Italian Serie A

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Empoli DWLLW 1
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AS Roma DLWLW 3
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EMP011
ROMA033
Stadio Olimpico · 34,124 att.

Match Report

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Miralem Pjanic leads Roma into second in Serie A with win over Empoli

Roma climbed to second place in the Serie A table by beating Empoli 3-1 at the Stadio Olimpico to register a third straight victory.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
17
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
4
4
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
5
42.9
Possession
57.1
13
SHOTS
9
6
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
337
Accurate Passes
475
423
Passes
563
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
3
17
Crosses
18
0.3
Cross %
0.2
53
Long Balls
94
20
Accurate Long Balls
52
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
2
21
Effective Tackles
9
25
Tackles
11
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
14
Effective Clearances
12
18
Clearances
16

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

ROMA · 4-3-3

  1. 25Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 5Leandro CastánCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 3Lucas DigneLB
  5. 35Vasilis TorosidisRB
  6. 16Daniele De RossiCM
  7. 15Miralem PjanicLM
  8. 24Alessandro FlorenziRM
  9. 27GervinhoF
  10. 14Iago FalqueLF
  11. 11Mohamed SalahRF

Substitutes

  1. 21William VainqueurSUB
  2. 4Radja NainggolanSUB
  3. 7Juan IturbeSUB
  4. 18Ezequiel PonceSUB
  5. 9Edin DzekoSUB
  6. 33EmersonSUB
  7. 23Norbert GyömbérSUB
  8. 48Salih UcanSUB
  9. 13MaiconSUB
  10. 2Antonio RüdigerSUB
  11. 97Umar SadiqSUB
  12. 26Morgan De SanctisSUB

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 28Lukasz SkorupskiG
  2. 19Federico BarbaCD-L
  3. 26Lorenzo TonelliCD-R
  4. 21Mário RuiLB
  5. 3Marco ZambelliRB
  6. 20Manuel PucciarelliM
  7. 14Assane DiousséCM
  8. 33Rade KrunicAM
  9. 77Marcel BüchelLM
  10. 32Leandro ParedesRM
  11. 7Massimo MaccaroneCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Alessandro Piu
  2. 15Andrea Costa
  3. 2Vincent Laurini
  4. 6Luca Bittante
  5. 23Alberto Pelagotti
  6. 1Maurizio Pugliesi
  7. 12Ronaldo
  8. 39Marko Livaja
  9. 13Raffaele Maiello
  10. 31Michele Camporese

Timeline

  1. 37' Miralem Pjanic (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 39' Assane Diousse (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 55' Substitution, Roma. Radja Nainggolan replaces Iago Falque.
  4. 56' Goal! Roma 1, Empoli 0. Miralem Pjanic (Roma) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  5. 59' Goal! Roma 2, Empoli 0. Daniele De Rossi (Roma) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Miralem Pjanic with a cross following a corner.
  6. 61' Substitution, Empoli. Marko Livaja replaces Rade Krunic.
  7. 68' Substitution, Empoli. Raffaele Maiello replaces Leandro Paredes.
  8. 68' Substitution, Roma. Salih Ucan replaces Miralem Pjanic.
  9. 69' Goal! Roma 3, Empoli 0. Mohamed Salah (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Gervinho.
  10. 75' Goal! Roma 3, Empoli 1. Marcel Büchel (Empoli) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Manuel Pucciarelli.
  11. 79' Substitution, Empoli. Alessandro Piu replaces Massimo Maccarone.
  12. 80' Substitution, Roma. William Vainqueur replaces Alessandro Florenzi.

Serie A News

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