Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, October 3, 2021
Empoli WLLWW 0
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AS Roma WLWLW 2
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EMP000
ROMA112
Stadio Olimpico · 31,946 att.

Match Report

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Pellegrini sets Roma on their way to comfortable win over Empoli

Lorenzo Pellegrini celebrated signing a new contract by setting AS Roma on their way to a comfortable win over Empoli.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
11
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
3
35.9
Possession
64.1
11
SHOTS
18
3
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
273
Accurate Passes
562
330
Passes
617
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
6
Accurate Crosses
7
19
Crosses
17
0.3
Cross %
0.4
33
Long Balls
50
21
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.6
Long Balls %
0.7
3
Blocked Shots
5
12
Effective Tackles
9
17
Tackles
11
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
8
Interceptions
7
16
Effective Clearances
16
16
Clearances
16

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

ROMA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Rui PatrícioG
  2. 6Chris SmallingCD-L
  3. 23Gianluca ManciniCD-R
  4. 5Matías ViñaLB
  5. 2Rick KarsdorpRB
  6. 7Lorenzo PellegriniAM
  7. 55Ebrima DarboeLM
  8. 17Jordan VeretoutRM
  9. 9Tammy AbrahamF
  10. 77Henrikh MkhitaryanAM-L
  11. 22Nicolò ZanioloAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Riccardo CalafioriSUB
  2. 59Nicola ZalewskiSUB
  3. 92Stephan El ShaarawySUB
  4. 87Daniel FuzatoSUB
  5. 21Borja MayoralSUB
  6. 4Bryan CristanteSUB
  7. 11Carles PérezSUB
  8. 14Eldor ShomurodovSUB
  9. 24Marash KumbullaSUB
  10. 8Gonzalo VillarSUB
  11. 3Roger IbañezSUB
  12. 42Amadou DiawaraSUB

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 13Guglielmo VicarioG
  2. 42Mattia VitiCD-L
  3. 6Simone RomagnoliCD-R
  4. 3Riccardo MarchizzaLB
  5. 30Petar StojanovicRB
  6. 99Andrea PinamontiM
  7. 28Samuele RicciCM
  8. 25Filippo BandinelliAM
  9. 27Szymon ZurkowskiLM
  10. 8Liam HendersonRM
  11. 11Federico Di FrancescoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Andrea La Mantia
  2. 10Nedim Bajrami
  3. 9Patrick Cutrone
  4. 26Lorenzo Tonelli
  5. 5Leo Stulac
  6. 1Samir Ujkani
  7. 32Nicolas Haas
  8. 7Leonardo Mancuso
  9. 65Fabiano Parisi
  10. 23Kristjan Asllani
  11. 33Sebastiano Luperto
  12. 20Riccardo Fiamozzi

Timeline

  1. 29' Substitution, Empoli. Leonardo Mancuso replaces Andrea Pinamonti because of an injury.
  2. 42' Goal! Roma 1, Empoli 0. Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
  3. 45' Substitution, Empoli. Nedim Bajrami replaces Szymon Zurkowski.
  4. 45' Substitution, Empoli. Nicolas Haas replaces Filippo Bandinelli.
  5. 46' Samuele Ricci (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 48' Goal! Roma 2, Empoli 0. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  7. 56' Nicolas Haas (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 57' Gianluca Mancini (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 64' Substitution, Roma. Bryan Cristante replaces Ebrima Darboe because of an injury.
  10. 70' Substitution, Empoli. Patrick Cutrone replaces Federico Di Francesco.
  11. 70' Substitution, Empoli. Leo Stulac replaces Liam Henderson.
  12. 84' Substitution, Roma. Riccardo Calafiori replaces Matias Viña.
  13. 84' Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 85' Substitution, Roma. Stephan El Shaarawy replaces Nicolò Zaniolo.
  15. 90' Substitution, Roma. Nicola Zalewski replaces Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
  16. 90' Substitution, Roma. Ibañez replaces Chris Smalling because of an injury.
  17. 90'+1' Petar Stojanovic (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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