ROMA. Roma conquers Udinese 3-1. Roma was decisively better in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio Olimpico stadium in Roma on Monday and it started at 3:00 am local time. The referee was Luca Massimi with the support of Domenico Rocca and Edoardo Raspollini. The 4th official was Matteo Marcenaro. The weather was light rain. The temperature was hot at 26.52 degrees Celsius or 79.74 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Roma had a strong ball possession 64% while Udinese was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Roma was more aggressive with 57 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Roma won the match.
Roma shot 12 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Udinese shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Roma received 1 yellow card (Lorenzo Pellegrini). Regarding the opposition, Udinese received 3 yellow cards (Lazar Samardžić, João Ferreira and Isaac Success).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Roma will have 21 points to sit in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Udinese will stay with 11 points to sit in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Roma will play away with Frosinone on the 18th of February with a 6-0 head to head stats in favor of Roma (0 draws).
Udinese will host Cagliari on the 18th of February with a 16-10 head to head in favor of Udinese (8 draws).
Roma – Formation
Roma
20'
63'
33'
Roma adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho decided to play with the following team: Rui Patrício , Gianluca Mancini , Diego Llorente , Evan Ndicka , Rick Karsdorp , Bryan Cristante , Leandro Paredes , Lorenzo Pellegrini , Leonardo Spinazzola , Paulo Dybala and Romelu Lukaku .
The home team had on the bench: Edoardo Bove , Andrea Belotti, Sardar Azmoun , Zeki Çelik, Houssem Aouar, Rasmus Kristensen , Nicola Zalewski , Riccardo Pagano, Niccolò Pisilli, Pietro Boer, Stephan El Shaarawy and Mile Svilar.
Substitutions
Roma made 5 changes: Lorenzo Pellegrini for Sardar Azmoun (63′), Leonardo Spinazzola for Stephan El Shaarawy (63′), Leandro Paredes for Edoardo Bove (77′), Rick Karsdorp for Nicola Zalewski (77′) and Lazar Samardžić for Rasmus Kristensen (83′).
Player of the match: Paulo Dybala
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Roma was Paulo Dybala.
His rating is with 1 goal, 43 passes (93% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 4 crosses.
Udinese – Formation
Udinese
Also Udinese adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Gabriele Cioffi played with: Marco Silvestri , João Ferreira , Jaka Bijol , Nehuén Pérez , Festy Ebosele , Lazar Samardžić , Walace , Martín Payero , Jordan Zemura , Roberto Pereyra and Florian Thauvin , Isaac Success .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Christian Kabasele , Adam Masina, Sandi Lovrić , Oier Zarraga, Hassane Kamara , Marley Aké, Antonio Tikvić, Lorenzo Lucca , Etienne Camara, Thomas Kristensen, Maduka Okoye, S. Pafundi and Daniele Padelli.
Udinese could not rely on the presence of Christian Kabasele (injured) and Hassane Kamara (injured).
Substitutions
Udinese made 4 changes: Lazar Samardžić for Sandi Lovrić (69′), Florian Thauvin for Lorenzo Lucca (79′), Jordan Zemura for Christian Kabasele (79′) and Jordan Zemura for Hassane Kamara (83′).
Player of the match: Florian Thauvin
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Udinese was Florian Thauvin.
His rating is with 1 goal, 9 passes (78% accurate) and 0 key passes.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Juventus – Inter – 1-1
- Roma – Udinese – 3-1
- Frosinone – Genoa – 2-1
- Empoli – Sassuolo – 3-4
- Cagliari – Monza – 1-1
