FORMELLO. Roma was ultimately too strong for Sampdoria with the goal of Georginio Wijnaldum (57′), Paulo Dybala (88′ pen) and Stephan El Shaarawy (90′).
The match was played at the Centro Sportivo Lazio stadium in Formello on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Massimiliano Irrati who had the assistance of Andrea Zingarelli and Domenico Rocca. The 4th official was Gianluca Manganiello. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 1 degrees Celsius or 33.87 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 36%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Roma was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Sampdoria that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Roma was putting more pressure with 48 dangerous attacks and 28 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Roma won the match.
Roma shot 28 times, 11 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, Sampdoria shot 6 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Roma received 3 yellow cards (Tammy Abraham, Leonardo Spinazzola and Chris Smalling). On the opposite side, Sampdoria received 4 yellow cards (Jeison Murillo, Alessandro Zanoli, F. Paoletti and Harry Winks).
Also, Sampdoria didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Jeison Murillo (Sampdoria) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (52′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Roma will have 50 points like Inter to hold in the 5th place. On the other side, Sampdoria will stay with 15 points to remain in the 19th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Roma will host Milan on the 29th of April with a 14-11 head to head in favor of Roma (12 draws).
Sampdoria will play away agasint Fiorentina on the 30th of April with a 15-9 head to head statistic in favor of Fiorentina (11 draws).
Roma – Formation
Roma
60'
87'
57'
Roma started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho decided to play with the following team: Rui Patrício , Nicola Zalewski , Chris Smalling , Diego Llorente , Leonardo Spinazzola , Georginio Wijnaldum , Nemanja Matić , Paulo Dybala , Lorenzo Pellegrini , Stephan El Shaarawy and Tammy Abraham .
The home team had on the bench: Andrea Belotti , Zeki Çelik, Cristian Volpato, Ola Solbakken , Mohamed Mady Camara, Pietro Boer, Edoardo Bove, Mile Svilar, Dimitrios Keramitsis and Benjamin Tahirovic.
Substitutions
Roma made 3 changes: Tammy Abraham for Andrea Belotti (58′), Lorenzo Pellegrini for Ola Solbakken (80′) and Nicola Zalewski for Zeki Çelik (87′).
Best player: Paulo Dybala
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Roma was Paulo Dybala.
His rating is with 1 goal, 42 passes (85% accurate) and 7 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 7 crosses.
Sampdoria – Formation
Sampdoria
52'
Sampdoria started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).
Dejan Stankovic played with: Nicola Ravaglia , Alessandro Zanoli , Jeison Murillo , Bruno Amione , Tommaso Augello , Mehdi Léris , Tomás Rincón , Harry Winks , Michaël Cuisance , Filip Đuričić and Manolo Gabbiadini .
They had on the bench: Emirhan İlkhan, Marios Oikonomou, Sam Lammers , Gerard Yepes Laut, Flavio Paoletti , Fabio Quagliarella, Martin Turk, Lorenzo Malagrida, Nicola Murru , Elia Tantalocchi and Jesé Rodríguez.
Substitutions
Sampdoria made 5 changes: Michaël Cuisance for Nicola Murru (55′), Tomás Rincón for Sam Lammers (67′), Tomás Rincón for Flavio Paoletti (67′), Harry Winks for Jesé Rodríguez (89′) and Alessandro Zanoli for Lorenzo Malagrida (89′).
Best player: Nicola Ravaglia
The player that probably impressed the most for Sampdoria was the goalkeeper: Nicola Ravaglia. His rating is 7.23. He performed 7 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Napoli – Milan – 0-4
- Spezia – Salernitana – 1-1
- Monza – Lazio – 0-2
- Roma – Sampdoria – 3-0
- Bologna – Udinese – 3-0
