Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, March 8, 2015
AS Roma DDDWD 0
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Chievo Verona LWWLD 0
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Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi · 15,128 att.

Match Report

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Roma drop points against Chievo, lose further ground on Juventus

An eighth draw in nine Serie A matches saw Roma lose further ground in the title race but this stalemate at Chievo will be remembered for the horrific injury suffered by Federico Mattiello.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
19
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
8
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
2
60.4
Possession
39.6
11
SHOTS
10
2
ON GOAL
2
0.2
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
363
Accurate Passes
199
470
Passes
289
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
8
19
Crosses
30
0.2
Cross %
0.3
77
Long Balls
65
33
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
4
16
Effective Tackles
19
17
Tackles
20
0.9
Tackle %
1.0
0
Interceptions
0
39
Effective Clearances
19
39
Clearances
19

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 3-2

Lineups

CVO · 4-4-2

  1. 1Albano BizzarriG
  2. 12Bostjan CesarCD-L
  3. 3Dario DainelliCD-R
  4. 87Ervin ZukanovicLB
  5. 7Federico MattielloRB
  6. 8Ivan RadovanovicCM-L
  7. 13Mariano IzcoCM-R
  8. 56Perparim HetemajLM
  9. 24Ezequiel SchelottoRM
  10. 31Sergio PellissierCF-L
  11. 43Alberto PaloschiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Ioannis FetfatzidisSUB
  2. 69Riccardo MeggioriniSUB
  3. 5Alessandro GamberiniSUB
  4. 19Rubén BottaSUB
  5. 34Cristiano BiraghiSUB
  6. 90Andrea SeculinSUB
  7. 20Gennaro SardoSUB
  8. 25Francesco BardiSUB
  9. 23Valter BirsaSUB
  10. 9Nicola PozziSUB
  11. 14Isaac CofieSUB
  12. 10Anders ChristiansenSUB

ROMA · 4-3-3

  1. 26Morgan De SanctisG
  2. 23Davide AstoriCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 3Ashley ColeLB
  5. 24Alessandro FlorenziRB
  6. 20Seydou KeitaCM
  7. 4Radja NainggolanLM
  8. 32Leandro ParedesRM
  9. 10Francesco TottiF
  10. 27GervinhoLF
  11. 7Juan IturbeRF

Substitutes

  1. 33Nicolás SpolliSUB
  2. 25José HolebasSUB
  3. 1Bogdan LobontSUB
  4. 53Daniele VerdeSUB
  5. 88Seydou DoumbiaSUB
  6. 8Adem LjajicSUB
  7. 96Antonio SanabriaSUB
  8. 16Daniele De RossiSUB
  9. 15Miralem PjanicSUB
  10. 48Salih UcanSUB
  11. 28Lukasz SkorupskiSUB

Timeline

  1. 19' Substitution, Chievo. Valter Birsa replaces Federico Mattiello because of an injury.
  2. 37' Dario Dainelli (Chievo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 39' Alessandro Florenzi (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 40' Radja Nainggolan (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 52' Bostjan Cesar (Chievo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 60' Substitution, Roma. Adem Ljajic replaces Francesco Totti.
  7. 61' Substitution, Roma. Daniele Verde replaces Leandro Paredes.
  8. 65' Substitution, Chievo. Riccardo Meggiorini replaces Alberto Paloschi.
  9. 78' Perparim Hetemaj (Chievo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 80' Substitution, Roma. Miralem Pjanic replaces Juan Iturbe.
  11. 83' Substitution, Chievo. Rubén Botta replaces Sergio Pellissier.
  12. 88' Valter Birsa (Chievo) is shown the yellow card.

Serie A News

All news
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