Italian Serie A

FT Monday, December 13, 2021
Spezia WLLLD 0
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AS Roma WWLLW 2
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ROMA112
Stadio Olimpico · 44,844 att.

Match Report

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Roma climb above Juventus after win over Spezia

Two goals from defenders earned AS Roma a 2-0 victory over Spezia on Monday, a result that saw Jose Mourinho's side climb above Juventus into sixth

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
1
4
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
10
3
Saves
2
47.8
Possession
52.2
8
SHOTS
12
2
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
382
Accurate Passes
421
456
Passes
501
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
5
21
Crosses
20
0.3
Cross %
0.3
67
Long Balls
61
44
Accurate Long Balls
41
0.7
Long Balls %
0.7
3
Blocked Shots
4
12
Effective Tackles
8
17
Tackles
12
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
7
Interceptions
15
18
Effective Clearances
22
18
Clearances
22

Head to Head

SPE leads series 2-1-1

Lineups

ROMA · 3-5-2

  1. 1Rui PatrícioG
  2. 6Chris SmallingCD
  3. 24Marash KumbullaCD-L
  4. 3Roger IbañezCD-R
  5. 77Henrikh MkhitaryanCM-L
  6. 17Jordan VeretoutCM-R
  7. 4Bryan CristanteAM
  8. 5Matías ViñaLM
  9. 2Rick KarsdorpRM
  10. 9Tammy AbrahamCF-L
  11. 21Borja MayoralCF-R

SPE · 3-5-2

  1. 94Ivan ProvedelG
  2. 28Martin ErlicCD
  3. 43Dimitris NikolaouCD-L
  4. 27Kelvin AmianCD-R
  5. 25Giulio MaggioreCM-L
  6. 8Viktor KovalenkoCM-R
  7. 7Jacopo SalaAM
  8. 13Arkadiusz RecaLM
  9. 11Emmanuel GyasiRM
  10. 9Rey ManajCF-L
  11. 44David StrelecCF-R

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Roma 1, Spezia 0. Chris Smalling (Roma) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Tammy Abraham following a corner.
  2. 17' Substitution, Spezia. Jakub Kiwior replaces Jacopo Sala because of an injury.
  3. 53' Substitution, Spezia. Kevin Agudelo replaces Viktor Kovalenko.
  4. 53' Substitution, Spezia. Simone Bastoni replaces Giulio Maggiore.
  5. 53' Substitution, Spezia. Daniele Verde replaces David Strelec.
  6. 54' Matias Viña (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 56' Goal! Roma 2, Spezia 0. Ibañez (Roma) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordan Veretout with a cross following a corner.
  8. 64' Substitution, Roma. Felix Afena-Gyan replaces Borja Mayoral.
  9. 64' Substitution, Roma. Amadou Diawara replaces Chris Smalling.
  10. 65' Marash Kumbulla (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 70' Felix Afena-Gyan (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 90'+2' Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 90'+3' Substitution, Roma. Edoardo Bove replaces Jordan Veretout.
  14. 90'+3' Second yellow card to Felix Afena-Gyan (Roma) for hand ball.

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