Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, December 22, 2013
Catania WLLLD 0
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AS Roma DDDWD 4
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CAT000
ROMA134
Stadio Olimpico · 40,599 att.

Team Stats

19
Fouls
11
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
9
6
Saves
1
32.8
Possession
67.2
10
SHOTS
21
1
ON GOAL
10
0.1
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
195
Accurate Passes
510
272
Passes
586
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
6
17
Crosses
21
0.2
Cross %
0.3
33
Long Balls
72
13
Accurate Long Balls
50
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
3
Blocked Shots
4
19
Effective Tackles
20
27
Tackles
24
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
30
Effective Clearances
17
30
Clearances
17

Head to Head

CAT leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

ROMA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 26Morgan De SanctisG
  2. 5Leandro CastánCD-L
  3. 17Medhi BenatiaCD-R
  4. 3DodôLB
  5. 13MaiconRB
  6. 10Francesco TottiAM
  7. 15Miralem PjanicLM
  8. 4Michael BradleyRM
  9. 22Mattia DestroF
  10. 8Adem LjajicAM-L
  11. 27GervinhoAM-R

CAT · 4-3-3

  1. 1Alberto FrisonG
  2. 5Alexis RolínCD-L
  3. 6Nicola LegrottaglieCD-R
  4. 22Pablo AlvarezLB
  5. 2Gino PeruzziRB
  6. 17Tiberio GuarenteCM
  7. 8Jaroslav PlasilLM
  8. 13Mariano IzcoRM
  9. 11Sebastián LetoF
  10. 19Lucas CastroLF
  11. 28Pablo BarrientosRF

Timeline

  1. 18' Medhi Benatia (AS Roma) Goal - Header at 18'
  2. 32' Gino Peruzzi (Catania) Yellow Card at 32'
  3. 42' Tiberio Guarente (Catania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  4. 45' Cristiano Biraghi (Catania) Substitution at 45'
  5. 51' Lucas Castro (Catania) Yellow Card at 51'
  6. 55' Attempt missed. Dodô (Roma) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Gervinho.
  7. 59' Rodrigo Taddei (AS Roma) Substitution at 59'
  8. 59' Medhi Benatia (AS Roma) Goal - Header at 59'
  9. 60' Goal! Roma 3, Catania 0. Mehdi Benatia (Roma) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adem Ljajic with a cross following a set piece situation.
  10. 67' Attempt missed. Francesco Totti (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Maicon.
  11. 74' Pablo Barrientos (Catania) Yellow Card at 74'
  12. 77' Cristiano Biraghi (Catania) Yellow Card at 77'
  13. 80' Cristiano Biraghi (Catania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 81' Offside, Roma. Maicon tries a through ball, but Gervinho is caught offside.
  15. 87' Federico Ricci (AS Roma) Substitution at 87'

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