Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, October 23, 2016
Palermo DWLDL 1
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AS Roma LWWWD 4
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PAL011
ROMA134
Stadio Olimpico · 25,820 att.

Match Report

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Roma hit four to keep heat on Serie A leaders Juventus

Roma reinforced their Serie A title credentials with a confident 4-1 home victory over Palermo.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
2
40
Possession
60
8
SHOTS
18
3
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
303
Accurate Passes
526
399
Passes
610
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
2
14
Crosses
16
0.1
Cross %
0.1
48
Long Balls
58
19
Accurate Long Balls
40
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
4
Blocked Shots
4
13
Effective Tackles
13
18
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
12
24
Clearances
18

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

ROMA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 20Federico FazioCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 3Juan JesusLB
  5. 33EmersonRB
  6. 4Radja NainggolanAM
  7. 5Leandro ParedesLM
  8. 16Daniele De RossiRM
  9. 9Edin DzekoF
  10. 92Stephan El ShaarawyAM-L
  11. 11Mohamed SalahAM-R

PAL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Josip PosavecG
  2. 6Edoardo GoldanigaCD
  3. 4Sinisa AndelkovicCD-L
  4. 15Thiago CionekCD-R
  5. 14Alessandro GazziCM-L
  6. 25Bruno HenriqueCM-R
  7. 19Haitam AleesamiLM
  8. 89Michel MorganellaRM
  9. 30Ilija NestorovskiF
  10. 18Ivaylo ChochevCF-L
  11. 23Alessandro DiamantiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 27' Kostas Manolas (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 31' Goal! Roma 1, Palermo 0. Mohamed Salah (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Edin Dzeko.
  3. 35' Edoardo Goldaniga (Palermo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 36' Juan Jesus (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 39' Ivaylo Chochev (Palermo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45' Substitution, Roma. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Juan Jesus.
  7. 51' Goal! Roma 2, Palermo 0. Leandro Paredes (Roma) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  8. 60' Substitution, Palermo. Andrea Rispoli replaces Michel Morganella.
  9. 68' Goal! Roma 3, Palermo 0. Edin Dzeko (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alessandro Florenzi.
  10. 69' Substitution, Roma. Kevin Strootman replaces Radja Nainggolan.
  11. 69' Substitution, Palermo. Robin Quaison replaces Ivaylo Chochev.
  12. 73' Substitution, Palermo. Mato Jajalo replaces Alessandro Diamanti.
  13. 80' Goal! Roma 3, Palermo 1. Robin Quaison (Palermo) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Edoardo Goldaniga.
  14. 80' Substitution, Roma. Francesco Totti replaces Edin Dzeko.
  15. 82' Goal! Roma 4, Palermo 1. Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
  16. 84' Mohamed Salah (Roma) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.

Serie A News

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