Italian Serie A

FT Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Cesena LDDLL 0
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AS Roma DLWLD 2
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CES000
ROMA112
Stadio Olimpico · 34,044 att.

Match Report

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Roma defeat Cesena to stay perfect at home

Roma beat Cesena 2-0 on Wednesday night to remain perfect at the Stadio Olimpico and join Juventus at the top of the Serie A standings.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
11
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
7
3
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
1
26.8
Possession
73.2
4
SHOTS
16
1
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
187
Accurate Passes
729
275
Passes
791
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
8
Accurate Crosses
3
20
Crosses
14
0.4
Cross %
0.2
54
Long Balls
73
24
Accurate Long Balls
61
0.4
Long Balls %
0.8
0
Blocked Shots
5
11
Effective Tackles
8
15
Tackles
11
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
15
Effective Clearances
26
15
Clearances
26

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 2-0-2

Lineups

ROMA · 4-3-3

  1. 28Lukasz SkorupskiG
  2. 23Davide AstoriCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 3Ashley ColeLB
  5. 35Vasilis TorosidisRB
  6. 16Daniele De RossiCM
  7. 20Seydou KeitaLM
  8. 15Miralem PjanicRM
  9. 22Mattia DestroF
  10. 27GervinhoLF
  11. 7Juan IturbeRF

Substitutes

  1. 25José HolebasSUB
  2. 26Morgan De SanctisSUB
  3. 48Salih UcanSUB
  4. 10Francesco TottiSUB
  5. 8Adem LjajicSUB
  6. 24Alessandro FlorenziSUB
  7. 4Radja NainggolanSUB
  8. 2Mapou Yanga-MbiwaSUB
  9. 96Antonio SanabriaSUB
  10. 32Leandro ParedesSUB
  11. 82Urby EmanuelsonSUB
  12. 1Bogdan LobontSUB

CES · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 30Federico AgliardiG
  2. 6Stefano LucchiniCD-L
  3. 14Massimo VoltaCD-R
  4. 17Hördur MagnússonDM
  5. 33Francesco RenzettiLB
  6. 25Daniele CapelliRB
  7. 5Luigi GiorgiAM
  8. 10Manuel CoppolaLM
  9. 8Giuseppe De FeudisRM
  10. 19Davide SucciCF-L
  11. 18Milan DjuricCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 81Walter BressanSUB
  2. 27Hugo AlmeidaSUB
  3. 77Zé EduardoSUB
  4. 4Luca ValzaniaSUB
  5. 16Alberto IglioSUB
  6. 92Grégoire DefrelSUB
  7. 24Gabriele PericoSUB
  8. 7Carlos CarboneroSUB
  9. 15Luka KrajncSUB
  10. 61Luca GarritanoSUB
  11. 3Antonio MazzottaSUB

Timeline

  1. 8' Goal! Roma 1, Cesena 0. Mattia Destro (Roma) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gervinho.
  2. 52' Substitution, Cesena. Gregoire Defrel replaces Davide Succi.
  3. 52' Substitution, Roma. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Juan Iturbe.
  4. 54' Substitution, Roma. Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa replaces Davide Astori because of an injury.
  5. 63' Substitution, Cesena. Hugo Almeida replaces Milan Djuric.
  6. 75' Mattia Destro (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 81' Goal! Roma 2, Cesena 0. Daniele De Rossi (Roma) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa with a headed pass following a corner.
  8. 82' Substitution, Roma. Radja Nainggolan replaces Daniele De Rossi.
  9. 83' Substitution, Cesena. Luca Garritano replaces Daniele Capelli.

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