Match ends, Fiorentina 3, Atalanta 0.
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Fiorentina beat Atalanta to secure their fifth successive win and go back above Inter Milan to lead Serie A.
Josip Ilicic put Fiorentina ahead with a sixth-minute penalty before Borja Valero's close-range finish made it 2-0 at half-time.
Joan Verdu added a late third for the side managed by ex-QPR, Swansea and Leicester boss Paulo Sousa, who are yet to concede a goal at home this season.
Inter were held 1-1 at Sampdoria as they again dropped points.
Roberto Mancini's side was beaten 4-1 by Fiorentina in their previous game and went behind to Sampdoria when Luis Muriel fired home in the 51st-minute.
Inter equalised 14 minutes from time when former Sampdoria striker Mauro Icardi set up Ivan Perisic to score from close range and briefly put his side back on top of the table.
Lazio went third thanks to late goals from Balde Keita Diao and Filip Djordjevica which gave them a 2-0 home win over local rivals Frosinone.
AC Milan crashed to a 4-0 defeat to Napoli as their unbeaten home record was emphatically ended, with Lorenzo Insigne scoring twice.
Roma won 4-2 at Palermo, while struggling Empoli had Piotr Zielinski sent off but beat Sassuolo 1-0 thanks to late goal from veteran former Middlesbrough striker Massimo Maccarone.
Udinese and Genoa drew 1-1.
Line-ups
Fiorentina
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 12Tatarusanu
- 4Tomovic
- 2Rodríguez
- 13Astori
- 16Blaszczykowski
- 5Badelj
- 20Valero IglesiasSubstituted forFernándezat 82'minutes
- 28Alonso
- 72IlicicSubstituted forVerdúat 74'minutes
- 10BernardeschiSubstituted forVecinoat 67'minutes
- 9N Kalinic
Substitutes
- 8Vecino
- 11Rebic
- 14Fernández
- 18Suárez
- 21Verdú
- 22Rossi
- 24Lezzerini
- 30Babacar
- 32Roncaglia
- 33Sepe
Atalanta
Formation 4-3-3
- 57Sportiello
- 5MasielloBooked at 22mins
- 3ToloiBooked at 57mins
- 29PalettaBooked at 5mins
- 93Dramé
- 88Grassi
- 15de RoonSubstituted forCarmonaat 81'minutes
- 27KurticSubstituted forCherubinat 6'minutes
- 11Moralez
- 19DenisSubstituted forD'Alessandroat 45'minutes
- 10Gómez
Substitutes
- 1Radunovic
- 2Stendardo
- 6Bellini
- 7D'Alessandro
- 8Migliaccio
- 17Carmona
- 21Cigarini
- 24Conti
- 30Bassi
- 33Cherubin
- 45Monachello
- 77Raimondi
- Referee:
- Davide Massa
- Attendance:
- 25,644
Match Stats
Home TeamFiorentinaAway TeamAtalanta
- Possession
- Home66%
- Away34%
- Shots
- Home29
- Away5
- Shots on Target
- Home9
- Away1
- Corners
- Home8
- Away4
- Fouls
- Home12
- Away15
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Fiorentina 3, Atalanta 0.
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Attempt missed. Matias Vecino (Fiorentina) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right. Assisted by Milan Badelj.
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Joan Verdú (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Carlos Carmona (Atalanta).
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Attempt blocked. Alberto Grassi (Atalanta) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Goal!
Goal! Fiorentina 3, Atalanta 0. Joan Verdú (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nikola Kalinic with a through ball.
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Attempt missed. Matías Fernández (Fiorentina) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Matias Vecino.
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Jakub Blaszczykowski (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Carlos Carmona (Atalanta).
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Foul by Nikola Kalinic (Fiorentina).
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Boukary Dramé (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Matías Fernández (Fiorentina) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Rafael Toloi (Atalanta).
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Matías Fernández (Fiorentina) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Carlos Carmona (Atalanta).
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Attempt missed. Jakub Blaszczykowski (Fiorentina) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
Substitution
Substitution, Fiorentina. Matías Fernández replaces Borja Valero.
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Corner, Fiorentina. Conceded by Rafael Toloi.
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Attempt blocked. Matias Vecino (Fiorentina) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcos Alonso.
