New Headline: Fiorentina vs. Cremonese: Champions League Clash in Serie A!
Serie A | Cremonese 1-4 Fiorentina: Viola quality wins relegation battle Fiorentina made a big step forward in their pursuit of Serie A safety with this 4-1 victory away to Cremonese, including classy Dodo and Albert Gudmundsson goals. This was a huge and potentially decisive relegation tussle , as going into the weekend the Viola were in 17 th place on 25 points and the hosts in 18 th on 24. Moise Kean was only fit for the bench, with Niccolò Fortini, Manor Solomon, Luca Lezzerini and Tariq Lamptey injured after Thursday’s 2-1 Conference League first leg win over Rakow .
Cremonese missed Jamie Vardy, Federico Baschirotto, Michele Collocolo and suspended Giuseppe Pezzella, scraping only four points in the last 14 games, scoring just four goals in that period. See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog. CREMONA, ITALY – MARCH 16: Federico Bonazzoli of US Cremonese shoots on goal forcing goalkeeper David De Gea of ACF Fiorentina to make a difficult save during the Serie A match between US Cremonese and ACF Fiorentina at Stadio Giovanni Zini on March 16, 2026 in Cremona, Italy.
(Photo by Marco M. Mantovani/Getty Images) David De Gea needed a big save after 120 seconds, as a corner was put back in over the top for Federico Bonazzoli to test the goalkeeper from six yards. Youssef Maleh threw himself in the path of an acrobatic Rolando Mandragora volley, but Fiorentina took the lead when Fabiano Parisi got down the right on a Mandragora pass and his angled drive took a deflection off Romano Floriani Mussolini to go through Emil Audero’s legs at the near post.
CREMONA, ITALY – MARCH 16: Fabiano Parisi of ACF Fiorentina celebrates after scoring the 0-1 goal during the Serie A match between US Cremonese and ACF Fiorentina at Stadio Giovanni Zini on March 16, 2026 in Cremona, Italy. (Photo by Marco M. Mantovani/Getty Images) The second goal came from a Robin Gosens through ball that allowed Roberto Piccoli to spring the offside trap, beating the on-rushing Audero from a tricky angle.
CREMONA, ITALY – MARCH 16: Roberto Piccoli of ACF Fiorentina celebrates after scoring the 0-2 goal during the Serie A match between US Cremonese and ACF Fiorentina at Stadio Giovanni Zini on March 16, 2026 in Cremona, Italy. (Photo by Marco M. Mantovani/Getty Images) Fiorentina added a third straight after the restart, as Dodo started the run from his own half, shrugged off Floriani Mussolini, then rolled the ball off the underside of the right boot to send both Maleh and Audero to ground, calmly stroking it into the net with his left.