SOFIA. Roma defeated CSKA Sofia 3-2 thanks to T. Abraham who scored in the 15th and 53rd minute.

The match was played at the Stadion Slavija stadium in Sofia on Thursday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Nick Walsh assisted by Graeme Stewart and Calum Spence. The 4th official was Colin Steven. The weather was mist. The temperature was quite cold at 1.6 degrees Celsius or 34.88 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. CSKA Sofia was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Roma that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

CSKA Sofia had a more offensive attitude with 51 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyhow, Roma was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

CSKA Sofia shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Roma shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

CSKA Sofia received 2 yellow cards (T. Vion and Geferson). Talking about the opposition, Roma received 3 yellow cards (E. Bove, G. Mancini and M. Kumbulla).

Standings

After playing this match, CSKA Sofia will stay with 1 points to sit in the 4th place. On the opposite side, Roma will have 13 points to hold in the 1st place.

Next matches

CSKA Sofia – Formation

CSKA Sofia started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Stoycho Mladenov decided to play with the following team: Gustavo Busatto (6.2), Plamen Galabov (6.4), Jurgen Matheij (6.2), Thomas Lam (6.1), Bradley Mazikou (6.6), Geferson (6.6), Thibaut Vion (6.6), Karlo Muhar (6.5), Georgi Yomov (6.8), Jordy Caicedo (7.0) and Yohan Bai (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: I. Turitsov, B. Kwarema, D. Evtimov, G. Brankov Chorbadzhiyski, Yanic Wildschut (7.4), A. Donchev, Hamza Čataković (7.1) and Kaloyan Krastev (6.9).

Substitutions

CSKA Sofia made 4 changes: G. Yomov for Y. Wildschut (46′), J. Caicedo for K. Krastev (63′), T. Vion for H. Catakovic (63′) and Y. Bai for B. Charles (90′).

Best player: Yanic Wildschut​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for CSKA Sofia was Yanic Wildschut.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 14 passes (100% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.

Roma – Formation

Roma started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho played with: Daniel Fuzato (6.6), Roger Ibañez (6.4), Marash Kumbulla (6.6), Gianluca Mancini (6.4), Rick Karsdorp (7.8), Jordan Veretout (7.1), Bryan Cristante (6.6), Matías Viña (6.9), Edoardo Bove (7.3), Borja Mayoral (7.4) and Tammy Abraham (8.3).

They had on the bench: F. Tripi, Gonzalo Villar (6.8), M. Ndiaye, N. Zalewski, Ebrima Darboe (6.3), D. Mastrantonio, P. Boer, R. Calafiori, J. Voelkerling Persson, A. Diawara, Eldor Shomurodov (6.6) and Nicolò Zaniolo (6.4).

Roma could not rely on the presence of E. Darboe (injured).

Substitutions

Roma made 4 changes: E. Bove for G. Villar (56′), T. Abraham for N. Zaniolo (67′), B. Mayoral for E. Shomurodov (67′) and N. Zaniolo for E. Darboe (85′).

Best player: Tammy Abraham​

The most impressive player for Roma was Tammy Abraham.

His rating is (8.3) with 2 goals, 11 passes (72% 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 Europa Conference League.​

• Omonia Nicosia – Kairat – 0-0
• Basel – Qarabağ – 3-0
• Vitesse – Mura – 3-1
• København – Slovan Bratislava – 2-0
• PAOK – Lincoln Red Imps – 2-0
• FC Union Berlin – Slavia Praha – 1-1
• Feyenoord – Maccabi Haifa – 2-1
• CFR Cluj – Jablonec – 2-0
• AZ – Randers – 1-0
• CSKA Sofia – Roma – 2-3
• Zorya – Bodø / Glimt – 1-1
• Partizan – Anorthosis – 1-1
• Gent – Flora – 1-0
• LASK Linz – HJK – 3-0
• Alashkert – Maccabi Tel Aviv – 1-1