Inter turn the tables on Fiorentina with two goals in stoppage time instead of defeat

Inter beat visitors Fiorentina 2-1 in the match that brought the two sides together in matchday eight of Serie A, played on 25 October 2026 at 14:30 Saudi Arabia and Damascus time.

Fiorentina opened the scoring through Álex Jiménez in the 65th minute, with the visiting side looking set to leave Inter's stadium with a positive result. But the home side responded strongly in stoppage time, as Marcus Lilian Thuram-Ulien equalised in the 90+1st minute, before Piotr Sebastian Zieliński settled the match in Inter's favour from a penalty in the 90+7th minute.

Marcus Lilian Thuram-Ulien was named man of the match after scoring the equaliser and playing the full ninety minutes, with a rating of 8.2.

Inter clearly dominated proceedings, with 63 per cent possession compared to 37 per cent for Fiorentina, and 33 attempts on goal compared to 7 for Fiorentina, of which 11 were on target compared to just two for Fiorentina. Inter's expected goals reached 3.44 compared to 0.25 for Fiorentina. There were no red cards in the match, while Fiorentina received one yellow card.

The match was officiated by referee Maurizio Mariani, and was broadcast on STARZPLAY.

With this win, Inter raised their tally to 19 points in second place after playing 7 matches, winning 6 and drawing 1 without any defeats, scoring 21 goals and conceding 9. Meanwhile, Fiorentina's tally remained frozen at 4 points in 18th place after 7 matches, winning 1, drawing 1 and losing 5, scoring 8 goals and conceding 17.