Serie A | Fiorentina 1-0 Pisa: Kean lifts Viola out of relegation zone

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Skip to contentFLORENCE, ITALY – FEBRUARY 23: Moise Kean of ACF Fiorentina celebrates after scoring a goal during the Serie A match between ACF Fiorentina and Pisa SC at Artemio Franchi on February 23, 2026 in Florence, Italy. (Photo by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Images)

Moise Kean registered his third Serie A goal in as many games to lift Fiorentina out of the relegation zone with a 1-0 victory over local rivals Pisa on Monday evening.

Fiorentina made several alterations to their starting line-up following Thursday evening’s 3-0 victory over Jagiellonia in the Conference League play-off round first leg, with Kean, Manor Solomon, Nicolo Fagioli and Marco Brescianini among the players to return to the Viola XI. Pisa made just two changes following their 2-1 defeat against Milan last weekend, with Samuel Iling-Junior and Marius Marin coming into the XI in place of Matteo Tramoni and Michel Aebischer.

Click here to read more about how today’s teams lined up.

Fiorentina were the better of the Tuscan teams across the first half in Florence, and needed less than 13 minutes to find the lead against their local rivals: Kean couldn’t have asked for a simpler chance.

Jack Harrison’s cross in from the right flank was headed clear by Rosen Bozhinov, but only as far as Cher Ndour on the follow-up. Simone Canestrelli made a mess of his attempted clearance of Ndour’s shot and inadvertently sent it into the path of Kean, who was unmarked less than 10 yards out from goal.

Fagioli and Dodo tried to test goalkeeper Nicolas with a pair of shots from the edge of the area midway through the first half, but they were unable to find the target through a congested penalty area.

Kean tried to find the back of the net with a header a few minutes before the interval, but got too far underneath Brescianini’s ball in from the left and saw his effort go over the crossbar for a goal-kick.

Fagioli tested Nicolas from a free-kick from just over 25 yards out a few minutes after the break, but this was nothing that the Brazilian stopper wasn’t able to handle.

Ndour saved his best attempt of the game for the 87th minute, rifling an effort towards the top corner of the net from the edge of the area, but Nicolas got a strong wrist behind it and sent it behind for a corner.

Pisa were unable to register a shot on target across the 90 minutes.

This result lifts Fiorentina out of the relegation zone and into 16th place, but are not entirely clear of danger just yet given that they are still level on points with Cremonese (17th) and Lecce (18th).

Pisa remain stuck in 19th, on the same tally of points as Hellas Verona (20th). They remain nine points off safety after 26 matches.

Fiorentina 1-0 Pisa

Kean 13’.

23-02-2026 17:30

MatchDay 26

Artemio Franchi StadiumFiorentinaPisa

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Player statistic

Fiorentina

Pisa

Starting lineups

43

David de Gea
Goalkeeper

2

Dodô
Defender

65

Fabiano Parisi
Defender

6

Luca Ranieri
Defender

5

Marin Pongracic
Defender

27

Cher Ndour
Midfielder

4

Marco Brescianini
Midfielder

44

Nicolò Fagioli
Midfielder

17

Jack Harrison
Attacker

19

Manor Solomon
Attacker

20

Moise Kean
Attacker

12

Nicolas
Goalkeeper

4

Antonio Caracciolo
Defender

35

Felipe Loyola
Defender

46′

2

Rosen Bozhinov
Defender

3

Samuele Angori
Defender

5

Simone Canestrelli
Defender

15

Idrissa Touré
Midfielder

6

Marius Marin
Midfielder

81

Filip Stojilkovic
Attacker

46′

19

Samuel Iling-Junior
Attacker

46′

32

Stefano Moreo
Attacker

Substitutes

91

Roberto Piccoli
Attacker

10

Albert Gudmundsson
Attacker

22

Jacopo Fazzini
Midfielder

3

Daniele Rugani
Defender

21

Robin Gosens
Midfielder

1

Luca Lezzerini
Goalkeeper

80

Giovanni Fabbian
Midfielder

53

Oliver Christensen
Goalkeeper

15

Pietro Comuzzo
Defender

29

Niccolò Fortini
Midfielder

60

Eddy Kouadio
Defender

62

Luis Balbo
Defender

63

Piergiorgio Bonanno
Midfielder

1

Adrian Šemper
Goalkeeper

7

Mehdi Léris
Attacker

11

Juan Cuadrado
Midfielder

33

Arturo Calabresi
Defender

10

Matteo Tramoni
Midfielder

36

Gabriele Piccinini
Attacker

39

Raúl Albiol
Defender

14

Ebenezer Akinsanmiro
Midfielder

26

Francesco Coppola
Defender

8

Malthe Höjholt
Midfielder

99

Lorran
Midfielder

34

Tommaso Guizzo
Goalkeeper

20

Michel Aebischer
Midfielder

46′

17

Rafiu Durosinmi
Attacker

46′

9

Henrik Meister
Attacker

46′

ByPeter Young

Peter Young is a Senior Reporter with Football Italia.

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