Fiorentina heads into fiorentina vs genoa with safety in sight and little reason to fear the drop. The Viola would be relegated only if they lost every remaining game, Cremonese won every remaining game, and then Fiorentina lost the ensuing two-legged relegation playoff final.
That is a long chain of events, and it is why the club is effectively secure for next season even while its form has slipped. Fiorentina has gone three straight matches without a win, salvaging lucky draws against Lecce and Sassuolo before losing to Roma.
The numbers behind the comparison are stark. Cremonese has won only six games this season and has taken just one victory in its past 21, which makes the extreme relegation scenario for Fiorentina highly unlikely. But the club’s league run still matters because the next three fixtures now shape the final tone of the campaign: Genoa first, then Juventus and Atalanta.
That stretch arrives at the same time Fiorentina is looking beyond the table and into its summer overhaul. Paratici has told reporters he plans to reduce the squad size, and the expectation around the club is that roughly half of the roster could be gone after the season. Albert Guðmundsson, Marin Pongračić, Robin Gosens and Roberto Piccoli are among the likeliest starters to move on.
The tension is that Fiorentina can already plan as if it will be in Serie A next year, but it still has to finish the season without letting its form drift any further. The league points matter less now than the judgment being made on the group itself. By the time the season ends, the question will not be whether Fiorentina stayed up. It will be how much of this team is left when it starts over.
