ROMA. Roma topped Torino 3-2 thanks to P. Dybala who scored in the 42nd, 57th and 69th minute.
The match was played at the Stadio Olimpico stadium in Roma on Monday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Juan Luca Sacchi who had the assistance of Damiano Di Iorio and Dario Cecconi. The 4th official was Giovanni Ayroldi. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.86 degrees Celsius or 87.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 41%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Roma had a strong ball possession 55% while Torino was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Torino was more aggressive with 47 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyhow, Roma was capable to find the solution to win this contest.
Roma shot 6 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Torino shot 14 times, 6 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Roma received 2 yellow cards (Bryan Cristante and Evan Ndicka). On the other side, Torino received 2 yellow cards (Valentino Lazaro and Samuele Ricci).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Roma has 44 points to sit in the 6th place. On the other side, Torino will stays with 36 points like Monza to hold in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Roma will play away with Monza on the 3rd of March with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Roma (1 draw).
Torino will host Fiorentina on the 3rd of March with a 16-6 head to head stats in favor of Fiorentina (10 draws).
Roma – Formation
Roma
45'
78'
42', 57', 69'
Roma started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Daniele De Rossi decided to play with the following team: Mile Svilar , Gianluca Mancini , Chris Smalling , Evan Ndicka , Rasmus Kristensen , Bryan Cristante , Leandro Paredes , Lorenzo Pellegrini , Angeliño , Paulo Dybala and Sardar Azmoun .
The home team had on the bench: Rui Patrício, Zeki Çelik, Renato Sanches , Houssem Aouar, Tommaso Baldanzi, Leonardo Spinazzola , Edoardo Bove , Nicola Zalewski, Pietro Boer, Luigi Cherubini, Dean Huijsen , Romelu Lukaku and Stephan El Shaarawy.
Substitutions
Roma made 5 changes: Angeliño for Leonardo Spinazzola (64′), Leandro Paredes for Edoardo Bove (65′), Sardar Azmoun for Romelu Lukaku (65′), Chris Smalling for Dean Huijsen (78′) and Lorenzo Pellegrini for Renato Sanches (86′).
Player of the match: Paulo Dybala
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Roma was Paulo Dybala.
His rating is with 3 goals, 50 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 7.
Torino – Formation
Torino
Torino started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Ivan Juric played with: Vanja Milinković-Savić , Koffi Djidji , Matteo Lovato , Adam Masina , Raoul Bellanova , Samuele Ricci , Gvidas Gineitis , Valentino Lazaro , Nikola Vlašić , Antonio Sanabria and Duván Zapata .
They had on the bench: Luca Gemello, Ricardo Rodríguez , Saba Sazonov , Uroš Kabić, David Okereke , Mihai Popa, Zanos Savva, Karol Linetty and Ivan Ilić .
Torino could not rely on the presence of Saba Sazonov (injured).
Substitutions
Torino made 5 changes: Matteo Lovato for Saba Sazonov (14′), Antonio Sanabria for David Okereke (81′), Valentino Lazaro for Ricardo Rodríguez (62′), Gvidas Gineitis for Karol Linetty (80′) and Adam Masina for Ivan Ilić (81′).
Player of the match: Nikola Vlašić
The most impressive player for Torino was Nikola Vlašić.
His rating is with 44 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
