Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, September 27, 2014
Hellas Verona WDWWD 0
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AS Roma WWWWW 2
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ROMA022
Stadio Olimpico · 40,432 att.

Match Report

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Andrea Florenzi sets Roma on the way to victory over Hellas Verona

Roma continued their perfect start to the season with a 2-0 win over Hellas Verona as they made it five wins out of five in Serie A.

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Team Stats

4
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
10
3
Saves
3
29.4
Possession
70.6
9
SHOTS
23
3
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
221
Accurate Passes
645
289
Passes
725
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
7
14
Crosses
27
0.3
Cross %
0.3
64
Long Balls
46
32
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
3
Blocked Shots
5
11
Effective Tackles
13
14
Tackles
15
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
44
Effective Clearances
25
44
Clearances
25

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

ROMA · 4-3-3

  1. 26Morgan De SanctisG
  2. 2Mapou Yanga-MbiwaCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 3Ashley ColeLB
  5. 13MaiconRB
  6. 20Seydou KeitaCM
  7. 4Radja NainggolanLM
  8. 15Miralem PjanicRM
  9. 10Francesco TottiF
  10. 8Adem LjajicLF
  11. 22Mattia DestroRF

VER · 4-3-3

  1. 95Pierluigi GolliniG
  2. 25Rafael MarquesCD-L
  3. 18Vangelis MorasCD-R
  4. 28Davide BrivioLB
  5. 5Frederik SörensenRB
  6. 8Mounir ObaddiCM
  7. 77Panagiotis TachtsidisLM
  8. 23Artur IonitaRM
  9. 99NenêF
  10. 11Bosko JankovicLF
  11. 21Juanito GómezRF

Timeline

  1. 38' Nenê (Verona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 43' Substitution, Verona. Gustavo Campanharo replaces Mounir Obbadi because of an injury.
  3. 45' Kostas Manolas (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 57' Substitution, Roma. Gervinho replaces Adem Ljajic.
  5. 67' Substitution, Roma. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Francesco Totti.
  6. 71' Substitution, Verona. Luca Toni replaces Nenê.
  7. 75' Goal! Roma 1, Verona 0. Alessandro Florenzi (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
  8. 83' Substitution, Verona. Mattia Valoti replaces Bosko Jankovic.
  9. 83' Substitution, Roma. Leandro Paredes replaces Radja Nainggolan.
  10. 86' Goal! Roma 2, Verona 0. Mattia Destro (Roma) right footed shot from more than 35 yards to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Morgan De Sanctis.

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