Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, December 6, 2014
Sassuolo DDWWW 2
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AS Roma LWWDW 2
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SAS202
ROMA022
Stadio Olimpico · 38,787 att.

Match Report

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Two off as late Adem Ljajic brace denies Sassuolo shock win at Roma

Simone Zaza shocked the Stadio Olimpico with two goals for the visitors but Ljajic netted twice late on to secure a point for the Giallorossi.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
17
2
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
11
3
Saves
1
23.4
Possession
76.6
6
SHOTS
21
3
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
131
Accurate Passes
541
196
Passes
626
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
6
6
Crosses
40
0.0
Cross %
0.2
58
Long Balls
66
22
Accurate Long Balls
43
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
7
15
Effective Tackles
12
21
Tackles
17
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
58
Effective Clearances
13
58
Clearances
13

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

ROMA · 4-3-3

  1. 26Morgan De SanctisG
  2. 2Mapou Yanga-MbiwaCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 25José HolebasLB
  5. 24Alessandro FlorenziRB
  6. 16Daniele De RossiCM
  7. 6Kevin StrootmanLM
  8. 15Miralem PjanicRM
  9. 22Mattia DestroF
  10. 8Adem LjajicLF
  11. 7Juan IturbeRF

Substitutes

  1. 9Marco BorrielloSUB
  2. 50Michele SommaSUB
  3. 10Francesco TottiSUB
  4. 3Ashley ColeSUB
  5. 96Antonio SanabriaSUB
  6. 13MaiconSUB
  7. 28Lukasz SkorupskiSUB
  8. 4Radja NainggolanSUB
  9. 82Urby EmanuelsonSUB
  10. 27GervinhoSUB
  11. 20Seydou KeitaSUB
  12. 23Davide AstoriSUB

SAS · 4-3-3

  1. 47Andrea ConsigliG
  2. 15Francesco AcerbiCD-L
  3. 28Paolo CannavaroCD-R
  4. 31Federico PelusoLB
  5. 11Sime VrsaljkoRB
  6. 7Simone MissiroliCM
  7. 19Saphir TaïderLM
  8. 33Matteo BrighiRM
  9. 10Simone ZazaF
  10. 17Nicola SansoneLF
  11. 25Domenico BerardiRF

Substitutes

  1. 99Sergio FloccariSUB
  2. 6Raman ChibsahSUB
  3. 5Luca AnteiSUB
  4. 16Ciro PolitoSUB
  5. 14Leonardo PavolettiSUB
  6. 3Alessandro LonghiSUB
  7. 8Davide BiondiniSUB
  8. 83Antonio Floro FloresSUB
  9. 26Emanuele TerranovaSUB
  10. 23Marcello GazzolaSUB
  11. 13Lorenzo AriaudoSUB
  12. 1Alberto PominiSUB

Timeline

  1. 15' Goal! Roma 0, Sassuolo 1. Simone Zaza (Sassuolo) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner.
  2. 18' Goal! Roma 0, Sassuolo 2. Simone Zaza (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Simone Missiroli.
  3. 26' Miralem Pjanic (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 34' Daniele De Rossi (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 50' Second yellow card to Daniele De Rossi (Roma) for a bad foul.
  6. 54' Substitution, Roma. Radja Nainggolan replaces Kevin Strootman.
  7. 55' Substitution, Roma. Gervinho replaces Juan Iturbe.
  8. 61' Radja Nainggolan (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 64' Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 72' Substitution, Roma. Seydou Keita replaces Miralem Pjanic.
  11. 77' Sime Vrsaljko (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  12. 78' Goal! Roma 1, Sassuolo 2. Adem Ljajic (Roma) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  13. 81' Substitution, Sassuolo. Davide Biondini replaces Matteo Brighi.
  14. 81' Substitution, Sassuolo. Antonio Floro Flores replaces Domenico Berardi.
  15. 85' Substitution, Sassuolo. Sergio Floccari replaces Simone Zaza.
  16. 86' Federico Peluso (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 90'+3' Goal! Roma 2, Sassuolo 2. Adem Ljajic (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alessandro Florenzi.
  18. 90'+4' Second yellow card to Sime Vrsaljko (Sassuolo) for a bad foul.

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