Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, September 21, 2014
Cagliari LLWDL 0
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AS Roma WLWWW 2
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ROMA202
Stadio Olimpico · 40,977 att.

Match Report

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Roma make it three wins in a row with defeat of Cagliari

Roma continued their perfect start to the Serie A season with a a 2-0 win over Cagliari on Sunday.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
16
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
4
6
Corner Kicks
0
1
Saves
2
41.7
Possession
58.3
9
SHOTS
7
2
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
362
Accurate Passes
550
431
Passes
620
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
2
20
Crosses
9
0.3
Cross %
0.2
40
Long Balls
65
23
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
1
13
Effective Tackles
14
16
Tackles
16
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
14
Effective Clearances
13
14
Clearances
13

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

ROMA · 4-3-3

  1. 26Morgan De SanctisG
  2. 2Mapou Yanga-MbiwaCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 3Ashley ColeLB
  5. 13MaiconRB
  6. 16Daniele De RossiCM
  7. 4Radja NainggolanLM
  8. 20Seydou KeitaRM
  9. 22Mattia DestroF
  10. 27GervinhoLF
  11. 24Alessandro FlorenziRF

CAG · 4-3-3

  1. 27Alessio CragnoG
  2. 15Luca RossettiniCD-L
  3. 32Luca CeppitelliCD-R
  4. 8Danilo AvelarLB
  5. 14Francesco PisanoRB
  6. 5Daniele ContiCM
  7. 10João PedroLM
  8. 20Albin EkdalRM
  9. 25Marco SauF
  10. 23Víctor IbarboLF
  11. 17Diego FariasRF

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal! Roma 1, Cagliari 0. Mattia Destro (Roma) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alessandro Florenzi.
  2. 13' Goal! Roma 2, Cagliari 0. Alessandro Florenzi (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gervinho.
  3. 14' Alessandro Florenzi (Roma) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  4. 50' Substitution, Cagliari. Antonio Balzano replaces Francesco Pisano because of an injury.
  5. 59' Substitution, Cagliari. Samuele Longo replaces Diego Farias.
  6. 59' Substitution, Cagliari. Daniele Dessena replaces Albin Ekdal.
  7. 60' Luca Rossettini (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 68' Substitution, Roma. Miralem Pjanic replaces Mattia Destro.
  9. 72' Substitution, Roma. Adem Ljajic replaces Alessandro Florenzi.
  10. 82' Substitution, Roma. Urby Emanuelson replaces Daniele De Rossi because of an injury.

Serie A News

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