Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, September 26, 2015
Carpi LLDLD 1
–
AS Roma WWDDL 5
1st2ndT
CAR101
ROMA325
Stadio Olimpico · 33,471 att.

Match Report

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Roma regain the winning habit as promoted Carpi are outclassed

First victory in three attempts secured by Kostas Manolas, Miralem Pjanic and Gervinho in first half, with Mohamed Salah and Lucas Digne adding gloss.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
6
5
Saves
5
31.9
Possession
68.1
13
SHOTS
17
6
ON GOAL
10
0.5
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
229
Accurate Passes
593
308
Passes
675
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
3
16
Crosses
16
0.3
Cross %
0.2
38
Long Balls
66
8
Accurate Long Balls
48
0.2
Long Balls %
0.7
4
Blocked Shots
1
13
Effective Tackles
10
18
Tackles
12
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
9
Effective Clearances
12
16
Clearances
14

Lineups

ROMA · 4-3-3

  1. 26Morgan De SanctisG
  2. 16Daniele De RossiCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 3Lucas DigneLB
  5. 13MaiconRB
  6. 20Seydou KeitaCM
  7. 4Radja NainggolanLM
  8. 15Miralem PjanicRM
  9. 9Edin DzekoF
  10. 11Mohamed SalahLF
  11. 27GervinhoRF

CAR · 3-5-1-1

  1. 1Zeljko BrkicG
  2. 21Simone RomagnoliCD
  3. 6Riccardo GaglioloCD-L
  4. 5Cristian ZaccardoCD-R
  5. 58Matteo FedeleCM-L
  6. 4Isaac CofieCM-R
  7. 8Raffaele BiancoAM
  8. 34Gabriel SilvaLM
  9. 3Gaetano LetiziaRM
  10. 12Marco BorrielloF
  11. 7Ryder MatosRCF

Timeline

  1. 21' Substitution, Roma. William Vainqueur replaces Seydou Keita because of an injury.
  2. 24' Goal! Roma 1, Carpi 0. Kostas Manolas (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lucas Digne following a corner.
  3. 26' Isaac Cofie (Carpi) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 28' Goal! Roma 2, Carpi 0. Miralem Pjanic (Roma) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  5. 31' Goal! Roma 3, Carpi 0. Gervinho (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  6. 34' Goal! Roma 3, Carpi 1. Marco Borriello (Carpi) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gabriel Silva with a cross.
  7. 45' Substitution, Roma. Francesco Totti replaces Edin Dzeko.
  8. 45' Substitution, Carpi. Antonio Di Gaudio replaces Simone Romagnoli.
  9. 51' Goal! Roma 4, Carpi 1. Mohamed Salah (Roma) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
  10. 55' Substitution, Carpi. Andrea Lazzari replaces Matteo Fedele.
  11. 55' Substitution, Roma. Juan Iturbe replaces Francesco Totti because of an injury.
  12. 68' Goal! Roma 5, Carpi 1. Lucas Digne (Roma) header from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Maicon with a cross.
  13. 72' Substitution, Carpi. Kevin Lasagna replaces Marco Borriello.
  14. 76' Maicon (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 76' Penalty saved! Ryder Matos (Carpi) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.

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