Italian Serie A

FT Wednesday, December 26, 2018
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Match Report

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Nicolo Zaniolo's first-ever Serie A goal caps Roma win over Sassuolo

Nicolo Zaniolo scored his first-ever Serie A goal in style on Wednesday with a stunning solo effort to cap AS Roma's win over Sassuolo.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
15
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
5
Corner Kicks
8
8
Saves
2
49.1
Possession
50.9
10
SHOTS
20
3
ON GOAL
10
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
313
Accurate Passes
331
390
Passes
403
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
10
16
Crosses
21
0.1
Cross %
0.5
46
Long Balls
61
22
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
3
10
Effective Tackles
9
13
Tackles
13
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
9
Interceptions
13
15
Effective Clearances
16
15
Clearances
16

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

ROMA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Robin OlsenG
  2. 20Federico FazioCD-L
  3. 44Kostas ManolasCD-R
  4. 11Aleksandar KolarovLB
  5. 24Alessandro FlorenziRB
  6. 22Nicolò ZanioloAM
  7. 42Steven N'ZonziLM
  8. 4Bryan CristanteRM
  9. 14Patrik SchickF
  10. 8Diego PerottiAM-L
  11. 17Cengiz ÜnderAM-R

SAS · 4-2-2-2

  1. 47Andrea ConsigliG
  2. 31Gian Marco FerrariCD-L
  3. 5Mauricio LemosCD-R
  4. 39Cristian Dell'OrcoLB
  5. 2MarlonRB
  6. 4Francesco MagnanelliCM-L
  7. 68Mehdi BourabiaCM-R
  8. 30Khouma BabacarCF-L
  9. 25Domenico BerardiCF-R
  10. 9Filip DjuricicAM-L
  11. 99Enrico BrignolaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 7' VAR: Penalty Kick. Referee decision on field stands.
  2. 8' Gianmarco Ferrari (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 8' Goal! Roma 1, Sassuolo 0. Diego Perotti (Roma) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  4. 23' Goal! Roma 2, Sassuolo 0. Patrik Schick (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bryan Cristante with a through ball.
  5. 27' Alessandro Florenzi (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45' Substitution, Sassuolo. Pol Lirola replaces Mauricio Lemos.
  7. 58' Substitution, Sassuolo. Federico Di Francesco replaces Filip Djuricic.
  8. 59' Goal! Roma 3, Sassuolo 0. Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cengiz Ünder.
  9. 63' Substitution, Sassuolo. Manuel Locatelli replaces Enrico Brignola.
  10. 64' Substitution, Roma. Javier Pastore replaces Nicolò Zaniolo because of an injury.
  11. 68' Substitution, Roma. Justin Kluivert replaces Diego Perotti.
  12. 76' Substitution, Roma. Edin Dzeko replaces Patrik Schick.
  13. 90' Goal! Roma 3, Sassuolo 1. Khouma Babacar (Sassuolo) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Manuel Locatelli with a through ball.

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