AS Roma vs Leverkusen 2022-23 UEFA Europa League, Semifinals
Roma take narrow lead over Leverkusen in Europa League semi
AS Roma grabbed a 1-0 home victory over Bayer Leverkusen in their Europa League semifinal first leg thanks to Edoardo Bove's second-half goal.
Match Commentary
- 36': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Mitchel Bakker replaces Odilon Kossounou because of an injury.
- 45'+4': First Half ends, Roma 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0.
- 50': Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 57': Moussa Diaby (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 57': Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
- 58': Gianluca Mancini (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
- 63': Goal! Roma 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0. Edoardo Bove (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
- 72': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Sardar Azmoun replaces Adam Hlozek.
- 72': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Amine Adli replaces Moussa Diaby.
- 76': Tammy Abraham (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 76': Substitution, Roma. Georginio Wijnaldum replaces Edoardo Bove.
- 77': Substitution, Roma. Paulo Dybala replaces Andrea Belotti.
- 89': Ibañez (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+2': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nadiem Amiri replaces Robert Andrich because of an injury.
- 90'+3': Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Roma 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0.
Game Information
Competition: UEFA Europa League
Venue: Stadio Olimpico
Location: Roma, Italy
Attendance: 63,123
Venue: Stadio Olimpico
Location: Roma, Italy
Attendance: 63,123
Statistics
 B04 |
ROMA |
|
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Fouls | 16 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 4 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 3 | Corner Kicks | 2 |
| 4 | Saves | 1 |
| 61.9 | Possession | 38.1 |
| 10 | SHOTS | 12 |
| 2 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 501 | Accurate Passes | 287 |
| 588 | Passes | 367 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 2 |
| 18 | Crosses | 7 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 50 | Long Balls | 61 |
| 26 | Accurate Long Balls | 28 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 11 | Effective Tackles | 9 |
| 18 | Tackles | 13 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 7 | Interceptions | 12 |
| 10 | Effective Clearances | 14 |
| 10 | Clearances | 14 |
AS Roma (3-4-1-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Rui Patrício (GK) |
| 4 | Bryan Cristante |
| 3 | Ibañez  |
| 23 | Gianluca Mancini |
| 8 | Nemanja Matic |
| 52 | Edoardo Bove |
| 7 | Lorenzo Pellegrini |
| 37 | Leonardo Spinazzola |
| 19 | Zeki Çelik |
| 9 | Tammy Abraham |
| 11 | Andrea Belotti |
Bayer Leverkusen (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lukas Hradecky (GK) |
| 4 | Jonathan Tah |
| 12 | Edmond Tapsoba |
| 6 | Odilon Kossounou |
| 8 | Robert Andrich |
| 25 | Exequiel Palacios |
| 3 | Piero Hincapié |
| 30 | Jeremie Frimpong |
| 23 | Adam Hlozek |
| 27 | Florian Wirtz |
| 19 | Moussa Diaby |
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