ROMA. Inter succeeded in reverse the scoreline against Roma.

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 Marco Guida with the assistance of Filippo Meli and Stefano Alassio. The 4th official was Juan Luca Sacchi. The weather was light rain. The temperature was hot at 29.4 degrees Celsius or 84.92 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Roma was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Inter that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Inter was more pushing with 45 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Inter won the match.​

Roma shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Inter shot 10 times, 6 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Roma received 2 yellow cards (Dean Huijsen and Gianluca Mancini). Talking about the opposition, Inter didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this contest, Roma stays with 38 points to hold in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Inter will has 60 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Roma will play away against Frosinone on the 18th of February with a 6-0 head to head record in favor of Roma (0 draws).

Inter will host Atalanta on the 21st of January with a 16-6 head to head record in favor of Inter (12 draws).

Roma – Formation

Roma started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Daniele De Rossi decided to play with the following team: Rui Patrício (6.3), Rick Karsdorp (6.6), Gianluca Mancini (7.0), Dean Huijsen (6.6), Angeliño (5.7), Bryan Cristante (6.3), Leandro Paredes (7.5), Lorenzo Pellegrini (7.9), Paulo Dybala (6.7), Romelu Lukaku  (6.6) and Stephan El Shaarawy (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Chris Smalling, Sardar Azmoun (6.4), Zeki Çelik, Renato Sanches , Houssem Aouar, Tommaso Baldanzi (6.7), Leonardo Spinazzola (6.7), Rasmus Kristensen, Edoardo Bove (6.4), Nicola Zalewski (7.0), Pietro Boer, João Costa, Mile Svilar and Diego Llorente.

Substitutions

Roma made 5 changes: Angeliño for Leonardo Spinazzola (61′), Bryan Cristante for Edoardo Bove (61′), Stephan El Shaarawy for Nicola Zalewski (76′), Lorenzo Pellegrini for Tommaso Baldanzi (76′) and Paulo Dybala for Sardar Azmoun (87′).

Player of the match: Lorenzo Pellegrini​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Roma was Lorenzo Pellegrini.

His rating is 7.9 with 25 passes (72% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.

Inter – Formation

Inter started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Simone Inzaghi played with: Yann Sommer (6.7), Matteo Darmian (7.0), Benjamin Pavard (6.7), Francesco Acerbi (7.3), Alessandro Bastoni (7.8), Federico Dimarco (6.7), Nicolò Barella (7.1), Hakan Çalhanoğlu  (7.0), Henrikh Mkhitaryan (7.5), Marcus Thuram (7.5) and Lautaro Martínez (7.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Denzel Dumfries (6.4), Stefan de Vrij (6.7), Marko Arnautović (7.1), Raffaele Di Gennaro, Davy Klaassen, Tajon Buchanan, Kristjan Asllani, Carlos Augusto (6.8), Yann Bisseck, Ebenezer Akinsamiro, Alexis Sánchez (6.8) and Emil Audero.

Inter could not rely on the presence of Stefan de Vrij (injured).

Substitutions

Inter made 5 changes: Lautaro Martínez for Marko Arnautović (75′), Francesco Acerbi for Stefan de Vrij (63′), Federico Dimarco for Carlos Augusto (75′), Matteo Darmian for Denzel Dumfries (75′) and Marcus Thuram for Alexis Sánchez (87′).

Player of the match: Alessandro Bastoni​

The player that probably impressed the most for Inter was Alessandro Bastoni.

His rating is 7.8 with 1 goal, 74 passes (93% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Roma – Inter – 2-4
• Sassuolo – Torino – 1-1
• Cagliari – Lazio – 1-3