Both teams are just going through the motions now as the result is no longer in doubt. Bonaventura has a chance to shoot but Szczesny saves easily.
89'
Igor and Amrabat play it short before the former whips a ball in from a more advanced position. It lands on the head of a team-mate but it's a little too high and Juventus recover.
88'
G. Frabotta enters the game and replaces M. de Ligt.
Frabotta is on for de Ligt who looks to be suffering with cramp. It was a poor night for the Dutch defender.
Caceres plays it forward for Amrabat who does well to turn Sandro and earn his side a free-kick.
85'
Danilo gets yellow.
Danilo loses control of the ball and is booked when he lashes out at Venuti in frustration.
84'
L. Venuti gets yellow.
Venuti is booked for a poor challenge on Danilo.
82'
G. Bonaventura enters the game and replaces F. Ribéry.
L. Venuti enters the game and replaces C. Biraghi.
Biraghi will also sit out the last 10 minutes with Venuti given an opportunity in the closing stages.
Ribery has been good this evening and can take a well-earned breather as he is replaced by Bonaventura.
81'
M. Cáceres has scored a goal for Fiorentina! Assist by C. Biraghi.
GOOOOAAAALLLLLL! IT'S 3-0! Bonucci is once again dispossessed far too easily. The visitors break with speed and Biraghi delivers another dynamite ball that is left by Castrovilli for Caceres behind him to slot into the open goal. Game over!
It's another assist for Biraghi whose service has been exemplary this evening.
80'
The next goal was always going to be crucial. It's certainly not over, but I'd be surprised if Juventus can recover anything from this one. Famous last words...
78'
From kick-off, Juventus are on the attack. The ball is dribbling through to Dragowski who appears to slip which nearly allows the hosts a lifeline, but Milenkovic bails him out.
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76'
Alex Sandro is unfortunate, scores an own goal!
GOAL! FIORENTINA DOUBLE THEIR LEAD! Amrabat has the first chance which is well blocked before Ribery picks up the rebound. He plays it out to Biraghi on the left whose brilliant cross is diverted into his own net by Sandro at the back post. 2-0!
75'
C. Kouamé enters the game and replaces D. Vlahović.
Prandelli is dipping into the subs again. Vlahovic, the goalscorer, is the next player to make way. Kouame will get a 15-minute runout.
74'
Biraghi and Castrovilli link up well on the left before the latter is forced to turn back. It's worked forward again before Bonucci is able to clear the ball.
73'
D. Kulusevski enters the game and replaces W. McKennie.
Kulusevski is on for McKennie for Juventus.
72'
The hosts are back on the ball. Chiesa picks out Bentancur on the right and he squares it for Sandro in the middle. The full-back has an effort on goal but slices it wide of the mark.
71'
Juventus play the ball around nicely from left to right and back again waiting for the right time to strike. Chiesa injects some pace into the play and takes on Biraghi before forcing Dragowski into a save.
70'
Pulgar has it on the left for Fiorentina and is the next player to have a cross intercepted by an opponent.
68'
Ronaldo is found in space on the right. He pauses to pick out a team-mate with his cross heading for Sandro at the back post, but Caceres gets up well to nip in first and head the ball clear.
67'
Milenkovic ushers the ball out of play well after McKennie tried to get on the end of a throughball.
Caceres has a chance to put a meaningful ball into the box but Sandro does well to get his body in the way.
66'
Chances have been few and far between in this second period as we approach the final quarter of the match.
64'
Vlahovic attempts to get on the end of a header back from de Ligt but Szczesny is out well to clear the danger.
63'
The corner is headed out as far as Pulgar who fires a shot just wide of the post.
Biraghi gets to the byline and tries to find a team-mate in the box. De Ligt is on hand to divert the ball out for a corner.
62'
Chiesa is fouled again. He must be starting to take it personally. Ribery is the guilty party this time.
60'
Chiesa makes a brilliant run down the right flank before losing control of the ball. The hosts recycle possession before Sandro's shot flies over the bar.
58'
Ronaldo ghosts past Castrovilli and into the Fiorentina box before being nudged to the floor. He looks to the referee for a penalty but the man in the middle quickly waves away the claim.
54'
Fiorentina opt against playing a ball into the box and fail to create anything meaningful.
Bonucci is penalised for a foul on Vlahovic.
