ROMA. Roma overcame Lecce to win 2-1. It was Roma to strike first with an early goal of C. Smalling at the 6′. Then it was a goal in the 39′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, P. Dybala gave the win to Roma in the 47′ minute with a penalty. Roma was definitely better in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

M. Hjulmand received a red card (23′)​. This red card was one of the reason why Lecce lost the match.

The match was played at the Stadio Olimpico stadium in Roma on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Alessandro Prontera with the support of Stefano Alassio and Gamal Mokhtar. The 4th official was Daniele Minelli. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.6 degrees Celsius or 56.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Roma had a superior ball possession 67% while Lecce was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Roma was more aggressive with 68 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Roma won the match​.

Roma shot 22 times, 7 on target, 15 off target. On the other side, Lecce shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Roma received 2 yellow cards (Roger Ibanez and G. Mancini). On the opposite side, Lecce received 2 yellow cards (S. Umtiti and F. Di Francesco).

Also, Lecce didn’t end the match with 11 players after M. Hjulmand (Lecce) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (23′).

Standings

After playing this match, Roma will have 19 points to sit in the 5th place. On the other side, Lecce will stay with 7 points like Bologna to sit in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Roma will play away with Hellas Verona on the 31st of October with a 8-1 head to head in favor of Roma (4 draws).

Lecce will play away agasint Sampdoria on the 12th of November with a 6-2 head to head in favor of Sampdoria (1 draw).

Roma – Formation

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 (6.8), Gianluca Mancini (6.5), Chris Smalling (7.8), Roger Ibañez (7.1), Nicola Zalewski (7.0), Bryan Cristante (7.8), Lorenzo Pellegrini (7.6), Matías Viña (6.9), Paulo Dybala (7.1), Nicolò Zaniolo (6.6) and Andrea Belotti (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Dimitrios Keramitsis, Pietro Boer, Marash Kumbulla, Stephan El Shaarawy, Eldor Shomurodov (6.2), Leonardo Spinazzola (6.6), Mile Svilar, Nemanja Matić (6.5), Tammy Abraham (6.5), Edoardo Bove, Mohamed Mady Camara, Cristian Volpato, Filippo Missori and Filippo Tripi.

Substitutions

Roma made 5 changes: N. Zaniolo for T. Abraham (46′), M. Vina for L. Spinazzola (46′), P. Dybala for N. Matic (50′), A. Belotti for E. Shomurodov (77′) and G. Mancini for M. Kumbulla (89′).

Best player: Bryan Cristante​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Roma was Bryan Cristante even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 75 passes (90% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.

Lecce – Formation

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

Marco Baroni played with: Wladimiro Falcone (6.8), Valentin Gendrey (6.5), Federico Baschirotto (6.9), Samuel Umtiti (7.0), Giuseppe Pezzella (6.4), Kristoffer Askildsen (7.1), Morten Hjulmand (4.0), Joan González (6.4), Gabriel Strefezza (7.1), Assan Ceesay (6.9) and Lameck Banda (6.2).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Federico Di Francesco (7.0), Yıldırım Mert Çetin, Marin Pongracic, Rémi Oudin, Federico Brancolini, Marcin Listkowski, Pablo Rodríguez Delgado, Marco Bleve, Lorenzo Colombo (6.4), Alexis Blin (7.0), Alessandro Tuia, Antonino Gallo, Þórir Jóhann Helgason (6.7), Joel Voelkerling Persson and Kastriot Dermaku.

Substitutions

Lecce made 5 changes: J. Gonzalez for A. Blin (46′), K. Askildsen for T. J. Helgason (71′), G. Strefezza for F. Di Francesco (71′), L. Banda for L. Colombo (81′) and A. Ceesay for R. Oudin (90′).

Best player: Kristoffer Askildsen​

The most impressive player for Lecce was Kristoffer Askildsen.

His rating is (7.1) with 14 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Salernitana – Hellas Verona – 2-1
• Udinese – Atalanta – 2-2
• Torino – Empoli – 1-1
• Roma – Lecce – 2-1
• Monza – Spezia – 2-0
• Cremonese – Napoli – 1-4