ACF Fiorentina - Frosinone Calcio live - Football

ACF Fiorentina host Frosinone Calcio at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence on Saturday, 29 August 2026, with kick-off at 17:30 BST, in Matchday 2 of the 2026/27 Serie A season. Both sides arrive having lost their opening league fixture - Fiorentina were thumped 4-0 by Roma, while Frosinone fell 0-1 to Juventus - making this a pivotal early-season clash. Across 6 previous meetings, Fiorentina lead the head-to-head with 2 wins and 11 goals scored, including a dominant 5-1 victory in their last encounter in February 2024.

Match Info: ACF Fiorentina vs Frosinone Calcio

The match takes place on Saturday, 29 August 2026, at 17:30 BST (16:30 UTC) at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence, Italy, as part of Matchday 2 of the Serie A 2026/27 season.

Where to Watch ACF Fiorentina vs Frosinone Calcio?

Viewers in England and Ireland can watch the match live on DAZN UK, which holds the streaming rights for Serie A across both territories. No free-to-air broadcast is scheduled in the United Kingdom for this fixture.

Fans in the United States have several options: the game is available on Fubo TV and Paramount+ for streaming, and on CBS Sports Network for traditional television coverage. Canadian viewers can tune in through DAZN or fuboTV Canada. In Australia, the clash is broadcast on beIN Sports 2 Australia (TV) and via beIN Sports Connect Australia online, with beIN Sports Connect New Zealand serving Kiwi fans.

Across Latin America, Disney+ carries the broadcast in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and several other countries. Italian supporters can follow the action on DAZN Italia and on the linear channel DAZN1. In Germany and Austria coverage is on DAZN, while Japanese viewers also have access through DAZN. Turkey's broadcast is split between S Sport + (streaming) and S Sport 2 (TV).

Match between ACF Fiorentina and Frosinone Calcio - Preview

This Matchday 2 encounter at the Artemio Franchi pits two sides desperate for their first points of the season against each other, and the pressure on both benches is already tangible just one week into the campaign.

For Fiorentina, this is a landmark season: the club celebrates its centenary in 2026/27 and entered the campaign with renewed ambitions under new head coach Fabio Grosso - a World Cup winner with Italy in 2006, and a manager who previously led Frosinone themselves. The opening-day 4-0 loss at Roma was as humbling as it gets, and Grosso's side will be eager to put in a far more disciplined display in front of their own fans.

Frosinone, on the other hand, arrive as newly promoted opponents. The club finished second in Serie B 2025/26 with 81 points, earning promotion back to the top flight after relegation in 2023/24. Head coach Massimiliano Alvini's team fell narrowly 0-1 to Juventus in their Serie A return, and history offers a sobering note: each of Frosinone's three previous Serie A stints has started with a defeat in the opening match. Avoiding that pattern in the second game would represent real progress for the visitors.

Head-to-Head: ACF Fiorentina vs Frosinone Calcio

These clubs have met just 6 times in Serie A, and while Fiorentina have the upper hand overall, the record is more competitive than the raw numbers suggest: three of the six meetings ended level, and Frosinone even claimed a famous win at the Artemio Franchi back in 2019. The most recent clash, in February 2024, ended in a commanding 5-1 win for the home side.

Here are all six previous meetings between the two clubs:

• 01/11/2015 - Serie A - Fiorentina 4-1 Frosinone
• 20/03/2016 - Serie A - Frosinone 0-0 Fiorentina
• 09/11/2018 - Serie A - Frosinone 1-1 Fiorentina
• 07/04/2019 - Serie A - Fiorentina 0-1 Frosinone
• 28/09/2023 - Serie A - Frosinone 1-1 Fiorentina
• 11/02/2024 - Serie A - Fiorentina 5-1 Frosinone

ACF Fiorentina - Recent Form

Fiorentina's preparations for 2026/27 offered both encouragement and concern, and their Serie A opener delivered an uncomfortable early reality check.

During pre-season, La Viola took on four opponents in quick succession. A 3-2 loss to Queens Park Rangers in London was followed by a tidy 1-0 win over Watford. A 2-2 draw against Real Madrid in Austria showcased attacking quality, with Moise Kean netting the equaliser, while a 1-1 stalemate with Deportivo La Coruña closed out the warm-up schedule. In the Coppa Italia first round, Fiorentina then hit four past Benevento - Albert Guðmundsson, Moise Kean, Luca Ranieri, and Cher Ndour all on the scoresheet - to progress with conviction.

However, the Serie A curtain-raiser at the Stadio Olimpico on 24 August proved a harsh introduction for Grosso: a 4-0 defeat to Roma left the Florentines without a point and in urgent need of a response. The match against Frosinone is Fiorentina's first home game of the season, and a win would transform the mood at the Franchi considerably.

Frosinone Calcio - Recent Form

Frosinone head to Florence having made a difficult start to life back in Serie A, sitting on zero points after a narrow 0-1 home defeat to Juventus on 23 August.

The Canaries' immediate build-up to the season gave mixed signals. A 1-2 friendly loss to Lazio on 9 August exposed some defensive vulnerability, yet the response was sharp: in the Coppa Italia first round, Giorgi Kvernadze's brace drove a 4-1 demolition of Juve Stabia that boosted confidence ahead of the league opener. Against Juventus, Frosinone fought hard but ultimately came up short, unable to score at home despite the attacking intent Alvini's system demands.

The visitors return to Serie A as a team with a point to prove. Their 2025/26 Serie B campaign - second place, 81 points - demonstrated real quality over the course of a full season, but adapting to the demands of Italy's top flight, in a hostile away environment against Fiorentina, will be their sternest examination yet.

Facts and Statistics

ACF Fiorentina and Frosinone Calcio have a short but intriguing Serie A history, having first met only in the 2015/16 season when Frosinone were promoted to Italy's top flight for the first time in the club's history. Their encounters have produced tight, goal-filled affairs that rarely follow the expected script.

• Fiorentina have scored 11 goals and Frosinone 5 across 6 head-to-head meetings - an average of 2.7 goals per match.
• Frosinone's only win in this fixture came on 7 April 2019, when they beat Fiorentina 1-0 at the Artemio Franchi.
• The February 2024 meeting ended 5-1 to Fiorentina - the largest winning margin in the history of this fixture.
• Frosinone were relegated from Serie A at the end of 2023/24 but bounced back immediately, finishing as Serie B runners-up in 2025/26 with 81 points.
• The 2026/27 season marks ACF Fiorentina's centenary - 100 years since the club's founding on 29 August 1926.