nestorovski, to replace Tolgay Arslan, Isaac Success, Nahuel Molina and Gerard Deulofeu.

There were bookings for Nicolas Gonzalez, Lucas Torreira and Youssef Maleh from Fiorentina, and Bram Nuytinck, Gerard Deulofeu, Jean-Victor Makengo and Iyenoma Destiny Udogie, for Udinese.

Fiorentina will next travel to AC Milan, while Udinese will face Internazionale at home.