Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, April 27, 2019
Cagliari WLWDW 0
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AS Roma LDWWD 3
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ROMA213
Stadio Olimpico · 35,964 att. · ESPNEWS

Match Report

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Roma breeze past Cagliari to go fourth in Serie A

Roma edged ahead in Serie A's tight race for Champions League qualification as a 3-0 home win over Cagliari sent Claudio Ranieri's side fourth.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
7
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
5
7
Saves
2
56.7
Possession
43.3
11
SHOTS
21
2
ON GOAL
10
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
466
Accurate Passes
356
545
Passes
426
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
7
26
Crosses
16
0.2
Cross %
0.4
57
Long Balls
57
33
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
6
Blocked Shots
6
6
Effective Tackles
7
12
Tackles
12
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
6
Interceptions
5
10
Effective Clearances
25
10
Clearances
25

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

ROMA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 83Antonio MiranteG
  2. 20Federico FazioCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 11Aleksandar KolarovLB
  5. 24Alessandro FlorenziRB
  6. 27Javier PastoreAM
  7. 7Lorenzo PellegriniLM
  8. 42Steven N'ZonziRM
  9. 9Edin DzekoF
  10. 92Stephan El ShaarawyAM-L
  11. 34Justin KluivertAM-R

CAG · 4-3-1-2

  1. 28Alessio CragnoG
  2. 19Fabio PisacaneCD-L
  3. 23Luca CeppitelliCD-R
  4. 3Luca PellegriniLB
  5. 12Fabrizio CacciatoreRB
  6. 30Leonardo PavolettiM
  7. 8Luca CigariniCM
  8. 14Valter BirsaAM
  9. 18Nicolò BarellaLM
  10. 21Artur IonitaRM
  11. 10João PedroCF-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Roma 1, Cagliari 0. Federico Fazio (Roma) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner following a corner.
  2. 8' Goal! Roma 2, Cagliari 0. Javier Pastore (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Justin Kluivert.
  3. 36' Luca Ceppitelli (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 61' Fabio Pisacane (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 64' Substitution, Roma. Diego Perotti replaces Javier Pastore.
  6. 68' Substitution, Cagliari. Alessandro Deiola replaces Valter Birsa.
  7. 74' Substitution, Roma. Cengiz Ünder replaces Stephan El Shaarawy.
  8. 75' Substitution, Cagliari. Darijo Srna replaces Fabrizio Cacciatore.
  9. 84' Substitution, Cagliari. Cyril Théréau replaces João Pedro.
  10. 86' Goal! Roma 3, Cagliari 0. Aleksandar Kolarov (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  11. 87' Substitution, Roma. Ante Coric replaces Justin Kluivert.
  12. 88' Kostas Manolas (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Serie A News

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