ROMA. Lazio overcame Roma.
The match was played at the Stadio Olimpico stadium in Roma on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Marco Guida with the help of Filippo Meli and Giorgio Peretti. The 4th official was Marco Di Bello. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 19 degrees Celsius or 66.22 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.
Lazio – Formation
Lazio started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Maurizio Sarri decided to play with the following team: Pepe Reina , Adam Marušić , Luiz Felipe , Francesco Acerbi , Elseid Hysaj , Sergej Milinković-Savić , Lucas Leiva , Luis Alberto , Felipe Anderson , Ciro Immobile and Pedro .
The home team had on the bench: Ştefan Radu, Danilo Cataldi , Raúl Moro, Luka Romero, Marius Adamonis, Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro , Thomas Strakosha, Toma Bašić, Gonzalo Escalante, Vedat Muriqi, Manuel Lazzari and Patric.
Best player: Sergej Milinković-Savić
The player that probably impressed the most for Lazio was Sergej Milinković-Savić.
His rating is with 1 goal, 39 passes (82% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 19.
Roma – Formation
Roma started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the opposite side, José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho played with: Rui Patrício , Rick Karsdorp , Gianluca Mancini , Roger Ibañez , Matías Viña , Jordan Veretout , Bryan Cristante , Nicolò Zaniolo , Henrikh Mkhitaryan , Stephan El Shaarawy and Tammy Abraham .
They had on the bench: Edoardo Bove, Riccardo Calafiori, Pietro Boer, Ebrima Darboe, Carles Pérez , Marash Kumbulla, Daniel Fuzato, Borja Mayoral, Chris Smalling , Eldor Shomurodov , Amadou Diawara and Nicola Zalewski .
Roma could not rely on the presence of C. Perez (injured).
Best player: Jordan Veretout
The player that probably impressed the most for Roma was Jordan Veretout.
His rating is with 1 goal, 50 passes (90% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 7 crosses.
Match Statistics
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Lazio was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Roma that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Roma was more aggressive with 58 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 9 were on target. Nevertheless, Lazio managed to find the solution to win this contest.
Lazio shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Roma shot 20 times, 9 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Lazio received 2 yellow cards (Lucas Leiva and D. Cataldi). On the other side, Roma received 5 yellow cards (R. Patricio, B. Cristante, M. Vina, J. Mourinho and J. Veretout).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Lazio will have 11 points like Atalanta to move down in the 6th place. On the other side, Roma will stay with 12 points like Fiorentina to stay in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Lazio will play away with Bologna on the 3rd of October with a 12-4 head to head stats in favor of Lazio (8 draws).
Roma will host Empoli on the 3rd of October with a 9-2 head to head statistic in favor of Roma (4 draws).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Empoli – Bologna – 4-2
- Juventus – Sampdoria – 3-2
- Lazio – Roma – 3-2
- Napoli – Cagliari – 2-0
- Sassuolo – Salernitana – 1-0
- Udinese – Fiorentina – 0-1