Lecce vs AS Roma, 2019-20 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A

Lecce

FT
0 - 1

AS Roma

56': Edin Dzeko

Edin Dzeko strike sends Roma fifth in Serie A

Edin Dzeko's goal secured a 1-0 win for AS Roma away to Lecce on Sunday to send them fifth in Serie A.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
3': Attempt saved. Aleksandar Kolarov (Roma) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Justin Kluivert.
3': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Fabio Lucioni.
3': Attempt missed. Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Aleksandar Kolarov following a corner.
3': Filippo Falco (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
3': Foul by Justin Kluivert (Roma).
5': Attempt saved. Jacopo Petriccione (Lecce) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
7': Attempt missed. Khouma Babacar (Lecce) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right.
8': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Fabio Lucioni.
13': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Andrea Rispoli.
13': Attempt blocked. Gianluca Mancini (Roma) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aleksandar Kolarov with a cross.
13': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Marco Calderoni.
14': Attempt missed. Chris Smalling (Roma) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Aleksandar Kolarov with a cross following a corner.
18': Foul by Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma).
18': Marco Calderoni (Lecce) wins a free kick on the left wing.
18': Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
22': Attempt blocked. Marco Mancosu (Lecce) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Filippo Falco with a through ball.
25': Fabio Lucioni (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
25': Foul by Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma).
25': Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
27': Attempt saved. Marco Mancosu (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
27': Attempt saved. Filippo Falco (Lecce) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Khouma Babacar.
28': Foul by Andrea Rispoli (Lecce).
28': Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
29': Foul by Justin Kluivert (Roma).
29': Marco Calderoni (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
33': Hand ball by Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma).
33': Alessandro Florenzi (Roma) wins a free kick on the right wing.
33': Foul by Khouma Babacar (Lecce).
35': Foul by Justin Kluivert (Roma).
35': Marco Calderoni (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
36': Attempt blocked. Aleksandar Kolarov (Roma) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lorenzo Pellegrini with a cross.
36': Foul by Justin Kluivert (Roma).
36': Khouma Babacar (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
37': Attempt saved. Khouma Babacar (Lecce) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marco Mancosu.
38': Attempt missed. Marco Mancosu (Lecce) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Andrea Rispoli with a cross following a fast break.
40': Attempt saved. Filippo Falco (Lecce) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
41': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Fabio Lucioni.
42': Attempt missed. Chris Smalling (Roma) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Aleksandar Kolarov with a cross following a corner.
43': Attempt blocked. Zan Majer (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Khouma Babacar.
43': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Fabio Lucioni.
44': Attempt missed. Aleksandar Kolarov (Roma) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Lorenzo Pellegrini with a cross following a corner.
45': Foul by Jordan Veretout (Roma).
45': Jacopo Petriccione (Lecce) wins a free kick on the right wing.
45'+1': Attempt blocked. Marco Mancosu (Lecce) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Khouma Babacar.
45'+3': First Half ends, Lecce 0, Roma 0.
45': Second Half begins Lecce 0, Roma 0.
48': Attempt missed. Amadou Diawara (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Lorenzo Pellegrini.
48': Attempt missed. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Edin Dzeko with a through ball.
49': Foul by Chris Smalling (Roma).
49': Panagiotis Tachtsidis (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
49': Chris Smalling (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
49': Amadou Diawara (Roma) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
49': Foul by Khouma Babacar (Lecce).
50': Attempt saved. Edin Dzeko (Roma) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
51': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Fabio Lucioni.
51': Attempt blocked. Chris Smalling (Roma) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lorenzo Pellegrini with a cross.
52': Substitution, Lecce. Evgen Shakhov replaces Marco Mancosu.
53': Offside, Roma. Alessandro Florenzi tries a through ball, but Henrikh Mkhitaryan is caught offside.
55': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Fabio Lucioni.
56': Goal! Lecce 0, Roma 1. Edin Dzeko (Roma) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Henrikh Mkhitaryan with a cross.
57': Alessandro Florenzi (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
57': Foul by Khouma Babacar (Lecce).
59': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Fabio Lucioni.
60': Filippo Falco (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
60': Foul by Jordan Veretout (Roma).
62': Attempt blocked. Marco Calderoni (Lecce) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Khouma Babacar.
62': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Alessandro Florenzi.
63': Substitution, Lecce. Giannelli Imbula replaces Panagiotis Tachtsidis.
64': Foul by Amadou Diawara (Roma).
64': Jacopo Petriccione (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
64': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Gianluca Mancini.
67': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Gianluca Mancini.
68': Attempt missed. Justin Kluivert (Roma) left footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Lorenzo Pellegrini.
71': Substitution, Roma. Nicolò Zaniolo replaces Lorenzo Pellegrini because of an injury.
71': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Justin Kluivert.
73': Hand ball by Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma).
73': Attempt saved. Evgen Shakhov (Lecce) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marco Calderoni.
76': Substitution, Lecce. Andrea La Mantia replaces Khouma Babacar.
77': Substitution, Roma. Leonardo Spinazzola replaces Alessandro Florenzi.
79': Attempt blocked. Edin Dzeko (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolò Zaniolo.
79': Penalty conceded by Fabio Lucioni (Lecce) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
79': Fabio Lucioni (Lecce) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
80': Penalty saved! Aleksandar Kolarov (Roma) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
80': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Gabriel.
81': Attempt saved. Chris Smalling (Roma) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicolò Zaniolo with a cross.
81': Andrea La Mantia (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81': Foul by Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma).
82': Foul by Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma).
82': Jacopo Petriccione (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
83': Attempt blocked. Evgen Shakhov (Lecce) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Filippo Falco.
83': Foul by Zan Majer (Lecce).
83': Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
84': Zan Majer (Lecce) is shown the yellow card.
85': Corner, Roma. Conceded by Fabio Lucioni.
85': Attempt missed. Justin Kluivert (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Amadou Diawara following a corner.
87': Substitution, Roma. Bryan Cristante replaces Henrikh Mkhitaryan because of an injury.
87': Andrea La Mantia (Lecce) wins a free kick on the left wing.
87': Foul by Bryan Cristante (Roma).
88': Foul by Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma).
88': Zan Majer (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90': Andrea La Mantia (Lecce) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90': Foul by Gianluca Mancini (Roma).
90'+1': Attempt missed. Justin Kluivert (Roma) header from a difficult angle on the right is too high. Assisted by Aleksandar Kolarov with a cross.
90'+3': Filippo Falco (Lecce) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+3': Foul by Bryan Cristante (Roma).
90'+4': Filippo Falco (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+4': Foul by Aleksandar Kolarov (Roma).
90'+4': Amadou Diawara (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+4': Foul by Andrea Rispoli (Lecce).
90'+5': Foul by Bryan Cristante (Roma).
90'+5': Marco Calderoni (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+5': Bryan Cristante (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+6': Foul by Marco Calderoni (Lecce).
90'+6': Justin Kluivert (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+7': Second Half ends, Lecce 0, Roma 1.
0': Match ends, Lecce 0, Roma 1.
0': Match ends, Lecce 0, Roma 1.

