Italian Serie A

FT Monday, March 11, 2019
Empoli DLWLD 1
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AS Roma WWWLL 2
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EMP101
ROMA202
Stadio Olimpico · 34,508 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Claudio Ranieri off to winning start as Roma edge Empoli

AS Roma coach Claudio Ranieri enjoyed a winning start to his second spell in charge of the club as they beat struggling Empoli 2-1 in Serie A.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
1
0
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
5
1
Saves
1
45.5
Possession
54.5
5
SHOTS
10
1
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
359
Accurate Passes
447
438
Passes
530
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
3
16
Crosses
15
0.3
Cross %
0.2
39
Long Balls
66
20
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
1
7
Effective Tackles
11
9
Tackles
13
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
1
Interceptions
11
23
Effective Clearances
12
23
Clearances
12

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

ROMA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Robin OlsenG
  2. 15Iván MarcanoCD-L
  3. 5Juan JesusCD-R
  4. 18Davide SantonLB
  5. 24Alessandro FlorenziRB
  6. 22Nicolò ZanioloAM
  7. 42Steven N'ZonziLM
  8. 4Bryan CristanteRM
  9. 14Patrik SchickF
  10. 92Stephan El ShaarawyAM-L
  11. 34Justin KluivertAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 60Zan CelarSUB
  2. 57Francesco SemeraroSUB
  3. 63Daniel FuzatoSUB
  4. 2Rick KarsdorpSUB
  5. 83Antonio MiranteSUB
  6. 53Alessio RiccardiSUB
  7. 58Riccardo CargneluttiSUB
  8. 19Ante CoricSUB
  9. 55Salvatore PezzellaSUB
  10. 8Diego PerottiSUB

EMP · 5-3-2

  1. 69Bartlomiej DragowskiG
  2. 26Matías SilvestreCD
  3. 39Cristian Dell'OrcoCD-L
  4. 5Frederic VeseliCD-R
  5. 23Manuel PasqualLB
  6. 2Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  7. 10Ismaël BennacerCM
  8. 33Rade KrunicCM-L
  9. 18Afriyie AcquahCM-R
  10. 11Francesco CaputoCF-L
  11. 17Diego FariasCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 6Marko PajacSUB
  2. 28Leonardo CapezziSUB
  3. 21Filippo PerucchiniSUB
  4. 4Matteo BrighiSUB
  5. 1Ivan ProvedelSUB
  6. 22Domenico MaiettaSUB
  7. 8Hamed TraoréSUB
  8. 32Jacob RasmussenSUB
  9. 43Dimitris NikolaouSUB
  10. 37Dimitri OberlinSUB
  11. 48Salih UcanSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Roma 1, Empoli 0. Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner following a corner.
  2. 12' Own Goal by Juan Jesus, Roma. Roma 1, Empoli 1.
  3. 12' Alessandro Florenzi (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 13' Bryan Cristante (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 33' Goal! Roma 2, Empoli 1. Patrik Schick (Roma) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alessandro Florenzi with a cross following a set piece situation.
  6. 37' Afriyie Acquah (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 55' Substitution, Roma. Diego Perotti replaces Nicolò Zaniolo because of an injury.
  8. 62' Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 64' Substitution, Empoli. Matteo Brighi replaces Afriyie Acquah.
  10. 79' Substitution, Empoli. Dimitri Oberlin replaces Diego Farias.
  11. 80' Second yellow card to Alessandro Florenzi (Roma) for a bad foul.
  12. 81' Substitution, Roma. Rick Karsdorp replaces Justin Kluivert.
  13. 84' Substitution, Empoli. Salih Ucan replaces Manuel Pasqual.
  14. 86' Substitution, Roma. Zan Celar replaces Patrik Schick.
  15. 89' VAR: Goal. Referee decision on field cancelled.

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