Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, January 23, 2022
AS Roma DLLWW 4
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Empoli LDLDL 2
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EMP022
Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena · 4,920 att.

Match Report

Abraham double inspires Roma to victory at Empoli

AS Roma secured a 4-2 victory at Empoli in Serie A on Sunday thanks to four goals in 13 first-half minutes, including a double from English striker

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
2
5
Saves
4
41.6
Possession
58.4
16
SHOTS
16
8
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
274
Accurate Passes
414
352
Passes
499
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
5
13
Crosses
16
0.4
Cross %
0.3
61
Long Balls
47
29
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
3
10
Effective Tackles
6
15
Tackles
10
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
13
Interceptions
16
17
Effective Clearances
6
17
Clearances
6

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

EMP · 4-3-2-1

  1. 13Guglielmo VicarioG
  2. 26Lorenzo TonelliCD-L
  3. 34Adrian IsmajliCD-R
  4. 3Riccardo MarchizzaLB
  5. 20Riccardo FiamozziRB
  6. 28Samuele RicciCM
  7. 25Filippo BandinelliCM-L
  8. 27Szymon ZurkowskiCM-R
  9. 99Andrea PinamontiF
  10. 8Liam HendersonCF-L
  11. 10Nedim BajramiCF-R

ROMA · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Rui PatrícioG
  2. 6Chris SmallingCD
  3. 3Roger IbañezCD-L
  4. 23Gianluca ManciniCD-R
  5. 27Sérgio OliveiraCM-L
  6. 4Bryan CristanteCM-R
  7. 77Henrikh MkhitaryanAM
  8. 15Ainsley Maitland-NilesLM
  9. 2Rick KarsdorpRM
  10. 9Tammy AbrahamCF-L
  11. 22Nicolò ZanioloCF-R

Timeline

  1. 24' Goal! Empoli 0, Roma 1. Tammy Abraham (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sérgio Oliveira.
  2. 33' Goal! Empoli 0, Roma 2. Tammy Abraham (Roma) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a corner.
  3. 35' Goal! Empoli 0, Roma 3. Sérgio Oliveira (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Nicolò Zaniolo.
  4. 37' Goal! Empoli 0, Roma 4. Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Henrikh Mkhitaryan following a fast break.
  5. 42' Substitution, Empoli. Mattia Viti replaces Riccardo Marchizza because of an injury.
  6. 52' Gianluca Mancini (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 55' Goal! Empoli 1, Roma 4. Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Filippo Bandinelli with a cross.
  8. 60' Substitution, Roma. Matias Viña replaces Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
  9. 63' Lorenzo Tonelli (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 72' Goal! Empoli 2, Roma 4. Nedim Bajrami (Empoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Liam Henderson.
  11. 75' Substitution, Roma. Jordan Veretout replaces Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
  12. 79' Substitution, Roma. Felix Afena-Gyan replaces Nicolò Zaniolo.
  13. 81' Substitution, Empoli. Patrick Cutrone replaces Liam Henderson.
  14. 81' Substitution, Empoli. Marco Benassi replaces Filippo Bandinelli.
  15. 83' Marco Benassi (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 85' Bryan Cristante (Roma) is shown the yellow card.

Serie A News

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