SALERNO. Roma beat Salernitana to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Roma to strike first with a penalty of Paulo Dybala at the 51′. Then Lorenzo Pellegrini scored again for Roma in the 66′ minute. Eventually, Grigoris Kastanos reduced the distance for Salernitana (70′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Roma was truly better in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio Arechi stadium in Salerno on Monday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Marco Di Bello with the collaboration of Pietro Dei Giudici and Marcello Rossi. The 4th official was Federico Dionisi. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 10.8 degrees Celsius or 51.44 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 56%.
Match Statistics
- ! 38 Ball Possession 62
Shots
- 15 Total 5
- 7 On Target 2
- 4 Off Target 1
- 5 Shots blocked 2
- 95 Attack 111
- 50 Dangerous attack 29
- 71 Ball safe 111
- 0 Penalties 1
- 5 Corners 1
- 3 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 10 Total 10
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Roma had a strong ball possession 62% while Salernitana was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Salernitana was more pushing with 50 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 7 were on target. Anyhow, Roma found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.
Salernitana shot 15 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Roma shot 5 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Salernitana received 3 yellow cards (Antonio Candreva, Niccolò Pierozzi and Filippo Inzaghi). On the opposite side, Roma received 3 yellow cards (Paulo Dybala, Lorenzo Pellegrini and Rui Patrício).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Salernitana stays with 12 points to hold in the 20th place. Talking about the opposition, Roma will has 35 points to hold in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Salernitana will play away with Torino on the 4th of February with a 3-0 head to head stats in favor of Torino (2 draws).
Roma will host Cagliari on the 4th of February with a 19-6 head to head statistic in favor of Roma (9 draws).
Salernitana – Formation
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Salernitana adopted the christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).
The manager Filippo Inzaghi decided to play with the following team: Guillermo Ochoa
, Niccolò Pierozzi , Norbert Gyomber , Flavius Daniliuc , Junior Sambia , Giulio Maggiore , Toma Bašić , Domagoj Bradaric , Loum Tchaouna , Antonio Candreva and Simy .The home team had on the bench: Agustín Martegani
, Grigoris Kastanos , Vincenzo Fiorillo, Erik Botheim, Trivante Stewart, Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi , Dylan Bronn , Andres Sfait, Benoît Costil, Alessandro Zanoli , Matteo Lovato and Mateusz Legowski.Substitutions
Salernitana made 5 changes: Toma Bašić for Grigoris Kastanos (62′), Norbert Gyomber for Matteo Lovato (73′), Simy for Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi (73′), Junior Sambia for Agustín Martegani (62′) and Niccolò Pierozzi for Alessandro Zanoli (79′).
Player of the match: Antonio Candreva
The most impressive player for Salernitana was Antonio Candreva.
His rating is
with 32 passes (88% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 15 crosses.Roma – Formation
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Also Roma adopted the christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).
Daniele De Rossi played with: Rui Patrício
, Rick Karsdorp , Gianluca Mancini , Diego Llorente , Rasmus Kristensen , Edoardo Bove , Bryan Cristante , Lorenzo Pellegrini , Paulo Dybala , Romelu Lukaku and Stephan El Shaarawy .They had on the bench: Zeki Çelik, Dean Huijsen
, Andrea Belotti, Houssem Aouar , Nicola Zalewski , Riccardo Pagano, Niccolò Pisilli, Pietro Boer, João Costa, Jan Oliveras and Mile Svilar.Substitutions
Roma made 3 changes: Paulo Dybala for Houssem Aouar (71′), Stephan El Shaarawy for Nicola Zalewski (78′) and Lorenzo Pellegrini for Dean Huijsen (88′).
Player of the match: Rui Patrício
The player that probably impressed the most for Roma was the goalkeeper: Rui Patrício. His rating is 7.85. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Salernitana – Roma – 1-2