Match ends, Fiorentina 1, Roma 2.
Fiorentina 1-2 Roma
- From the section European Football
Mohamed Salah scored against his former club as Roma moved top of Serie A with victory at previous leaders Fiorentina.
The former Chelsea midfielder, 23, found the bottom corner with a curling effort before Gervinho ran through to double the lead before half-time.
Salah was sent off for a second yellow card with four minutes left before Fiorentina pulled a goal back through Khouma Babacar.
Roma are unbeaten in four games and have a two-point lead at the summit.
Fiorentina complained to Fifa against Chelsea over the Egypt international Salah, who opted not to complete an 18-month loan stay in Florence.
He instead joined Roma on loan for the 2015-16 season, a move which has since been made permanent.
Fiorentina believe Salah should have remained with them for an additional year as part of the terms of the deal that saw Juan Cuadrado sold to Chelsea.
Line-ups
Fiorentina
- 12Tatarusanu
- 32RoncagliaBooked at 53mins
- 2RodríguezSubstituted forBabacarat 82'minutes
- 13Astori
- 16BlaszczykowskiSubstituted forRossiat 61'minutes
- 5BadeljSubstituted forFernándezat 61'minutes
- 8Vecino
- 10BernardeschiBooked at 70mins
- 72Ilicic
- 20Valero Iglesias
- 9N Kalinic
Substitutes
- 4Tomovic
- 11Rebic
- 14Fernández
- 18Suárez
- 21Verdú
- 22Rossi
- 23Pasqual
- 24Lezzerini
- 30Babacar
- 33Sepe
Roma
- 25SzczesnyBooked at 84mins
- 24FlorenziBooked at 26mins
- 44Manolas
- 2Rüdiger
- 3Digne
- 4Nainggolan
- 16De RossiBooked at 35minsSubstituted forVainqueurat 37'minutes
- 15PjanicSubstituted forTorosidisat 79'minutes
- 27KouassiSubstituted forGyömbérat 89'minutes
- 9DzekoBooked at 18mins
- 11SalahBooked at 87mins
Substitutes
- 5Castan da Silva
- 7Iturbe
- 13Sisenando
- 14Falque
- 18Ponce
- 21Vainqueur
- 23Gyömbér
- 26De Sanctis
- 33Emerson
- 35Torosidis
- 48Ucan
- 97Umar
- Referee:
- Daniele Orsato
- Attendance:
- 36,297
Match Stats
Home TeamFiorentinaAway TeamRoma
- Possession
- Home71%
- Away29%
- Shots
- Home21
- Away6
- Shots on Target
- Home4
- Away4
- Corners
- Home8
- Away1
- Fouls
- Home9
- Away17
Live Text
Full Time
Second Half ends, Fiorentina 1, Roma 2.
Goal!
Goal! Fiorentina 1, Roma 2. Khouma Babacar (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Borja Valero with a through ball.
Borja Valero (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by William Vainqueur (Roma).
Attempt missed. Khouma Babacar (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Giuseppe Rossi.
Attempt blocked. Facundo Roncaglia (Fiorentina) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Josip Ilicic.
Substitution
Substitution, Roma. Norbert Gyömbér replaces Gervinho.
Foul by Facundo Roncaglia (Fiorentina).
Gervinho (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Dismissal
Second yellow card to Mohamed Salah (Roma).
Booking
Mohamed Salah (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Facundo Roncaglia (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mohamed Salah (Roma).
Matías Fernández (Fiorentina) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Mohamed Salah (Roma).
Giuseppe Rossi (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by William Vainqueur (Roma).
Foul by Davide Astori (Fiorentina).
Edin Dzeko (Roma) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Booking
Wojciech Szczesny (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Nikola Kalinic (Fiorentina) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Josip Ilicic.
Attempt saved. Nikola Kalinic (Fiorentina) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Josip Ilicic with a cross.
Corner, Fiorentina. Conceded by William Vainqueur.
Attempt blocked. Josip Ilicic (Fiorentina) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution
Substitution, Fiorentina. Khouma Babacar replaces Gonzalo Rodríguez.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Wojciech Szczesny (Roma) because of an injury.
Offside, Fiorentina. Matías Fernández tries a through ball, but Nikola Kalinic is caught offside.
Substitution
Substitution, Roma. Vasilis Torosidis replaces Miralem Pjanic.
Attempt missed. Josip Ilicic (Fiorentina) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Matías Fernández.
Matias Vecino (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Miralem Pjanic (Roma).
Attempt blocked. Borja Valero (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matías Fernández with a cross.
Attempt missed. Giuseppe Rossi (Fiorentina) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Josip Ilicic.
Corner, Roma. Conceded by Facundo Roncaglia.
Booking
Federico Bernardeschi (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Federico Bernardeschi (Fiorentina).
Alessandro Florenzi (Roma) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Gonzalo Rodríguez (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.