Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, February 27, 2016
AS Roma WWWLW 3
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Empoli LDDLL 1
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ROMA213
EMP101
Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena · 12,761 att.

Match Report

Fabio Muzzi/ANSA via AP

Stephan El Shaarawy brace leads Roma to sixth straight win in Serie A

Stephan El Shaarawy scored twice as Roma moved up to third in Serie A thanks to a 3-1 victory at Empoli, their sixth league win in succession.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
4
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
3
52.6
Possession
47.4
15
SHOTS
8
6
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
421
Accurate Passes
371
500
Passes
448
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
4
19
Crosses
17
0.2
Cross %
0.2
64
Long Balls
49
36
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
2
15
Effective Tackles
15
20
Tackles
17
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
15
Effective Clearances
15
18
Clearances
17

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 28Lukasz SkorupskiG
  2. 37Lorenzo AriaudoCD-L
  3. 24Uros CosicCD-R
  4. 21Mário RuiLB
  5. 2Vincent LauriniRB
  6. 7Massimo MaccaroneM
  7. 32Leandro ParedesCM
  8. 33Rade KrunicAM
  9. 11Daniele CroceLM
  10. 17Piotr ZielinskiRM
  11. 20Manuel PucciarelliCF-R

ROMA · 4-3-3

  1. 25Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 87Ervin ZukanovicCD-L
  3. 2Antonio RüdigerCD-R
  4. 3Lucas DigneLB
  5. 13MaiconRB
  6. 20Seydou KeitaCM
  7. 4Radja NainggolanLM
  8. 15Miralem PjanicRM
  9. 8Diego PerottiF
  10. 22Stephan El ShaarawyLF
  11. 11Mohamed SalahRF

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Empoli 0, Roma 1. Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Diego Perotti.
  2. 17' Miralem Pjanic (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 17' Manuel Pucciarelli (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 22' Own Goal by Ervin Zukanovic, Roma. Empoli 1, Roma 1.
  5. 27' Goal! Empoli 1, Roma 2. Miralem Pjanic (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
  6. 37' Substitution, Roma. Iago Falque replaces Radja Nainggolan because of an injury.
  7. 41' Diego Perotti (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 51' Substitution, Empoli. Marcel Büchel replaces Rade Krunic.
  9. 63' Mário Rui (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 64' Substitution, Empoli. Marko Livaja replaces Daniele Croce.
  11. 73' Substitution, Empoli. Levan Mchedlidze replaces Massimo Maccarone.
  12. 73' Substitution, Roma. Kostas Manolas replaces Maicon.
  13. 74' Goal! Empoli 1, Roma 3. Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  14. 79' Substitution, Roma. Edin Dzeko replaces Stephan El Shaarawy.
  15. 90'+4' Second yellow card to Mário Rui (Empoli) for a bad foul.

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