Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, August 22, 2021
Fiorentina WDLDW 1
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AS Roma DWLWW 3
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Stadio Olimpico · 26,997 att.

Match Report

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Veretout double helps Roma to get off to winning start under Mourinho

Jordan Veretout's double helped AS Roma to earn a 3-1 victory over his former club Fiorentina in their season opener on Sunday.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
4
4
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
7
58.3
Possession
41.7
11
SHOTS
11
8
ON GOAL
6
0.7
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
460
Accurate Passes
301
515
Passes
365
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
6
14
Crosses
11
0.4
Cross %
0.5
50
Long Balls
59
40
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.8
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
0
5
Effective Tackles
10
12
Tackles
13
0.4
Tackle %
0.8
13
Interceptions
11
5
Effective Clearances
16
5
Clearances
16

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

ROMA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Rui PatrícioG
  2. 3Roger IbañezCD-L
  3. 23Gianluca ManciniCD-R
  4. 5Matías ViñaLB
  5. 2Rick KarsdorpRB
  6. 7Lorenzo PellegriniAM
  7. 17Jordan VeretoutLM
  8. 4Bryan CristanteRM
  9. 9Tammy AbrahamF
  10. 77Henrikh MkhitaryanAM-L
  11. 22Nicolò ZanioloAM-R

FIO · 4-3-3

  1. 69Bartlomiej DragowskiG
  2. 98Igor JulioCD-L
  3. 4Nikola MilenkovicCD-R
  4. 3Cristiano BiraghiLB
  5. 23Lorenzo VenutiRB
  6. 15Erick PulgarCM
  7. 14Youssef MalehLM
  8. 5Giacomo BonaventuraRM
  9. 9Dusan VlahovicF
  10. 22Nico GonzálezLF
  11. 7José CallejónRF

Timeline

  1. 12' Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 17' Bartlomiej Dragowski (Fiorentina) is shown the red card.
  3. 20' Substitution, Fiorentina. Pietro Terracciano replaces José Callejón.
  4. 26' Goal! Roma 1, Fiorentina 0. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tammy Abraham with a through ball.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  5. 44' Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 45'+3' Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45' Substitution, Fiorentina. Gaetano Castrovilli replaces Youssef Maleh.
  8. 52' Second yellow card to Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma) for a bad foul.
  9. 53' Erick Pulgar (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 60' Goal! Roma 1, Fiorentina 1. Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Erick Pulgar with a cross following a corner.
  11. 64' Goal! Roma 2, Fiorentina 1. Jordan Veretout (Roma) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tammy Abraham following a fast break.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  12. 69' Substitution, Roma. Eldor Shomurodov replaces Tammy Abraham because of an injury.
  13. 74' Substitution, Fiorentina. Marco Benassi replaces Giacomo Bonaventura.
  14. 79' Goal! Roma 3, Fiorentina 1. Jordan Veretout (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Eldor Shomurodov with a through ball.
  15. 84' Substitution, Fiorentina. Riccardo Sottil replaces Nicolás González.
  16. 84' Substitution, Roma. Carles Pérez replaces Lorenzo Pellegrini.
  17. 84' Substitution, Fiorentina. Riccardo Saponara replaces Lorenzo Venuti.
  18. 84' Substitution, Roma. Stephan El Shaarawy replaces Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
  19. 87' Substitution, Roma. Edoardo Bove replaces Jordan Veretout.

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