Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, September 15, 2019
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Stadio Olimpico · 34,407 att. · ESPNEWS

Match Report

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Mkhitaryan scores first Roma goal in Sassuolo rout

Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored a debut goal to help Paulo Fonseca secure his first win as AS Roma coach in a 4-2 victory over Sassuolo.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
8
2
Saves
1
52.5
Possession
47.5
13
SHOTS
15
3
ON GOAL
6
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
428
Accurate Passes
368
488
Passes
432
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
4
10
Crosses
18
0.0
Cross %
0.2
33
Long Balls
52
14
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
5
14
Effective Tackles
6
20
Tackles
11
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
11
Interceptions
10
20
Effective Clearances
12
20
Clearances
12

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

ROMA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 13Pau LópezG
  2. 20Federico FazioCD-L
  3. 23Gianluca ManciniCD-R
  4. 11Aleksandar KolarovLB
  5. 24Alessandro FlorenziRB
  6. 7Lorenzo PellegriniAM
  7. 21Jordan VeretoutLM
  8. 4Bryan CristanteRM
  9. 9Edin DzekoF
  10. 77Henrikh MkhitaryanAM-L
  11. 99Justin KluivertAM-R

SAS · 3-4-3

  1. 47Andrea ConsigliG
  2. 21Vlad ChirichesCD
  3. 31Gian Marco FerrariCD-L
  4. 2MarlonCD-R
  5. 73Manuel LocatelliCM-L
  6. 14Pedro ObiangCM-R
  7. 13Federico PelusoLM
  8. 8Alfred DuncanRM
  9. 9Francesco CaputoF
  10. 11Grégoire DefrelCF-L
  11. 25Domenico BerardiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 4' VAR Decision: No Penalty Roma.
  2. 12' Goal! Roma 1, Sassuolo 0. Bryan Cristante (Roma) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Pellegrini with a cross following a corner.
  3. 19' Goal! Roma 2, Sassuolo 0. Edin Dzeko (Roma) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aleksandar Kolarov with a cross.
  4. 22' Goal! Roma 3, Sassuolo 0. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Pellegrini.
  5. 28' Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 33' Goal! Roma 4, Sassuolo 0. Justin Kluivert (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Pellegrini with a through ball following a fast break.
  7. 33' Pedro Obiang (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 45' Substitution, Sassuolo. Jeremy Toljan replaces Manuel Locatelli.
  9. 53' Goal! Roma 4, Sassuolo 1. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  10. 70' Substitution, Sassuolo. Mert Müldür replaces Federico Peluso.
  11. 72' Substitution, Roma. Nicolò Zaniolo replaces Justin Kluivert.
  12. 72' Goal! Roma 4, Sassuolo 2. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alfred Duncan.
  13. 73' Substitution, Roma. Leonardo Spinazzola replaces Alessandro Florenzi.
  14. 82' Jeremy Toljan (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 84' Substitution, Sassuolo. Hamed Junior Traore replaces Alfred Duncan.
  16. 84' Substitution, Roma. Javier Pastore replaces Lorenzo Pellegrini.

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