Italian Serie A

FT Wednesday, October 26, 2016
AS Roma WWWDW 3
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Sassuolo LLWDD 1
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SAS101
Mapei Stadium · 13,221 att.

Match Report

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Edin Dzeko scores twice as Roma defeat Sassuolo

Edin Dzeko continued his hot streak in front of goal as Roma battled back from a goal down to win 3-1 at Sassuolo.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
12
0
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
0
11
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
2
62
Possession
38
16
SHOTS
16
5
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.2
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
425
Accurate Passes
228
518
Passes
326
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
1
31
Crosses
14
0.2
Cross %
0.1
57
Long Balls
66
33
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
5
Blocked Shots
6
19
Effective Tackles
6
22
Tackles
8
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
29
Effective Clearances
40
29
Clearances
40

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

SAS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 47Andrea ConsigliG
  2. 15Francesco AcerbiCD-L
  3. 28Paolo CannavaroCD-R
  4. 13Federico PelusoLB
  5. 23Marcello GazzolaRB
  6. 11Grégoire DefrelAM
  7. 6Lorenzo PellegriniLM
  8. 22Luca MazzitelliRM
  9. 10Alessandro MatriF
  10. 98Claud AdjapongAM-L
  11. 16Matteo PolitanoAM-R

ROMA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 20Federico FazioCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 33EmersonLB
  5. 24Alessandro FlorenziRB
  6. 4Radja NainggolanAM
  7. 6Kevin StrootmanLM
  8. 16Daniele De RossiRM
  9. 9Edin DzekoF
  10. 92Stephan El ShaarawyAM-L
  11. 11Mohamed SalahAM-R

Timeline

  1. 12' Goal! Sassuolo 1, Roma 0. Paolo Cannavaro (Sassuolo) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matteo Politano with a cross.
  2. 30' Luca Mazzitelli (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 57' Goal! Sassuolo 1, Roma 1. Edin Dzeko (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah with a through ball.
  4. 63' Substitution, Sassuolo. Davide Biondini replaces Alessandro Matri.
  5. 69' Substitution, Roma. Leandro Paredes replaces Kevin Strootman.
  6. 72' Lorenzo Pellegrini (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 73' Substitution, Sassuolo. Pol Lirola replaces Marcello Gazzola.
  8. 75' Pol Lirola (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 76' Goal! Sassuolo 1, Roma 2. Edin Dzeko (Roma) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  10. 78' Goal! Sassuolo 1, Roma 3. Radja Nainggolan (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  11. 79' Substitution, Sassuolo. Federico Ricci replaces Claud Adjapong.
  12. 79' Substitution, Roma. Antonio Rüdiger replaces Stephan El Shaarawy.
  13. 85' Substitution, Roma. Francesco Totti replaces Alessandro Florenzi because of an injury.

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