FIRENZE. Fiorentina recovers against Roma with a goal on the H. Aouar 58′ and a goal on the D. Llorente 90′. Roma was decisively better in terms of ball possession (67%)
Cristiano Biraghi missed a decisive penalty (80′). That would have allowed Fiorentina to win the match.
The match was played at the Stadio Artemio Franchi stadium in Firenze on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Davide Massa with the collaboration of Filippo Meli and Stefano Alassio. The 4th official was Daniele Rutella. The weather was heavy intensity rain. The temperature was cold at 12.98 degrees Celsius or 55.36 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.
Match Statistics
- ! 33 Ball Possession 67
Shots
- 15 Total 10
- 5 On Target 5
- 6 Off Target 4
- 5 Shots blocked 1
- 62 Attack 82
- 35 Dangerous attack 53
- 64 Ball safe 66
- 1 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 2
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 10 Total 14
- 2 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 6 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Roma had a strong ball possession 67% while Fiorentina was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Roma was more aggressive with 53 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Roma to win the contest.
Fiorentina shot 15 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Roma shot 10 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Fiorentina received 2 yellow cards (Giacomo Bonaventura and Nikola Milenković). Regarding the opposition, Roma received 5 yellow cards (Tommaso Baldanzi, Dean Huijsen, Leandro Paredes, Evan Ndicka and Gianluca Mancini).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Fiorentina has 43 points to hold in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Roma will has 48 points to hold in the 5th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Fiorentina will play away against Atalanta on the 17th of March with a 19-8 head to head stats in favor of Fiorentina (11 draws).
Roma will host Sassuolo on the 17th of March with a 10-2 head to head stats in favor of Roma (9 draws).
Fiorentina – Formation
Fiorentina
18'
64'
90'
Fiorentina started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Vincenzo Italiano decided to play with the following team: Pietro Terracciano , Michael Kayode , Nikola Milenković , Luca Ranieri , Cristiano Biraghi , Maxime López , Rolando Mandragora , Nicolás González , Giacomo Bonaventura , Riccardo Sottil and Andrea Belotti .
The home team had on the bench: Dodô, Jonathan Ikoné , Gaetano Castrovilli, M’Bala Nzola, Gino Infantino, Davide Faraoni, Tommaso Martinelli, Pietro Comuzzo, Tommaso Vannucchi, Fabiano Parisi, Antonin Barak, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Arthur and Alfred Duncan .
Substitutions
Fiorentina made 5 changes: Riccardo Sottil for Alfred Duncan (78′), Maxime López for Arthur (90′), Andrea Belotti for M’Bala Nzola (90′), Rolando Mandragora for Antonin Barak (90′) and Nicolás González for Jonathan Ikoné (46′).
Player of the match: Andrea Belotti
The most impressive player for Fiorentina was Andrea Belotti.
His rating is with 19 passes (74% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 11 duels out of 18.
Roma – Formation
Roma
Roma started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Daniele De Rossi played with: Mile Svilar , Gianluca Mancini , Diego Llorente , Evan Ndicka , Angeliño , Bryan Cristante , Leandro Paredes , Stephan El Shaarawy , Paulo Dybala , Houssem Aouar and Romelu Lukaku .
They had on the bench: Rui Patrício, Rick Karsdorp, Dean Huijsen , Sardar Azmoun, Tommaso Baldanzi , Leonardo Spinazzola , Edoardo Bove, Nicola Zalewski , Pietro Boer, Zeki Çelik and Lorenzo Pellegrini .
Substitutions
Roma made 5 changes: Paulo Dybala for Tommaso Baldanzi (73′), Stephan El Shaarawy for Nicola Zalewski (73′), Leandro Paredes for Lorenzo Pellegrini (80′), Angeliño for Leonardo Spinazzola (80′) and Gianluca Mancini for Dean Huijsen (33′).
Player of the match: Mile Svilar
The most impressive player for Roma was the goalkeeper: Mile Svilar. His rating is 7.65. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 3 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
