Roma thrash Fiorentina 4-0 to tighten Serie A Champions League race

Roma swept Fiorentina aside for a comfortable 4-0 victory that put them one point off fourth-placed Juventus, but the Viola can feel safe from relegation anyway.

Read Football Italia Ad-Free and get access to Exclusive News and Content – Free Trial – Click Here The Giallorossi suddenly found themselves right back in the race for Champions League spots after Juventus, Milan, Napoli and Como stalled. Manu Kone returned for his first start since March 19, with Paulo Dybala only fit for the bench, missing suspended Neil El Aynaoui , injured Lorenzo Pellegrini, Artem Dovbyk and Evan Ferguson.

The Viola were without Moise Kean, Roberto Piccoli, Niccolò Fortini and Tariq Lamptey, though Robin Gosens and Fabiano Parisi returned. As Cremonese lost in the early kick-off, the Tuscans were practically safe from relegation.

See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.

Donyell Malen took on a crowd of defenders and his shot was deflected off Luca Ranieri to loop up onto the top of the crossbar. Roma scored from the resulting Niccolò Pisilli corner, which found Gianluca Mancini unmarked for the glancing header from six yards.

The second goal came soon after, as Pisilli went on the counter, it was spread from right to left via Matias Soulé and Mario Hermoso until Wesley swept in first-time with the inside of the right boot from just inside the area.

ROME, ITALY – MAY 04: Wesley of AS Roma celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the Serie A match between AS Roma and ACF Fiorentina at Stadio Olimpico on May 04, 2026 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Paolo Bruno/Getty Images) Fiorentina were extremely sluggish, as Manu Kone brushed past Nicolò Fagioli to pull back from the by-line for Hermoso’s easiest of tap-ins from a couple of yards.

Malen tested David De Gea at the near post, but the Viola started to wake up towards half-time, as the Fagioli volley was deflected over for a corner.

Fiorentina made a triple change at half-time, including youth team striker Riccardo Braschi, who within 60 seconds had fired his shot onto the base of the upright.

ROME, ITALY – MAY 04: Donyell Malen of AS Roma is challenged by Marin Pongracic of ACF Fiorentina during the Serie A match between AS Roma and ACF Fiorentina at Stadio Olimpico on May 04, 2026 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Paolo Bruno/Getty Images) Roma also came close when Malen took on three defenders, his finish was deflected and De Gea fingertipped it onto the crossbar.

Fiorentina struggled to get a ball clear, until Malen stood it up with a trivela cross off the outside of the right boot for Pisilli’s header at the back post.

ROME, ITALY – MAY 04: Niccolo Pisilli of AS Roma celebrates scoring his team’s fourth goal with teammate Matias Soule during the Serie A match between AS Roma and ACF Fiorentina at Stadio Olimpico on May 04, 2026 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Paolo Bruno/Getty Images) Robinio Vaz didn’t react quickly enough to get on the end of a Zeki Celik low cross-shot.

Roma 4-0 Fiorentina Mancini 13 (R), Wesley 17 (R), Hermoso 34 (R), Pisilli 58 (R)

04-05-2026 19:45

MatchDay 35

Stadio Olimpico

Roma

Fiorentina

4 - 0

Player statistic

1st half

Gianluca Mancini (Assist: Niccolò Pisilli)

13'

Wesley (Assist: Mario Hermoso)

17'

25'

Marin Pongracic

Mario Hermoso (Assist: Manu Koné)

34'

2nd half

Mario Hermoso

48'

Niccolò Pisilli (Assist: Donyell Malen)

58'

66'

Fabiano Parisi

Stephan El Shaarawy

90+2'

Match statistic

61

Possession %

39

14

Total shots

4

7

Shots on target

1

3

Shots off target

3

4

Blocked shots

0

4

Corners

5

1

Offsides

0

12

Fouls

10

Roma

Fiorentina

Starting lineups

99

Mile Svilar Goalkeeper

5

Evan Ndicka Defender

23

Gianluca Mancini Defender

72'

22

Mario Hermoso Defender

83'

43

Wesley Defender

19

Zeki Celik Defender

4

Bryan Cristante Midfielder

17

Manu Koné Midfielder

64'

61

Niccolò Pisilli Midfielder

14

Donyell Malen Attacker

83'

18

Matìas Soulé Attacker

72'

43

David de Gea Goalkeeper

2

Dodô Defender

6

Luca Ranieri Defender

5

Marin Pongracic Defender

46'

27

Cher Ndour Midfielder

4

Marco Brescianini Midfielder

75'

44

Nicolò Fagioli Midfielder

75'

21

Robin Gosens Midfielder

10

Albert Gudmundsson Attacker

46'

17

Jack Harrison Attacker

46'

19

Manor Solomon Attacker

Substitutes

3

Angeliño Defender

95

Pierluigi Gollini Goalkeeper

2

Devyne Rensch Defender

70

Giorgio De Marzi Goalkeeper

20

Lorenzo Venturino Attacker

92

Stephan El Shaarawy Attacker

64'

21

Paulo Dybala Attacker

72'

87

Daniele Ghilardi Defender

72'

24

Jan Ziolkowski Defender

83'

78

Robinio Vaz Attacker

83'

8

Rolando Mandragora Midfielder

3

Daniele Rugani Defender

1

Luca Lezzerini Goalkeeper

53

Oliver Christensen Goalkeeper

60

Eddy Kouadio Defender

47

Antonio Pirrò Midfielder

65

Fabiano Parisi Defender

46'

15

Pietro Comuzzo Defender

46'

61

Riccardo Braschi Attacker

46'

22

Jacopo Fazzini Midfielder

75'

80

Giovanni Fabbian Midfielder

75'