Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, May 20, 2017
AS Roma DWLWW 5
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Chievo Verona LLWDD 3
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ROMA235
CVO213
Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi · 20,000 att.

Match Report

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Roma move a point behind Juventus in Serie A after defeat of Chievo

Roma closed the gap to Serie A leaders Juventus to a point after a thrilling 5-3 win at Chievo.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
11
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
6
62.5
Possession
37.5
19
SHOTS
11
11
ON GOAL
4
0.6
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
549
Accurate Passes
306
637
Passes
378
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
8
Accurate Crosses
7
19
Crosses
17
0.4
Cross %
0.4
57
Long Balls
63
27
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
3
8
Effective Tackles
14
15
Tackles
19
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
18
Effective Clearances
20
18
Clearances
20

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

CVO · 4-3-1-2

  1. 70Stefano SorrentinoG
  2. 12Bostjan CesarCD-L
  3. 5Alessandro GamberiniCD-R
  4. 18Massimo GobbiLB
  5. 29Fabrizio CacciatoreRB
  6. 45Roberto IngleseM
  7. 8Ivan RadovanovicCM
  8. 19Lucas CastroAM
  9. 28Samuel BastienLM
  10. 97Fabio DepaoliRM
  11. 23Valter BirsaCF-R

ROMA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 20Federico FazioCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 33EmersonLB
  5. 2Antonio RüdigerRB
  6. 5Leandro ParedesCM
  7. 16Daniele De RossiLM
  8. 6Kevin StrootmanRM
  9. 9Edin DzekoF
  10. 92Stephan El ShaarawyLF
  11. 11Mohamed SalahRF

Timeline

  1. 15' Goal! Chievo 1, Roma 0. Lucas Castro (Chievo) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Roberto Inglese.
  2. 15' Lucas Castro (Chievo) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  3. 28' Goal! Chievo 1, Roma 1. Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Federico Fazio with a headed pass.
  4. 37' Goal! Chievo 2, Roma 1. Roberto Inglese (Chievo) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Valter Birsa with a cross.
  5. 42' Goal! Chievo 2, Roma 2. Mohamed Salah (Roma) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kevin Strootman.
  6. 45' Substitution, Chievo. Sergio Pellissier replaces Lucas Castro.
  7. 47' Ivan Radovanovic (Chievo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 57' Substitution, Chievo. Nicolas Frey replaces Alessandro Gamberini because of an injury.
  9. 58' Goal! Chievo 2, Roma 3. Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kevin Strootman with a through ball.
  10. 71' Substitution, Roma. Radja Nainggolan replaces Stephan El Shaarawy.
  11. 76' Goal! Chievo 2, Roma 4. Mohamed Salah (Roma) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Edin Dzeko.
  12. 82' Substitution, Roma. Diego Perotti replaces Mohamed Salah.
  13. 83' Goal! Chievo 2, Roma 5. Edin Dzeko (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Radja Nainggolan.
  14. 86' Substitution, Roma. Francesco Totti replaces Edin Dzeko.
  15. 86' Goal! Chievo 3, Roma 5. Roberto Inglese (Chievo) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sergio Pellissier following a corner.
  16. 87' Substitution, Chievo. Emanuel Vignato replaces Roberto Inglese.

Serie A News

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