Mastantuono’s Venezia hat-trick combined finishing with creation

Player snapshot

Franco Mastantuono scored a hat-trick as Fiorentina won 4–2 away to Venezia in Serie A on 11 September, a result that constituted Fiorentina’s first league victory of the campaign. Source 1Source 3Source 4

His first two goals arrived in the 29th and 30th minutes, before he completed the treble in the 84th minute and was substituted five minutes later. Source 4

Mastantuono started as the central attacking midfielder in Fiorentina’s 4-2-3-1 and played 89 minutes at the Stadio Pierluigi Penzo. Source 1

Production

The individual match return was three goals from six shots, with five of those efforts on target, alongside four key passes. Source 1

Over 89 minutes, those figures convert to roughly 3.0 goals, 6.1 shots, 5.1 shots on target and 4.0 key passes per 90 minutes; they describe this match alone, not a season projection. Source 1

Fiorentina had only 37% possession but produced 19 shots and 10 on target, meaning Mastantuono supplied half of the visitors’ on-target attempts. Source 1

The season record retrieved for him lists three Serie A appearances, three starts and 198 minutes for Fiorentina, with no substitute appearances recorded. Source 2

That three-from-three starting record is a concise role indicator, although the small minutes total makes it unsuitable for broad season-rate conclusions. Source 2

Style fingerprint

The most useful feature of the Venezia display was its combination of shooting and chance creation: Mastantuono was both Fiorentina’s three-goal scorer and their four-key-pass contributor. Source 1

His five shots on target from six attempts show that the volume was concentrated on testing the goalkeeper rather than simply accumulating speculative efforts. Source 1

He also completed three of four dribbles, drew two fouls and won six of 12 duels, adding ball-carrying and contact involvement to the end product. Source 1

The passing line was 22 accurate passes from 27 attempted, while his four key passes came without an assist being credited to him. Source 1

Taken together, the numbers point to an advanced midfielder who affected the match through direct shooting, final-ball attempts and carries, rather than a performance built solely around isolated finishes. Source 1

The available match record supplies event and aggregate action counts, not reception maps or shot-location data, so it cannot establish a more precise positional or chance-quality profile from this one game. Source 1

Comparables

No like-for-like comparison is offered here because the retrieved records provide Mastantuono’s individual match and season lines but no shared comparison cohort. Source 1Source 2

The Read

Fiorentina finished the fourth round 15th in Serie A on three points, with one win and three defeats, so the four-goal return at Venezia had immediate importance at team level as well as for Mastantuono’s individual line. Source 3

Mastantuono contributed three of those four Fiorentina goals while also recording four key passes, a rare concentration of finishing and creative output within the same 89-minute sample. Source 1Source 4

The meaningful caution is sample size: a single match can confirm the scale and variety of this display, but it cannot by itself demonstrate repeatability. Source 1

What the season ledger does add is evidence of a start-heavy role in its recorded league sample, which gives the Venezia performance a clearer tactical context than a one-off substitute appearance would have done. Source 2

Temporal Read

This is a recap of a completed match on 11 September 2026, not a projection of a forthcoming fixture. Source 1Source 4

The match record is used for the hat-trick and performance details, while the separate season record is used only to describe his recorded starting role; the two outputs are not combined into a season-total production claim. Source 1Source 2Source 4

The closing read is therefore straightforward: Mastantuono’s Venezia outing was a confirmed high-volume attacking performance, and his three recorded Serie A starts provide the current role baseline around it. Source 1Source 2