Benevento v Fiorentina
Vlahovic hat-trick fires Fiorentina to win over Benevento
Dusan Vlahovic scored a first half hat-trick as Fiorentina recorded their biggest win of the season by beating Benevento 4-1 on Saturday to boost their Serie A survival hopes.
A run of one win in seven league games left the Florence club in danger of being dragged into a tight relegation battle, but three goals from their 21-year-old striker put the result beyond doubt at the Stadio Vigorito.
Serbia international Vlahovic became the first Fiorentina player to score three goals in the first half of a Serie A match since Kurt Hamrin in February 1964.
Artur Ionita pulled one back for the hosts early in the second half, but Valentin Eysseric restored the three-goal cushion and the result lifted the Viola to 12th place on 29 points, three ahead of 16th-placed Benevento, who are winless in 11 games.
Game Information
Italian Serie A Standings
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internazionale | 32 | 24 | 3 | 5 | +46 | 75 |
| Napoli | 32 | 20 | 6 | 6 | +17 | 66 |
| AC Milan | 32 | 18 | 9 | 5 | +20 | 63 |
| Juventus | 32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | +26 | 60 |
| Como | 32 | 16 | 10 | 6 | +30 | 58 |
| AS Roma | 32 | 18 | 3 | 11 | +17 | 57 |
| Atalanta | 32 | 14 | 11 | 7 | +16 | 53 |
| Bologna | 32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | +5 | 48 |
| Lazio | 31 | 11 | 11 | 9 | +3 | 44 |
| Udinese | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 43 |
| Sassuolo | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | -4 | 42 |
| Torino | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | -17 | 39 |
| Genoa | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 36 |
| Parma | 32 | 8 | 12 | 12 | -17 | 36 |
| Cagliari | 32 | 8 | 9 | 15 | -11 | 33 |
| Fiorentina | 31 | 7 | 11 | 13 | -8 | 32 |
| Cremonese | 32 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -21 | 27 |
| Lecce | 32 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -24 | 27 |
| Hellas Verona | 32 | 3 | 9 | 20 | -32 | 18 |
| Pisa | 32 | 2 | 12 | 18 | -35 | 18 |
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