TORINO. Roma beats Torino 1-0 after P. Dybala scored a penalty (8′). Torino lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino stadium in Torino on Saturday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Andrea Colombo with the collaboration of Matteo Passeri and Alessandro Costanzo. The 4th official was Maurizio Mariani. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.5 degrees Celsius or 49.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 44%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Torino had a superior ball possession 56% while Roma was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Roma was more pushing with 29 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 1 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Roma won the match.​

Torino shot 7 times, 1 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Roma shot 9 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Torino received 3 yellow cards (P. Schuurs, Vanja Milinković-Savić and G. Gineitis). Talking about the opposition, Roma received 1 yellow card (Stephan El Shaarawy).

Standings

After playing this match, Torino will stay with 38 points to remain in the 11th place. On the other side, Roma will have 53 points to remain in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Torino will host Atalanta on the 29th of April with a 12-11 head to head stats in favor of Atalanta (8 draws).

Roma will host Milan on the 29th of April with a 14-11 head to head in favor of Roma (12 draws).

Torino – Formation

Torino adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Ivan Juric decided to play with the following team: Vanja Milinković-Savić (6.2), Andreaw Gravillon (6.4), Perr Schuurs (7.0), Alessandro Buongiorno (6.5), Wilfried Singo (7.1), Samuele Ricci (6.8), Gvidas Gineitis (7.2), Ricardo Rodríguez (7.6), Aleksei Miranchuk (6.6), Nemanja Radonjić (6.7) and Antonio Sanabria (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Michel Ndary Adopo, Pietro Pellegri (6.2), Mërgim Vojvoda, Valentino Lazaro (6.9), Demba Seck, Koffi Djidji (6.6), Nikola Vlašić (7.0), Karol Linetty, Yann Karamoh (6.8), Matteo Fiorenza, Lucas Gemello and Brian Bayeye.

Substitutions

Torino made 5 changes: Samuele Ricci for Koffi Djidji (62′), Antonio Sanabria for Pietro Pellegri (62′), A. Gravillon for Nikola Vlašić (62′), Alessandro Buongiorno for Yann Karamoh (79′) and Nemanja Radonjić for Valentino Lazaro (79′).

Best player: Ricardo Rodríguez​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Torino was Ricardo Rodríguez.

His rating is (7.6) with 64 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.

Roma – Formation

Also Roma adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho played with: Rui Patrício (6.9), Gianluca Mancini (7.0), Chris Smalling (7.5), Diego Llorente (6.1), Nicola Zalewski (6.4), Bryan Cristante (7.0), Georginio Wijnaldum (6.9), Leonardo Spinazzola (6.7), Paulo Dybala (7.1), Stephan El Shaarawy (6.8) and Ola Solbakken (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Mile Svilar, Roger Ibañez da Silva, Pietro Boer, Nemanja Matić (6.7), Mehmet Zeki Çelik, Benjamin Tahirovic, Ebrima Darboe, Tammy Abraham, Andrea Belotti, Marash Kumbulla, Lorenzo Pellegrini (7.0), Edoardo Bove, Mohamed Mady Camara and Cristian Volpato.

Substitutions

Roma made 3 changes: Stephan El Shaarawy for Lorenzo Pellegrini (70′), Ola Solbakken for Nemanja Matić (74′) and Paulo Dybala for Tammy Abraham (83′).

Best player: Chris Smalling​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Roma was Chris Smalling even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.5) with 46 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Hellas Verona – Sassuolo – 2-1
• Torino – Roma – 0-1
• Udinese – Monza – 2-2
• Lazio – Juventus – 2-1
• Sampdoria – Cremonese – 2-3
• Fiorentina – Spezia – 1-1
• Atalanta – Bologna – 0-2