Italian Serie A

FT Thursday, December 22, 2016
Chievo Verona LWDWW 1
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AS Roma WWDWL 3
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CVO101
ROMA123
Stadio Olimpico · 25,058 att.

Match Report

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Roma rally past Chievo Verona with El Shaarawy and Dzeko goals

Roma bounced back from their Serie A defeat to Juventus at the weekend by coming from behind to beat Chievo 3-1.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
9
6
Saves
1
32.7
Possession
67.3
6
SHOTS
25
2
ON GOAL
9
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
222
Accurate Passes
576
329
Passes
656
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
10
6
Crosses
37
0.3
Cross %
0.3
62
Long Balls
55
22
Accurate Long Balls
40
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
4
19
Effective Tackles
12
23
Tackles
14
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
35
Effective Clearances
25
35
Clearances
25

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

ROMA · 3-4-3

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 20Federico FazioCD
  3. 15Thomas VermaelenCD-L
  4. 2Antonio RüdigerCD-R
  5. 4Radja NainggolanCM-L
  6. 6Kevin StrootmanCM-R
  7. 33EmersonLM
  8. 13Bruno PeresRM
  9. 9Edin DzekoF
  10. 92Stephan El ShaarawyCF-L
  11. 11Mohamed SalahCF-R

CVO · 4-3-1-2

  1. 70Stefano SorrentinoG
  2. 5Alessandro GamberiniCD-L
  3. 3Dario DainelliCD-R
  4. 21Nicolas FreyLB
  5. 13Mariano IzcoRB
  6. 69Riccardo MeggioriniM
  7. 8Ivan RadovanovicCM
  8. 23Valter BirsaAM
  9. 1Jonathan de GuzmánLM
  10. 4Nicola RigoniRM
  11. 45Roberto IngleseCF-R

Timeline

  1. 37' Goal! Roma 0, Chievo 1. Jonathan de Guzmán (Chievo) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mariano Izco with a cross.
  2. 41' Substitution, Chievo. Filippo Costa replaces Mariano Izco because of an injury.
  3. 45' Dario Dainelli (Chievo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+1' Goal! Roma 1, Chievo 1. Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  5. 52' Goal! Roma 2, Chievo 1. Edin Dzeko (Roma) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
  6. 59' Substitution, Chievo. Samuel Bastien replaces Valter Birsa.
  7. 75' Substitution, Chievo. Sergio Pellissier replaces Roberto Inglese.
  8. 82' Substitution, Roma. Diego Perotti replaces Mohamed Salah.
  9. 88' Nicola Rigoni (Chievo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 90'+1' Substitution, Roma. Juan Iturbe replaces Edin Dzeko.
  11. 90'+3' Goal! Roma 3, Chievo 1. Diego Perotti (Roma) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.

Serie A News

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