Statistics

ROMA		LEC
20	Fouls	8
4	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	0
11	Corner Kicks	4
6	Saves	4
59.6	Possession	40.4
18	SHOTS	13
5	ON GOAL	6
0.3	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	0
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
470	Accurate Passes	296
537	Passes	358
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
12	Accurate Crosses	2
24	Crosses	22
0.5	Cross %	0.1
49	Long Balls	44
32	Accurate Long Balls	23
0.7	Long Balls %	0.5
4	Blocked Shots	5
8	Effective Tackles	9
15	Tackles	15
0.5	Tackle %	0.6
9	Interceptions	10
18	Effective Clearances	24
18	Clearances	24

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Ettore Giardiniero - Via del Mare
Location: Lecce, Italy
Attendance: 26,044

Serie A Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Internazionale	36	+54	85
2	Napoli	37	+21	73
3	AC Milan	37	+19	70
4	AS Roma	37	+26	70

Full Table

Line-Ups

Lecce (4-3-1-2)

No.	Name
21	Gabriel (GK)
13	Luca Rossettini
5	Fabio Lucioni
27	Marco Calderoni
29	Andrea Rispoli
10	Filippo Falco
77	Panagiotis Tachtsidis
8	Marco Mancosu
4	Jacopo Petriccione
37	Zan Majer
30	Khouma Babacar

Lecce Substitutes:

Mauro Vigorito, Antonino Gallo, Brayan Vera, Simone Lo Faso, Romario Benzar, Marco Bleve, Biagio Meccariello, Giannelli Imbula, Andrea La Mantia, Yevhen Shakhov, Davide Riccardi, Edgaras Dubickas.

AS Roma (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
13	Pau López (GK)
6	Chris Smalling
23	Gianluca Mancini
11	Aleksandar Kolarov
24	Alessandro Florenzi
7	Lorenzo Pellegrini
21	Jordan Veretout
42	Amadou Diawara
9	Edin Dzeko
77	Henrikh Mkhitaryan
99	Justin Kluivert

AS Roma Substitutes:

Davide Santon, Federico Fazio, Bryan Cristante, Antonio Mirante, Nikola Kalinic, Juan Jesus, Daniel Fuzato, Javier Pastore, Mirko Antonucci, Leonardo Spinazzola, Nicolò Zaniolo.

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