Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, August 20, 2023
Salernitana WDWLW 2
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AS Roma DWWLW 2
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SAL112
ROMA112
Stadio Olimpico · 62,050 att.

Match Report

Ageless Candreva stuns Roma with double in Salernitana draw

Salernitana and AS Roma played out a 2-2 draw in their Serie A opener in front of a sellout crowd at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday after a glorious double from 36-year-old Antonio Candreva was cancelled out by an Andrea Belotti brace.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
12
4
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
9
1
Saves
0
40.1
Possession
59.9
3
SHOTS
13
2
ON GOAL
3
0.7
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
241
Accurate Passes
389
332
Passes
475
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
10
3
Crosses
30
0.0
Cross %
0.3
52
Long Balls
53
12
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.2
Long Balls %
0.4
0
Blocked Shots
3
6
Effective Tackles
13
9
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
10
Interceptions
9
18
Effective Clearances
5
18
Clearances
5

Head to Head

ROMA leads series 3-0-1

Lineups

ROMA · 3-1-4-2

  1. 1Rui PatrícioG
  2. 6Chris SmallingCD
  3. 14Diego LlorenteCD-L
  4. 23Gianluca ManciniCD-R
  5. 4Bryan CristanteSW
  6. 22Houssem AouarCM-L
  7. 52Edoardo BoveCM-R
  8. 37Leonardo SpinazzolaLM
  9. 43Rasmus KristensenRM
  10. 92Stephan El ShaarawyCF-L
  11. 11Andrea BelottiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 2Rick Karsdorp
  2. 59Nicola Zalewski
  3. 16Leandro Paredes
  4. 62Filippo Alessio
  5. 5Evan Ndicka
  6. 63Pietro Boer
  7. 20Renato Sanches
  8. 60Riccardo Pagano
  9. 61Niccolò Pisilli
  10. 18Ola Solbakken
  11. 99Mile Svilar
  12. 19Zeki Çelik

SAL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 13Guillermo OchoaG
  2. 23Norbert GyömbérCD
  3. 17Federico FazioCD-L
  4. 66Matteo LovatoCD-R
  5. 18Lassana CoulibalyCM-L
  6. 25Giulio MaggioreCM-R
  7. 3Domagoj BradaricLM
  8. 30Pasquale MazzocchiRM
  9. 11Erik BotheimF
  10. 87Antonio CandrevaCF-L
  11. 20Grigoris KastanosCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 36Andres SfaitSUB
  2. 35Andrei MotocSUB
  3. 10Boulaye DiaSUB
  4. 1Vincenzo FiorilloSUB
  5. 99Mateusz LegowskiSUB
  6. 56Benoit CostilSUB
  7. 39Antonio IervolinoSUB
  8. 78Mamadou CoulibalySUB
  9. 6Junior SambiaSUB
  10. 40Emanuele EliaSUB

Timeline

  1. 17' Goal! Roma 1, Salernitana 0. Andrea Belotti (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Diego Llorente.
  2. 36' Goal! Roma 1, Salernitana 1. Antonio Candreva (Salernitana) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Lassana Coulibaly.
  3. 41' Norbert Gyömbér (Salernitana) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 49' Goal! Roma 1, Salernitana 2. Antonio Candreva (Salernitana) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Domagoj Bradaric.
  5. 65' Substitution, Roma. Rick Karsdorp replaces Rasmus Kristensen.
  6. 65' Substitution, Roma. Nicola Zalewski replaces Leonardo Spinazzola.
  7. 65' Substitution, Roma. Renato Sanches replaces Edoardo Bove.
  8. 65' Substitution, Roma. Leandro Paredes replaces Chris Smalling.
  9. 66' Substitution, Salernitana. Boulaye Dia replaces Pasquale Mazzocchi.
  10. 66' Giulio Maggiore (Salernitana) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 69' Grigoris Kastanos (Salernitana) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 78' Substitution, Salernitana. Mateusz Legowski replaces Giulio Maggiore.
  13. 79' Substitution, Salernitana. Junior Sambia replaces Grigoris Kastanos.
  14. 82' Goal! Roma 2, Salernitana 2. Andrea Belotti (Roma) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Leandro Paredes with a cross following a corner.
  15. 83' Federico Fazio (Salernitana) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 88' Substitution, Salernitana. Mamadou Coulibaly replaces Erik Botheim.
  17. 90'+2' Substitution, Roma. Riccardo Pagano replaces Houssem Aouar.

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