Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, December 15, 2019
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Match Report

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Roma go fourth with comeback win over bottom club SPAL

AS Roma launched a second-half comeback to beat Serie A's bottom side SPAL 3-1 at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday and move into the top four.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
9
7
Saves
2
32.4
Possession
67.6
7
SHOTS
25
3
ON GOAL
9
0.4
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
1
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
225
Accurate Passes
534
291
Passes
596
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
8
5
Crosses
27
0.4
Cross %
0.3
55
Long Balls
72
33
Accurate Long Balls
49
0.6
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
7
9
Effective Tackles
5
13
Tackles
8
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
7
Interceptions
8
32
Effective Clearances
6
32
Clearances
6

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2

Lineups

ROMA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Pau LópezG
  2. 20Federico FazioCD-L
  3. 15Mert ÇetinCD-R
  4. 11Aleksandar KolarovLB
  5. 24Alessandro FlorenziRB
  6. 7Lorenzo PellegriniAM
  7. 21Jordan VeretoutLM
  8. 42Amadou DiawaraRM
  9. 9Edin DzekoF
  10. 8Diego PerottiAM-L
  11. 22Nicolò ZanioloAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Nikola KalinicSUB
  2. 17Cengiz ÜnderSUB
  3. 37Leonardo SpinazzolaSUB
  4. 77Henrikh MkhitaryanSUB
  5. 48Mirko AntonucciSUB
  6. 63Daniel FuzatoSUB
  7. 5Juan JesusSUB
  8. 45Matteo CardinaliSUB

SPA · 3-5-2

  1. 99Etrit BerishaG
  2. 23Francesco VicariCD
  3. 27FelipeCD-L
  4. 40Nenad TomovicCD-R
  5. 7Simone MissiroliCM-L
  6. 11Alessandro MurgiaCM-R
  7. 8Mattia ValotiAM
  8. 3Igor JulioLM
  9. 4Thiago CionekRM
  10. 43Alberto PaloschiCF-L
  11. 37Andrea PetagnaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 95Marko JankovićSUB
  2. 96Georgi TunjovSUB
  3. 98Riccardo MastrilliSUB
  4. 21Gabriel StrefezzaSUB
  5. 31Federico Di FrancescoSUB
  6. 6Mirko ValdifioriSUB
  7. 67Paolo CannistràSUB
  8. 22Demba ThiamSUB
  9. 25Karlo LeticaSUB
  10. 66Bartosz SalamonSUB
  11. 9Gabriele MonciniSUB
  12. 10Sergio FloccariSUB

Timeline

  1. 44' Goal! Roma 0, SPAL 1. Andrea Petagna (SPAL) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  2. 50' Felipe (SPAL) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 53' Own Goal by Nenad Tomovic, SPAL. Roma 1, SPAL 1.
  4. 54' Yildirim Mert Cetin (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 65' Francesco Vicari (SPAL) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 66' Goal! Roma 2, SPAL 1. Diego Perotti (Roma) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  7. 73' Substitution, SPAL. Georgi Tunjov replaces Felipe.
  8. 79' Substitution, Roma. Henrikh Mkhitaryan replaces Diego Perotti.
  9. 83' Goal! Roma 3, SPAL 1. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alessandro Florenzi.
  10. 84' Substitution, SPAL. Sergio Floccari replaces Alberto Paloschi.
  11. 84' Substitution, SPAL. Marko Jankovic replaces Mattia Valoti.
  12. 89' Substitution, Roma. Nikola Kalinic replaces Edin Dzeko.
  13. 90'+2' Marko Jankovic (SPAL) is shown the yellow card.

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