ROMA. Bologna overcomes Roma 3-1. Bologna got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Oussama El Azzouzi (14′) and Joshua Zirkzee  (45′). Roma tried to recover with a goal from Sardar Azmoun  (56′). Nevertheless, the match was closed by a goal (65′) scored by Alexis Saelemaekers for Bologna.

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 Fabio Maresca with the collaboration of Matteo Passeri and Alessandro Constanzo. The 4th official was Juan Luca Sacchi. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 21.62 degrees Celsius or 70.92 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Roma was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Bologna that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Roma was putting more pressure with 45 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, Bologna succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Roma shot 14 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Bologna shot 11 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Roma received 5 yellow cards (Leandro Paredes, Stephan El Shaarawy, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Remo Freuler and Angeliño). Talking about the opposition, Bologna received 2 yellow cards (Joshua Zirkzee  and Diego Llorente).

Standings

After this match, Roma stays with 55 points to sit in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Bologna will has 62 points to hold in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Roma will play away with Napoli on the 28th of April with a 15-14 head to head record in favor of Roma (8 draws).

Bologna will host Udinese on the 28th of April with a 13-7 head to head record in favor of Udinese (10 draws).

Roma – Formation

Roma adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Daniele De Rossi decided to play with the following team: Mile Svilar (6.0), Zeki Çelik (6.6), Diego Llorente (7.0), Gianluca Mancini (6.4), Angeliño (6.6), Bryan Cristante (7.0), Leandro Paredes (7.3), Lorenzo Pellegrini (6.4), Paulo Dybala  (7.5), Tammy Abraham (6.6) and Stephan El Shaarawy (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Rui Patrício, Chris Smalling , Sardar Azmoun  (7.5), Renato Sanches , Houssem Aouar, Tommaso Baldanzi (7.0), Leonardo Spinazzola (6.8), Rasmus Kristensen , Nicola Zalewski, Pietro Boer, João Costa (6.4), Rick Karsdorp (6.7), Dean Huijsen and Edoardo Bove.

Substitutions

Roma made 4 changes: Angeliño for Leonardo Spinazzola (52′), Tammy Abraham for Sardar Azmoun  (52′), Zeki Çelik for Rick Karsdorp (52′) and Stephan El Shaarawy for Tommaso Baldanzi (72′).

Player of the match: Sardar Azmoun ​

The player that probably impressed the most for Roma was Sardar Azmoun .

His rating is 7.5 with 1 goal, 8 passes (63% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.

His performance was extraordinary also because he commenced the match from the bench before entering in the 52′.

Bologna – Formation

Also Bologna adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Thiago Motta played with: Lukasz Skorupski (7.0), Stefan Posch (7.9), Sam Beukema (7.0), Jhon Lucumí (7.0), Riccardo Calafiori (7.7), Remo Freuler (7.0), Dan Ndoye (7.1), Oussama El Azzouzi (8.5), Michel Aebischer (6.3), Alexis Saelemaekers (7.7) and Joshua Zirkzee  (8.7).

These were the players on the bench: Mihajlo Ilić, Nikola Moro, Jesper Karlsson , Tommaso Corazza, Santiago Castro (7.0), Charalampos Lykogiannis, Nicola Bagnolini, Lorenzo De Silvestri (7.0), Federico Ravaglia, Kacper Urbański (7.0), Victor Kristiansen (6.8), Riccardo Orsolini and Giovanni Fabbian (7.0).

Bologna could not rely on the presence of Kacper Urbański (injured).

Substitutions

Bologna made 5 changes: Stefan Posch for Lorenzo De Silvestri (80′), Dan Ndoye for Giovanni Fabbian (80′), Oussama El Azzouzi for Kacper Urbański (77′), Joshua Zirkzee  for Santiago Castro (69′) and Riccardo Calafiori for Victor Kristiansen (80′).

Player of the match: Joshua Zirkzee ​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Bologna was Joshua Zirkzee .

His rating is 8.7 with 1 goal, 27 passes (74% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 4.

Results of the day

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

• Milan – Inter – 1-2
• Roma – Bologna – 1-3