Serie A | Fiorentina 3-2 Bologna: Kean seals thriller for position

Originally posted on Football Italia | By Susy Campanale | Last updated May 18, 2025 5:08 PM ET

Fiorentina resisted the Bologna fightback to secure a 3-2 victory and leapfrog the Rossoblu in the table with Fabiano Parisi, Amir Richardson and Moise Kean goals.

The Viola saw their campaign falling apart after the Conference League semi-final defeat to Real Betis and back-to-back Serie A losses to Roma and Venezia. Lucas Beltran, Nicolò Zaniolo and Michael Folorunsho were all suspended, with Danilo Cataldi, Moise Kean and Albert Gudmundsson not fully fit. Bologna, on the other hand, were celebrating Wednesday’s Coppa Italia triumph and coach Vincenzo Italiano returned to the Stadio Franchi without injured Martin Erlic, Jens Odgaard and Estanis Pedrola.

See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.

Bologna had a bright start despite their midweek exertions, Santiago Castro’s shot charged down by Pietro Comuzzo and the striker’s first touch then letting him down on the Dan Ndoye counter-attack.

Fabiano Parisi gathered in midfield and shrugged off a challenge, surging through the centre and receiving a bit of luck when his finish took a big deflection to wrong-foot Lukasz Skorupski.

David De Gea palmed the Ndoye effort, but Fiorentina lost Comuzzo to injury before half-time.

Giovanni Fabbian drilled just wide and Nicolò Fagioli had penalty appeals rejected for a coming together with Jhon Lucumi.

Bologna drew level with their substitutes, as Riccardo Orsolini whipped in a cross for the glancing Thijjs Dallinga header to wrong-foot De Gea.

It did not last long, as Parisi burst down the left and forced a save at the near post, with Skorupski only parrying it into the path of Amir Richardson to score from 10 yards.

Bologna replied again, as Ndoye dribbled down the left and pulled back from the by-line to find Orsolini unmarked for the easiest of tap-ins.

It remained wide open, Fiorentina taking the lead for the third time when Rolando Mandragora nodded on a long ball for Moise Kean to shrug off two defenders, test Skorupski and turn in the rebound at the second time of asking.

Juan Miranda saw red for Bologna late on, as he lashed out an elbow into the face of Mandragora.

Fiorentina 3-2 Bologna

Parisi 13 (F), Dallinga 61 (B), Richardson 68 (F), Orsolini 80 (B), Kean 84 (F)

Sent off: Mandragora 88 (B)

18-05-2025 19:45 MatchDay 37 Artemio Franchi Stadium

Fiorentina

Bologna 3 - 2

Player statistic

1st half

Fabiano Parisi (Assist: Luca Ranieri)		13'
Luca Ranieri		20'

2nd half

	61'	Thijs Dallinga (Assist: Riccardo Orsolini)
Robin Gosens	65'
Amir Richardson	67'
Fabiano Parisi	77'
	77'	Dan Ndoye
	79'	Riccardo Orsolini (Assist: Dan Ndoye)
Moise Kean

84' 88'

Juan Miranda Rolando Mandragora

90'

Match statistic

40 Possession % 60 6 Total shots 15 5 Shots on target 3 1 Shots off target 7 0 Blocked shots 5 2 Corners 4 4 Offsides 1 21 Fouls 17 Fiorentina Bologna

Starting lineups

David de Gea Goalkeeper 2

Dodô Defender 65 Fabiano Parisi Defender 6

Luca Ranieri Defender

Pablo Marí Defender 15 Pietro Comuzzo Defender 39' 24 Amir Richardson Midfielder

Nicolò Fagioli Midfielder 90' 21

Robin Gosens Midfielder 8

Rolando Mandragora Midfielder 20

Moise Kean Attacker 1

Lukasz Skorupski Goalkeeper 14

Davide Calabria Defender 80' 26

Jhon Lucumí Defender 33

Juan Miranda Defender 15 Nicolò Casale Defender 80 Giovanni Fabbian Midfielder 56' 19 Lewis Ferguson Midfielder 8

Remo Freuler Midfielder 80' 11 Dan Ndoye Attacker 28

Nicolò Cambiaghi Attacker 56' 9 Santiago Castro Attacker

46'

Substitutes

Albert Gudmundsson Attacker 1

Pietro Terracciano Goalkeeper 29

Yacine Adli Midfielder 30 Tommaso Martinelli Goalkeeper 63 Maat Daniel Caprini Attacker 22 Matías Moreno Defender 66 Tommaso Rubino Midfielder 23

Andrea Colpani Midfielder 87' 5

Marin Pongracic Defender Cher Ndour Midfielder 90' 22

Charalampos Lykogiannis Defender 18 Tommaso Pobega Midfielder 29

Lorenzo De Silvestri Defender 20

Michel Aebischer Midfielder 23 Nicola Bagnolini Goalkeeper 34 Federico Ravaglia Goalkeeper 17 Oussama El Azzouzi Midfielder 31 Sam Beukema Defender 24

Thijs Dallinga Attacker 46' 7

Riccardo Orsolini Attacker 56' 30 Benjamín Domínguez Attacker 56' 6

Nikola Moro Midfielder 80' 2

Emil Holm Defender

80'

This article first appeared on Football Italia and was syndicated with permission.

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