Mario Mandzukic and Paulo Dybala struck late as champions Juventus continued their Serie A fightback with a stunning 3-1 win over Fiorentina in Turin on Sunday.

Juventus, claiming their seventh consecutive league win following a disastrous start to the season, moved up to fourth place at the expense of Roma to sit six points behind leaders Inter Milan.

Inter had stretched their lead over Fiorentina to four points with a 4-0 away win at Udinese on Saturday and although La Viola remain in second place Paulo Sousa's title challengers are now four points off the pace.

Napoli remain third, also four points off the pace, after being held to a scoreless draw by Roma, who dropped to fifth to sit seven points adrift.

Historically, Juventus have been Fiorentina's biggest tormentors in Serie A, La Viola losing 70 times to the Turin giants while conceding a club record of 247 goals.

This year's vintage from Florence, however, has shown solid title-winning credentials, Sousa's men losing only three times before their trip to Turin, and they were off to the perfect start.

Match referee Daniele Orsato stunned Juventus Stadium, not for the first time in the match, when he pointed to the spot after consulting the linesman when Federico Bernardeschi tumbled under contact from Giorgio Chiellini.

Josip Ilicic stepped up and smashed the ball high into the net to give the visitors a third-minute lead, but Juve were quickly back on level terms.

On six minutes ex-Fiorentina forward Juan Cuadrado got his head to Patrice Evra's floated cross to send it over Ciprian Tatarusanu and inside the 'keeper's far post.

Juve could have made it two on the quarter hour but after collecting Mandzukic's short pass Dybala feinted his way into the area only to fire a tame shot into the hands of Tatarusanu.

Juve spurned another chance when Paul Pogba's neat pass found Evra deep inside the area but Dybala's first-time effort off the Frenchman's cutback was blocked by Tatarusanu.

Until the latter stages, it was a match of few real chances but for purveyors of one-touch football it was box-to-box heaven.

Juventus did not threaten again until the hour when Dybala fired his first-timer a yard wide of the Tatarusanu's near post after Evra's pinpoint delivery from deep on the left.

Massimiliano Allegri made his first change soon after with Germany midfielder Sami Khedira making way for Stefano Sturaro but it was not until Brazilian Alex Sandro replaced Evra on 77 minutes that Juve found the breakthrough.

Three minutes after that change, Pogba found Dybala running into the area and when Tatarusanu came out to close him down, it left a loose ball for Mandzukic to slide in and slam into the roof of the net.

Juventus were denied a sure penalty soon after when Borja Valero slammed his shoulder into the face of Mandzukic, sending the Croatian to the ground clutching his face, but Orsato was unimpressed.

The hosts were soon celebrating again after Dybala finished off a late foray into the area by rounding Tatarusanu and running across the six-yard box to slot home.