Italian Serie A

FT Tuesday, February 2, 2016
AS Roma DDDLW 2
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Sassuolo WLDLD 0
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ROMA112
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Mapei Stadium · 11,102 att.

Match Report

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Mohamed Salah and Stephan El Shaarawy seal Roma win over Sassuolo

Mohamed Salah ended a three-month goal-scoring drought to help Roma win 2-0 at Sassuolo and provisionally move fourth in Serie A on Tuesday.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
5
7
Corner Kicks
8
6
Saves
3
53.2
Possession
46.8
13
SHOTS
17
5
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
379
Accurate Passes
322
470
Passes
398
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
5
20
Crosses
38
0.1
Cross %
0.1
62
Long Balls
53
22
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
5
Blocked Shots
5
13
Effective Tackles
10
19
Tackles
17
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
20
Effective Clearances
12
25
Clearances
17

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

SAS · 4-3-3

  1. 47Andrea ConsigliG
  2. 15Francesco AcerbiCD-L
  3. 28Paolo CannavaroCD-R
  4. 13Federico PelusoLB
  5. 11Sime VrsaljkoRB
  6. 4Francesco MagnanelliCM
  7. 32Alfred DuncanLM
  8. 8Davide BiondiniRM
  9. 29Marcello TrottaF
  10. 17Nicola SansoneLF
  11. 25Domenico BerardiRF

ROMA · 3-4-2-1

  1. 25Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 16Daniele De RossiCD
  3. 87Ervin ZukanovicCD-L
  4. 2Antonio RüdigerCD-R
  5. 20Seydou KeitaCM-L
  6. 15Miralem PjanicCM-R
  7. 22Stephan El ShaarawyLM
  8. 13MaiconRM
  9. 11Mohamed SalahF
  10. 8Diego PerottiCF-L
  11. 4Radja NainggolanCF-R

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal! Sassuolo 0, Roma 1. Mohamed Salah (Roma) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Miralem Pjanic.
  2. 30' Seydou Keita (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 43' Substitution, Roma. Norbert Gyömbér replaces Daniele De Rossi because of an injury.
  4. 62' Substitution, Roma. William Vainqueur replaces Miralem Pjanic.
  5. 66' Substitution, Sassuolo. Diego Falcinelli replaces Marcello Trotta.
  6. 68' Substitution, Sassuolo. Lorenzo Pellegrini replaces Davide Biondini.
  7. 73' Radja Nainggolan (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 76' Alfred Duncan (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 80' Substitution, Roma. Emerson replaces Maicon.
  10. 83' Substitution, Sassuolo. Matteo Politano replaces Alfred Duncan.
  11. 87' Second yellow card to Radja Nainggolan (Roma) for a bad foul.
  12. 88' Penalty missed! Still Sassuolo 0, Roma 1. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) hits the bar with a left footed shot.
  13. 90'+1' William Vainqueur (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 90'+4' Goal! Sassuolo 0, Roma 2. Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Diego Perotti.

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