52'
E. Pulgar enters the game and replaces Borja Valero.
Sandro plays in Bernardeschi on the left and the midfielder's attempted cross is diverted out for a corner.
Prandelli is taking no chances and replaces Valero with Pulgar.
50'
Juventus almost make their opponents pay from the free-kick but the ball just won't fall kindly for Bonucci or de Ligt.
49'
Valero catches Bentancur with a cynical challenge. He's given the referee a decision to make but he keeps his cards in his pocket this time.
47'
Borja Valero gets yellow.
Valero, who has been a rock, brings down Danilo was was breaking forward and is rightly booked.
Sandro's flick-on from the corner looks to have played in de Ligt at the back post but the linesman's flag is rightly up for offside.
46'
F. Bernardeschi enters the game and replaces Álvaro Morata.
Pirlo has made a change at the break with Morata making way for Bernardeschi. I'm not sure if the Spaniard was injured or if it was tactical.
We're back underway for the second half.
45' +2
HALF-TIME: JUVENTUS 0-1 FIORENTINA
Ronaldo is over it and decides to shoot, I think. He blasts it straight into the wall and out for a corner. That was a waste.
45' +1
There will be two minutes of added time.
Sandro makes a good run up the left flank before Milenkovic slides in well to concede a corner. But wait, this is football. The referee has blown for a free-kick.
45'
Biraghi delivers deep but Morata rises highest to head clear.
44'
Danilo attempts a one-two with Chiesa but Valero defends the situation well. The visitors break forward and Castrovilli wins a corner off Chiesa.
43'
Ronaldo gets to the byline before cutting back. He probably should cross it when he has the chance but decides to tee up Sandro behind him whose first-time delivery is way overhit.
41'
Biraghi delivers a tantalising cross across the Juventus box. It's just out of reach for Vlahovic at the front post and Caceres at the back post.
40'
Castrovilli wins the ball well in a 50-50 challenge with Chiesa but the referee penalises him amazingly. The Fiorentina players rightly protest, but I suppose they should be happy it was just a free-kick.
39'
Despite being a man light, Juventus are very much in the ascendency at the moment. The visitors will be keen to get to half-time.
37'
F. Ribéry gets yellow.
Ribery is the next name into the book after catching Chiesa late.
Ronaldo is posing a serious threat. He skips past Valero this time and fires a long-range shot on goal but Dragowski saves well!
34'
The hosts have definitely improved in the last five minutes. If they can evade Fiorentina's high press, there's plenty of space for them to exploit.
33'
Morata is down clutching his head after what looked like zero contact from Igor. Modern-day footballers, eh?
32'
CLOSE! Ronaldo picks up the ball on the left before leaving Milenkovic and Pezzella for dust and firing a shot into the side netting.
30'
Ronaldo gets to the byline and attempts to pick out Morata in the middle. However, his cross is a few yards behind the Spaniard who is on his own up there.
29'
Chiesa breaks from a Fiorentina attack. He has Ronaldo on his right but opts to use him as a decoy before Valero recovers to win the ball back.
27'
CHANCE! Sloppy again from Bonucci who has a pass intercepted. The visitors swarm forward with Caceres leading the attack. He plays a one-two with Vlahovic before squaring it across goal for Castrovilli whose low shot is well saved by Szczesny.
25'
Ribery comes away with the ball after a scrappy spell of play. His attempt to pick out Vlahovic is intercepted but Fiorentina have a throw-in. It's taken quickly and a chance is worked for Valero whose shot finds the side netting.
24'
Ribery evades two Juventus players before being brought down by McKennie and earning his side a free-kick. It's played short before Fiorentina win another corner.
22'
C. Biraghi gets yellow.
Chiesa is chopped down again and Biraghi earns a yellow card for the challenge.
20'
Danilo enters the game and replaces A. Ramsey.
Pirlo is forced into a change after Cuadrado's dismissal and it's Ramsey who has to make way for Danilo.
19'
This has been a disastrous start for the home side and Fiorentina are trying to press home their advantage. Ribery, in particular, is causing problems going forward.
18'
J. Cuadrado goes off after a red card!
RED CARD! Cuadrado overruns the ball and in an attempt to recover the situation, lunges in and catches Castrovilli with his studs up. The referee initially gives a yellow, but after watching the replay, changes his decision to red.
