Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, March 4, 2017
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AS Roma WWLWL 1
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Stadio Olimpico · 30,909 att.

Match Report

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Dries Mertens double fires Napoli to Serie A win at Roma

AS Roma 1-2 Napoli

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
2
45.2
Possession
54.8
13
SHOTS
22
4
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
357
Accurate Passes
444
478
Passes
573
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
9
15
Crosses
27
0.3
Cross %
0.3
70
Long Balls
88
25
Accurate Long Balls
49
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
6
Blocked Shots
7
10
Effective Tackles
9
11
Tackles
15
0.9
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
40
Effective Clearances
15
40
Clearances
15

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

ROMA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 20Federico FazioCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 3Juan JesusLB
  5. 2Antonio RüdigerRB
  6. 4Radja NainggolanAM
  7. 16Daniele De RossiLM
  8. 6Kevin StrootmanRM
  9. 9Edin DzekoF
  10. 92Stephan El ShaarawyAM-L
  11. 8Diego PerottiAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Bogdan LobontSUB
  2. 33EmersonSUB
  3. 15Thomas VermaelenSUB
  4. 30GersonSUB
  5. 11Mohamed SalahSUB
  6. 7Clément GrenierSUB
  7. 19Alisson BeckerSUB
  8. 10Francesco TottiSUB
  9. 5Leandro ParedesSUB
  10. 21Mário RuiSUB
  11. 13Bruno PeresSUB

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 25Pepe ReinaG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 33Raúl AlbiolCD-R
  4. 31Faouzi GhoulamLB
  5. 2Elseid HysajRB
  6. 8JorginhoCM
  7. 17Marek HamsikLM
  8. 30Marko RogRM
  9. 14Dries MertensF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneLF
  11. 7José CallejónRF

Substitutes

  1. 3Ivan StrinicSUB
  2. 4Emanuele GiaccheriniSUB
  3. 42Amadou DiawaraSUB
  4. 5AllanSUB
  5. 1RafaelSUB
  6. 11Christian MaggioSUB
  7. 21Vlad ChirichesSUB
  8. 99Arkadiusz MilikSUB
  9. 20Piotr ZielinskiSUB
  10. 19Nikola MaksimovicSUB
  11. 32Leonardo PavolettiSUB
  12. 22Luigi SepeSUB

Timeline

  1. 17' Marko Rog (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 26' Goal! Roma 0, Napoli 1. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marek Hamsik with a through ball.
  3. 45' Kostas Manolas (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 50' Goal! Roma 0, Napoli 2. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne with a cross.
  5. 52' Substitution, Roma. Mohamed Salah replaces Stephan El Shaarawy.
  6. 52' Substitution, Roma. Bruno Peres replaces Federico Fazio.
  7. 65' Daniele De Rossi (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 66' Substitution, Napoli. Amadou Diawara replaces Jorginho.
  9. 74' Substitution, Napoli. Piotr Zielinski replaces Dries Mertens because of an injury.
  10. 79' Substitution, Roma. Leandro Paredes replaces Daniele De Rossi.
  11. 79' Substitution, Napoli. Arkadiusz Milik replaces Marek Hamsik.
  12. 83' Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 89' Goal! Roma 1, Napoli 2. Kevin Strootman (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Diego Perotti.
  14. 90'+4' Diego Perotti (Roma) is shown the yellow card.

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