Italian Serie A

FT Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Crotone LLLLD 0
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AS Roma LDWDL 4
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ROMA224
Stadio Olimpico · 24,325 att.

Match Report

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Edin Dzeko scores twice as Roma thrash Crotone

Edin Dzeko scored twice as Roma won 4-0 against Crotone, who continue to struggle in their first-ever season in Serie A.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
11
3
Saves
3
27.5
Possession
72.5
11
SHOTS
20
3
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
186
Accurate Passes
638
257
Passes
707
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
9
20
Crosses
27
0.1
Cross %
0.3
43
Long Balls
52
16
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
4
Blocked Shots
5
11
Effective Tackles
6
14
Tackles
14
0.8
Tackle %
0.4
0
Interceptions
0
21
Effective Clearances
18
31
Clearances
20

Lineups

ROMA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 20Federico FazioCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 13Bruno PeresLB
  5. 24Alessandro FlorenziRB
  6. 10Francesco TottiAM
  7. 6Kevin StrootmanLM
  8. 5Leandro ParedesRM
  9. 9Edin DzekoF
  10. 92Stephan El ShaarawyAM-L
  11. 11Mohamed SalahAM-R

CRO · 4-5-1

  1. 1Alex CordazG
  2. 13Gian Marco FerrariCD-L
  3. 3Claiton MachadoCD-R
  4. 17Federico CeccheriniLB
  5. 31Mario SampirisiRB
  6. 20Aniello SalzanoCM-L
  7. 28Leonardo CapezziCM-R
  8. 8Lorenzo CrisetigAM
  9. 7Raffaele PalladinoLM
  10. 6Marcus RohdénRM
  11. 11Diego FalcinelliF

Timeline

  1. 26' Goal! Roma 1, Crotone 0. Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Alessandro Florenzi.
  2. 37' Goal! Roma 2, Crotone 0. Mohamed Salah (Roma) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Stephan El Shaarawy.
  3. 45' Substitution, Crotone. Andrea Nalini replaces Marcus Rohden.
  4. 48' Goal! Roma 3, Crotone 0. Edin Dzeko (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Francesco Totti with a through ball.
  5. 50' Andrea Nalini (Crotone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 57' Goal! Roma 4, Crotone 0. Edin Dzeko (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
  7. 60' Substitution, Crotone. Bruno Martella replaces Mario Sampirisi.
  8. 60' Penalty saved! Raffaele Palladino (Crotone) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  9. 66' Substitution, Crotone. Adrian Stoian replaces Raffaele Palladino.
  10. 67' Substitution, Roma. Juan Iturbe replaces Mohamed Salah.
  11. 72' Substitution, Roma. Juan Jesus replaces Kostas Manolas.
  12. 80' Substitution, Roma. Emerson replaces Alessandro Florenzi.

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