GENOVA. Roma defeats Sampdoria 1-0 after H. Mkhitaryan scored just 1 goal (27′).
The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genova on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Gianluca Manganiello with the help of Marco Bresmes and Valerio Vecchi. The 4th official was Alberto Santoro. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.7 degrees Celsius or 42.3 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Sampdoria was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Roma that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Sampdoria was more aggressive with 35 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Roma was able to find the solution to win this encounter.
Sampdoria shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Roma shot 7 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Sampdoria received 2 yellow cards (B. Bereszynski and A. Sabiri). On the opposite side, Roma received 3 yellow cards (R. Ibanez, S. Oliveira and L. Pellegrini).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Sampdoria will stay with 29 points to sit in the 16th place. On the other side, Roma will have 54 points to hold in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Sampdoria will play away with Bologna on the 11th of April with a 10-9 head to head in favor of Bologna (5 draws).
Roma will host Salernitana on the 10th of April with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Roma (0 draws).
Sampdoria – Formation
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Sampdoria started with a 4-1-3-2 line-up (4-1-3-2).
The manager Marco Giampaolo decided to play with the following team: .
Substitutions
Sampdoria made 5 changes: S. Sensi for F. Quagliarella (46′), T. Rincon for T. Augello (60′), N. Murru for R. Vieira (60′), M. Thorsby for S. Trimboli (73′) and A. Ferrari for M. Yoshida (90′).
Roma – Formation
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Roma started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho played with: .
Roma could not rely on the presence of E. Shomurodov (injured).
Substitutions
Roma made 4 changes: T. Abraham for E. Shomurodov (81′), N. Zalewski for M. Vina (81′), S. Oliveira for M. Kumbulla (90′) and L. Pellegrini for E. Bove (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Atalanta – Napoli – 1-3
- Fiorentina – Empoli – 1-0
- Juventus – Inter – 0-1
- Sampdoria – Roma – 0-1
- Udinese – Cagliari – 5-1