Now that the renovations to the Gewiss Stadium were finished, La Dea could play their first home game of the season. Sead Kolasinac, Berat Djimsiti, and Nicolò Zaniolo returned, although Rafael Toloi, Ben Godfrey, Giorgio Scalvini, and Gianluca Scamacca remained out due to injury. After drawing every game in Italy and Europe, the Viola started Robin Gosens against his old team in Serie A, missing Albert Gudmundsson and expecting for progress. David De Gea made his Serie A debut.

Before Fiorentina's first goal, in the first few minutes, Rolando Mandragora stung Marco Carnesecchi's gloves. Following a corner, Carnesecchi tried his best to block a header from Gosens at point blank range, but Lucas Martinez Quarta was first to bundle across the line with the rebound.