16'
Cuadrado is finding some success on the right flank and whips another cross in but the Fiorentina defence are holding firm.
15'
Juventus have looked incredibly unassured at the back in the opening 15 minutes.
13'
The corner is whipped in dangerously but Dragowski comes out to punch clear.
12'
Up the other end and Juventus win a corner of their own. Morata's cross from the left had to be diverted out with Ronaldo lying in wait to pounce.
11'
The away side win a corner and a chance to pile on the misery, but Juventus do just enough to escape.
10'
After some patient build-up play, McKennie's attempted diagonal ball to Cuadrado is overhit and out for a Fiorentina goal-kick.
9'
Chiesa wins another free-kick for Juventus, this time off Pezzella.
7'
The home side continue to press forward in a bid to recover from the worst possible start.
5'
Ronaldo lines up a free-kick to try and level the game immediately but the wall does its job.
3'
D. Vlahović has scored a goal for Fiorentina! Assist by F. Ribéry.
Chiesa tries to release Ronaldo down the right but Julio covers well.
GOAL! FIORENTINA LEAD 1-0! That won't please Pirlo one bit. Ribery picked up the ball in the middle of the park and a simple pass through de Ligt and Bonucci put Vlahovic clean through. The Serbian kept his composure to chip the onrushing Szczesny and put the visitors ahead.
Ribery's brilliant throughball unlocked a sloppy Juventus defence.
2'
Chiesa takes a sore one from Milenkovic and wins the hosts a free-kick.
1'
Referee Federico La Penna blows his whistle and Juventus get this Serie A clash underway.
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Serie A meeting between Juventus and Fiorentina from the Allianz Stadium.
The hosts come into this fixture on the back of a convincing 4-0 victory over Parma at the weekend that took them into fourth place in the table. After an indifferent start as Juventus manager, Andrea Pirlo was encouraged by his side’s energetic display and will hope it’s the start of a winning run. The Bianconeri are unbeaten in the league to this point but six draws has them seven points adrift of Milan in top spot, albeit with a game in hand.
Their opponents are faltering to say the least. Winless in the league since the end of October, Fiorentina are dangerously close to the drop zone. Not even the return of Cesare Prandelli as head coach has inspired an upturn in results. However, back-to-back 1-1 draws with top-half teams in their last two outings has quietened criticism somewhat.
JUVENTUS (4-4-2): Wojciech Szczesny; Juan Cuadrado, Matthijs De Ligt, Leonardo Bonucci, Alex Sandro; Weston McKennie, Rodrigo Bentancur, Aaron Ramsey, Federico Chiesa; Alvaro Morata, Cristiano Ronaldo.
JUVENTUS SUBS: Manolo Portanova, Cosimo Marco Da Graca, Paulo Dybala, Radu Dragusin, Danilo, Carlo Pinsoglio, Gianluca Frabotta, Federico Bernardeschi, Giorgio Chiellini, Gianluigi Buffon, Dejan Kulusevski.
FIORENTINA (3-5-2): Bartlomiej Dragowski; Nikola Milenkovic, German Pezzella, Martin Caceres; Igor Julio, Borja Valero, Sofyan Amrabat, Gaetano Castrovilli, Cristiano Biraghi; Dusan Vlahovic, Franck Ribery.
FIORENTINA SUBS: Lucas Martínez Quarta, Valentin Eysseric, Lorenzo Venuti, Jose Callejon, Antonio Barreca, Joseph Alfred Duncan, Christian Kouame, Pol Lirola, Erick Pulgar, Pietro Terracciano, Riccardo Saponara, Giacomo Bonaventura.
The teams are emerging from the tunnel and kick-off is moments away.
It's all to play for in the second period. Despite being a man light, the Bianconeri created more than enough chances to believe they can come back and win this one. In the same breath, the visitors had plenty of chances to increase their advantage, so this one could go either way. The next goal is crucial.
Anyway, that's all from me. I hope you enjoyed following our live text coverage. Until next time, goodbye!
The result ends the unbeaten league run of Juventus leaving them fourth and seven points behind Milan in top spot. For the visitors, they move into 15th and five points clear of the drop zone as it stands. Juventus welcome Udinese next as they look to bounce back before they take on Milan. Fiorentina’s next fixture is against fellow strugglers Bologna so they'll be hoping to make it back-to-back wins to really kickstart their revival.
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