Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, March 16, 2019
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Match Report

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Ranieri's Roma suffer defeat at SPAL as top-four hopes hit

Claudio Ranieri's AS Roma side suffered a blow to their top-four hopes in Serie A as they went down to a surprise 2-1 defeat at struggling SPAL.

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Team Stats

19
Fouls
12
5
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
3
51.3
Possession
48.7
16
SHOTS
10
4
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
1
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
342
Accurate Passes
336
434
Passes
414
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
7
22
Crosses
23
0.2
Cross %
0.3
64
Long Balls
57
37
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
7
Blocked Shots
1
11
Effective Tackles
8
15
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
5
Interceptions
9
16
Effective Clearances
41
16
Clearances
41

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 2-1

Lineups

SPA · 3-5-2

  1. 2Emiliano VivianoG
  2. 23Francesco VicariCD
  3. 14Kevin BonifaziCD-L
  4. 4Thiago CionekCD-R
  5. 19Jasmin KurticCM-L
  6. 11Alessandro MurgiaCM-R
  7. 6Simone MissiroliAM
  8. 93Mohamed FaresLM
  9. 29Manuel LazzariRM
  10. 7Mirco AntenucciCF-L
  11. 37Andrea PetagnaCF-R

ROMA · 4-4-2

  1. 1Robin OlsenG
  2. 15Iván MarcanoCD-L
  3. 20Federico FazioCD-R
  4. 5Juan JesusLB
  5. 2Rick KarsdorpRB
  6. 42Steven N'ZonziCM-L
  7. 4Bryan CristanteCM-R
  8. 92Stephan El ShaarawyLM
  9. 34Justin KluivertRM
  10. 9Edin DzekoCF-L
  11. 14Patrik SchickCF-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Francesco Vicari (SPAL) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 22' Goal! SPAL 1, Roma 0. Mohamed Fares (SPAL) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Thiago Cionek with a cross.
  3. 40' Steven Nzonzi (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+2' Edin Dzeko (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 45' Substitution, Roma. Diego Perotti replaces Stephan El Shaarawy.
  6. 45' Substitution, Roma. Nicolò Zaniolo replaces Justin Kluivert.
  7. 52' Thiago Cionek (SPAL) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 53' Goal! SPAL 1, Roma 1. Diego Perotti (Roma) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  9. 54' Mohamed Fares (SPAL) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 57' Juan Jesus (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 59' Goal! SPAL 2, Roma 1. Andrea Petagna (SPAL) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  12. 63' Diego Perotti (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 64' Simone Missiroli (SPAL) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 69' Bryan Cristante (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 77' Substitution, SPAL. Vasco Regini replaces Manuel Lazzari.
  16. 80' Substitution, Roma. Davide Santon replaces Rick Karsdorp.
  17. 80' Substitution, SPAL. Pasquale Schiattarella replaces Jasmin Kurtic.
  18. 84' Substitution, SPAL. Lorenco Simic replaces Alessandro Murgia because of an injury.

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