Italian Serie A

FT Wednesday, September 20, 2017
AS Roma WLWDW 4
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Benevento LLLLL 0
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ROMA224
BEN000
Ciro Vigorito · 14,839 att.

Match Report

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Edin Dzeko bags a brace as Roma beat Benevento

Edin Dzeko scored twice as Roma piled on the misery for rock-bottom Benevento with a 4-0 victory.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
10
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
9
Corner Kicks
2
5
Saves
5
62.9
Possession
37.1
21
SHOTS
16
7
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
545
Accurate Passes
289
605
Passes
357
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
5
26
Crosses
19
0.2
Cross %
0.3
33
Long Balls
47
19
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.6
Long Balls %
0.3
5
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
14
21
Tackles
16
0.5
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
9
Effective Clearances
25
9
Clearances
25

Lineups

BEN · 4-4-2

  1. 1Vid BelecG
  2. 5Fabio LucioniCD-L
  3. 23Lorenzo VenutiCD-R
  4. 17Gianluca Di ChiaraLB
  5. 3Gaetano LetiziaRB
  6. 8Danilo CataldiCM-L
  7. 13Raman ChibsahCM-R
  8. 77Achraf LazaarLM
  9. 20Ledian MemushajRM
  10. 32George PuscasCF-L
  11. 11Massimo CodaCF-R

ROMA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Alisson BeckerG
  2. 5Juan JesusCD-L
  3. 20Federico FazioCD-R
  4. 11Aleksandar KolarovLB
  5. 25Bruno PeresRB
  6. 21Maxime GonalonsCM
  7. 6Kevin StrootmanLM
  8. 7Lorenzo PellegriniRM
  9. 9Edin DzekoF
  10. 8Diego PerottiLF
  11. 17Cengiz ÜnderRF

Timeline

  1. 22' Goal! Benevento 0, Roma 1. Edin Dzeko (Roma) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aleksandar Kolarov.
  2. 35' Own Goal by Fabio Lucioni, Benevento. Benevento 0, Roma 2.
  3. 45' Substitution, Roma. Stephan El Shaarawy replaces Cengiz Ünder.
  4. 52' Goal! Benevento 0, Roma 3. Edin Dzeko (Roma) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Diego Perotti.
  5. 56' Gianluca Di Chiara (Benevento) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 64' Substitution, Benevento. Vittorio Parigini replaces Achraf Lazaar.
  7. 68' Substitution, Roma. Gerson replaces Lorenzo Pellegrini.
  8. 74' Own Goal by Lorenzo Venuti, Benevento. Benevento 0, Roma 4.
  9. 75' Substitution, Benevento. Samuel Armenteros replaces Massimo Coda.
  10. 75' Substitution, Roma. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Diego Perotti.
  11. 84' Vittorio Parigini (Benevento) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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