Italian Serie A

FT Tuesday, January 6, 2015
AS Roma WDLWD 1
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Udinese LWWLD 0
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UDI000
Bluenergy Stadium · 10,870 att.

Match Report

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Davide Astori's controversial goal seals win for Roma

Roma edged Udinese 1-0 at the Friuli stadium on Tuesday afternoon to join Juventus at the top of Serie A.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
12
5
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
6
60.4
Possession
39.6
13
SHOTS
8
7
ON GOAL
2
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
452
Accurate Passes
233
537
Passes
332
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
1
Accurate Crosses
6
8
Crosses
25
0.1
Cross %
0.2
77
Long Balls
68
53
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.7
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
3
13
Effective Tackles
11
18
Tackles
13
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
53
Effective Clearances
18
53
Clearances
18

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

UDI · 3-5-2

  1. 31Orestis KarnezisG
  2. 11Maurizio DomizziCD
  3. 89Iván PirisCD-L
  4. 5DaniloCD-R
  5. 33Panagiotis KoneCM-L
  6. 6AllanCM-R
  7. 19GuilhermeAM
  8. 34Gabriel SilvaLM
  9. 27Silvan WidmerRM
  10. 10Antonio Di NataleCF-L
  11. 82Alexandre GeijoCF-R

ROMA · 4-3-3

  1. 26Morgan De SanctisG
  2. 23Davide AstoriCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 25José HolebasLB
  5. 13MaiconRB
  6. 16Daniele De RossiCM
  7. 6Kevin StrootmanLM
  8. 15Miralem PjanicRM
  9. 10Francesco TottiF
  10. 8Adem LjajicLF
  11. 7Juan IturbeRF

Timeline

  1. 17' Goal! Udinese 0, Roma 1. Davide Astori (Roma) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Francesco Totti with a cross following a set piece situation.
  2. 21' Antonio Di Natale (Udinese) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 45'+1' Maicon (Roma) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  4. 52' Miralem Pjanic (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 66' Substitution, Roma. Vasilis Torosidis replaces Maicon.
  6. 66' Substitution, Roma. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Francesco Totti.
  7. 69' Substitution, Udinese. Cyril Théréau replaces Antonio Di Natale.
  8. 69' Substitution, Udinese. Giovanni Pasquale replaces Gabriel Silva.
  9. 72' Davide Astori (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 81' Substitution, Udinese. Bruno Fernandes replaces Guilherme.
  11. 83' Substitution, Roma. Urby Emanuelson replaces Adem Ljajic because of an injury.
  12. 89' Vasilis Torosidis (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 90' Urby Emanuelson (Roma) is shown the yellow card.

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