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ROMA. Roma was in the end too strong for Sheriff with the goal of Romelu Lukaku (11′), Andrea Belotti (32′) and Niccolò Pisilli (90′). Roma took advantage of its superior ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Stadio Olimpico stadium in Roma on Thursday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Jérôme Brisard with the collaboration of Nicolas Danos and Aurélien Drouet. The 4th official was Jeremy Stinat. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was extremely hot at 31.69 degrees Celsius or 89.04 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 37%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Roma was in firm control of the ball 59% while Sheriff was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Roma was more pushing with 63 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Roma won the match.
Roma shot 18 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Sheriff shot 4 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Roma received 1 yellow card (Edoardo Bove). Talking about the opposition, Sheriff received 2 yellow cards (Ricardinho and Amine Talal).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After playing this match, Roma has 13 points to sit in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Sheriff will stays with 1 points to hold in the 4th place.
Next matches
Roma – Formation
Roma
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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: Gianluca Mancini, Mile Svilar , Zeki Çelik , Bryan Cristante , Diego Llorente , Rick Karsdorp , Renato Sanches , Edoardo Bove , Houssem Aouar , Nicola Zalewski , Romelu Lukaku and Andrea Belotti .
The home team had on the bench: Lorenzo Pellegrini, Leandro Paredes , Stephan El Shaarawy , Rui Patrício, Riccardo Pagano , Niccolò Pisilli , Pietro Boer, Luigi Cherubini, Martin Vetkal, M. Mannini, João Costa and Matteo Giuseppe Plaia.
Roma could not rely on the presence of Stephan El Shaarawy (injured).
Substitutions
Roma made 3 changes: Houssem Aouar for Stephan El Shaarawy (46′), Renato Sanches for Riccardo Pagano (61′) and Diego Llorente for Leandro Paredes (61′).
Player of the match: Romelu Lukaku
The player that probably impressed the most for Roma was Romelu Lukaku .
His rating is with 1 goal, 27 passes (74% accurate) and 5 key passes. He performed 1 cross.
Sheriff – Formation
Sheriff
Also Sheriff adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Roman Pylypchuk played with: Gabi Kiki, Maksym Koval , Konstantinos Apostolakis , Cristian Tovar , Munashe Garananga , Alejandro Artunduaga , Amine Talal , Jerome Ngom Mbekeli , Ricardinho , Cedric Badolo , João Paulo and David Akpan Ankeye .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Armel Zohouri , Victor Straistari, Berkay Vardar, Vinícius Paiva, Vlad Colis, Roman Scurtul, Serghei Paşcenco and Luvannor Henrique .
Substitutions
Sheriff made 3 changes: Konstantinos Apostolakis for Armel Zohouri (36′), David Akpan Ankeye for Luvannor Henrique (72′) and Cedric Badolo for Berkay Vardar (85′).
Player of the match: Cristian Tovar
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sheriff was Cristian Tovar.
His rating is with 37 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 3.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- Union Saint-Gilloise – Liverpool – 2-1
- LASK Linz – Toulouse – 1-2
- Rennes – Villarreal – 2-3
- Panathinaikos – Maccabi Haifa – 1-2
- Roma – Sheriff – 3-0
- Slavia Praha – Servette – 4-0
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Molde – 5-1
- Qarabağ – Häcken – 2-1
- West Ham United – SC Freiburg – 2-0
- Olympiakos Piraeus – Bačka Topola – 5-2
- Ajax – AEK Athens – 3-1
- Brighton & Hove Albion – Olympique Marseille – 1-0
- Real Betis – Rangers – 2-3
- Aris Limassol – Sparta Praha – 1-3
- Sporting CP – Sturm Graz – 3-0
- Raków Częstochowa – Atalanta – 0-4
