Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, October 15, 2016
AS Roma LWLWW 3
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Napoli WDWWL 1
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ROMA123
NAP011
Diego Armando Maradona · 46,078 att.

Match Report

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Edin Dzeko nets brace as Roma win at Napoli

A counter-attacking masterclass saw Roma earn a 3-1 victory against Napoli in their Serie A clash at Stadio San Paolo.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
5
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
9
4
Saves
3
42.7
Possession
57.3
14
SHOTS
21
6
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
341
Accurate Passes
468
414
Passes
541
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
4
11
Crosses
35
0.3
Cross %
0.1
70
Long Balls
36
40
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
9
10
Effective Tackles
13
13
Tackles
16
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
24
Effective Clearances
4
30
Clearances
6

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 25Pepe ReinaG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 19Nikola MaksimovicCD-R
  4. 31Faouzi GhoulamLB
  5. 2Elseid HysajRB
  6. 8JorginhoCM
  7. 17Marek HamsikLM
  8. 5AllanRM
  9. 23Manolo GabbiadiniF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneLF
  11. 7José CallejónRF

ROMA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 20Federico FazioCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 3Juan JesusLB
  5. 24Alessandro FlorenziRB
  6. 4Radja NainggolanAM
  7. 16Daniele De RossiLM
  8. 5Leandro ParedesRM
  9. 9Edin DzekoF
  10. 8Diego PerottiAM-L
  11. 11Mohamed SalahAM-R

Timeline

  1. 43' Goal! Napoli 0, Roma 1. Edin Dzeko (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
  2. 45'+1' Leandro Paredes (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 50' Juan Jesus (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 53' Dries Mertens (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 54' Goal! Napoli 0, Roma 2. Edin Dzeko (Roma) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alessandro Florenzi with a cross following a set piece situation.
  6. 56' Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces Manolo Gabbiadini.
  7. 58' Goal! Napoli 1, Roma 2. Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) header from the right side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Faouzi Ghoulam with a cross following a corner.
  8. 71' Substitution, Roma. Emerson replaces Juan Jesus because of an injury.
  9. 76' Substitution, Napoli. Omar El Kaddouri replaces José Callejón.
  10. 79' Substitution, Roma. Stephan El Shaarawy replaces Radja Nainggolan because of an injury.
  11. 81' Substitution, Napoli. Piotr Zielinski replaces Marek Hamsik.
  12. 83' Edin Dzeko (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 85' Allan (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 85' Goal! Napoli 1, Roma 3. Mohamed Salah (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daniele De Rossi with a through ball.
  15. 90'+1' Substitution, Roma. Gerson replaces Diego Perotti.

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