ROMA. Roma beat Hellas Verona to win 2-1. It was Roma to strike first with a goal of Romelu Lukaku at the 19′. Then Lorenzo Pellegrini scored again for Roma in the 25′ minute. Eventually, Michael Folorunsho reduced the distance for Hellas Verona (76′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Roma was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
Milan Đurić missed a decisive penalty (66′). That would have allowed Hellas Verona to draw the match.
The match was played at the Stadio Olimpico stadium in Roma on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Juan Luca Sacchi who had the assistance of Pasquale Capaldo and Salvatore Affatato. The 4th official was Luca Massimi. The weather was light rain. The temperature was extremely hot at 31.32 degrees Celsius or 88.38 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.
Match Statistics
- ! 62 Ball Possession 38
Shots
- 9 Total 12
- 2 On Target 3
- 3 Off Target 4
- 5 Shots blocked 5
- 90 Attack 127
- 28 Dangerous attack 42
- 50 Ball safe 39
- 0 Penalties 1
- 1 Corners 2
- 5 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 9 Total 10
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Roma had a superior ball possession 62% while Hellas Verona was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Hellas Verona had a more offensive attitude with 42 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Roma managed to find the solution to win this match.
Roma shot 9 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Hellas Verona shot 12 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Roma received 2 yellow cards (Diego Llorente and Leandro Paredes). On the opposite side, Hellas Verona received 2 yellow cards (Paweł Dawidowicz and Michael Folorunsho).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Roma has 32 points like Bologna to hold in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, Hellas Verona will stays with 17 points to sit in the 18th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Roma will play away against Salernitana on the 29th of January with a 3-0 head to head in favor of Roma (2 draws).
Hellas Verona will host Frosinone on the 28th of January with a 5-1 head to head record in favor of Frosinone (1 draw).
Roma – Formation
Roma started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).
The manager Daniele De Rossi decided to play with the following team: Sardar Azmoun, Rui Patrício , Rick Karsdorp , Dean Huijsen , Diego Llorente , Leonardo Spinazzola , Edoardo Bove , Leandro Paredes , Lorenzo Pellegrini , Paulo Dybala , Stephan El Shaarawy and Romelu Lukaku .
The home team had on the bench: Andrea Belotti , Zeki Çelik, Rasmus Kristensen , Nicola Zalewski , Riccardo Pagano, Niccolò Pisilli, Pietro Boer, João Costa, Lovro Golic, Jan Oliveras and Mile Svilar.
Roma could not rely on the presence of Rasmus Kristensen (injured).
Substitutions
Roma made 3 changes: Leonardo Spinazzola for Rasmus Kristensen (28′), Paulo Dybala for Nicola Zalewski (57′) and Stephan El Shaarawy for Andrea Belotti (81′).
Player of the match: Lorenzo Pellegrini
The most impressive player for Roma was Lorenzo Pellegrini.
His rating is with 1 goal, 53 passes (79% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 12 duels out of 23. He performed 1 cross.
Hellas Verona – Formation
Hellas Verona started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Marco Baroni played with: Cyril Ngonge, Lorenzo Montipò , Jackson Tchatchoua , Giangiacomo Magnani , Paweł Dawidowicz , Juan Cabal , Michael Folorunsho , Suat Serdar , Jordi Mboula , Tomas Suslov , Riccardo Saponara and Milan Đurić .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Bruno Amione, Thomas Henry , Juan Manuel Cruz , Mattia Chiesa, Simone Perilli, Charlys, Nicolo Calabrese, A. Cissè, Nicolò Calabrese and Federico Bonazzoli .
Substitutions
Hellas Verona made 3 changes: Jordi Mboula for Federico Bonazzoli (46′), Riccardo Saponara for Juan Manuel Cruz (77′) and Milan Đurić for Thomas Henry (77′).
Player of the match: Michael Folorunsho
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Hellas Verona was Michael Folorunsho.
His rating is with 1 goal, 29 passes (73% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 8 duels out of 15. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.