ROMA. Roma tops Cremonese 1-0 after C. Smalling scored just 1 goal (65′).
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 Luca Massimi with the help of Filippo Meli and Giorgio Peretti. The 4th official was Giovanni Ayroldi. The weather was rainy. The temperature was pleasant at 22.8 degrees Celsius or 73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.
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 49% of the time vs. Cremonese that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Roma was more aggressive with 54 dangerous attacks and 26 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Roma won the match.
Roma shot 26 times, 11 on target, 15 off target. On the other side, Cremonese shot 15 times, 3 on target, 12 off target.
Cards
Roma didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Cremonese received 3 yellow cards (E. Aiwu, L. Zanimacchia and M. Bianchetti).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Roma has 3 points to occupy the 9th place in the standings. Talking about the opposition, Cremonese stays with 0 points (17th).
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Roma will play away against Udinese on the 4th of September with a 25-8 head to head statistic in favor of Roma (3 draws).
Cremonese will play away agasint Inter on the 30th of August with a 0-0 head to head record.
Roma – Formation
Roma
65'
73'
Roma started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho decided to play with the following team: Rui Patrício , Gianluca Mancini , Chris Smalling , Roger Ibañez , Rick Karsdorp , Lorenzo Pellegrini , Bryan Cristante , Leonardo Spinazzola , Paulo Dybala , Nicolò Zaniolo and Tammy Abraham .
The home team had on the bench: Pietro Boer, Felix Afena-Gyan, Nicola Zalewski , Marash Kumbulla, Eldor Shomurodov, Filippo Tripi, Mile Svilar, Edoardo Bove, Stephan El Shaarawy , Zeki Çelik , Matías Viña and Nemanja Matić .
Roma could not rely on the presence of S. El Shaarawy (injured).
Substitutions
Roma made 4 changes: N. Zaniolo for S. El Shaarawy (45′), P. Dybala for N. Matic (72′), L. Spinazzola for N. Zalewski (73′) and R. Karsdorp for Z. Celik (86′).
Best player: Lorenzo Pellegrini
The most impressive player for Roma was Lorenzo Pellegrini even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 40 passes (82% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 8. He performed 6 crosses.
Cremonese – Formation
Cremonese
24'
Cremonese started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Massimiliano Alvini played with: Andrei Radu , Emanuel Aiwu , Vlad Chiricheş , Luka Lochoshvili , Paolo Ghiglione , Charles Pickel , Santiago Ascacibar , Emanuele Valeri , Luca Zanimacchia , Cyriel Dessers and David Okereke .
They had on the bench: Christian Acella, Cristian Buonaiuto , Maissa Codou Ndiaye, Gianluca Saro, Matteo Bianchetti , Leonardo Sernicola, Frank Tsadjout , Samuel Di Carmine, Johan Vásquez, Mouhamadou Sarr, Giacomo Quagliata, Daniel Ciofani , Jaime Báez and Tommaso Milanese.
Substitutions
Cremonese made 5 changes: P. Ghiglione for J. Baez (56′), L. Zanimacchia for C. Buonaiuto (56′), E. Aiwu for M. Bianchetti (57′), D. Okereke for F. Tsadjout (78′) and L. Lochoshvili for D. Ciofani (85′).
Best player: Andrei Radu
The most impressive player for Cremonese was the goalkeeper: Andrei Radu. His rating is 9.13. He performed 10 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
