AS Roma vs Salernitana 2023-24 Italian Serie A

AS Roma

17': Andrea Belotti
82': Andrea Belotti

FT
2 - 2

Salernitana

36': Antonio Candreva
49': Antonio Candreva

Ageless Candreva stuns Roma with double in Salernitana draw

Salernitana and AS Roma played out a 2-2 draw in their Serie A opener in front of a sellout crowd at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday after a glorious double from 36-year-old Antonio Candreva was cancelled out by an Andrea Belotti brace.

Match Commentary

17': Goal! Roma 1, Salernitana 0. Andrea Belotti (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Diego Llorente.
36': Goal! Roma 1, Salernitana 1. Antonio Candreva (Salernitana) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Lassana Coulibaly.
41': Norbert Gyömbér (Salernitana) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+7': First Half ends, Roma 1, Salernitana 1.
45': Second Half begins Roma 1, Salernitana 1.
49': Goal! Roma 1, Salernitana 2. Antonio Candreva (Salernitana) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Domagoj Bradaric.
65': Substitution, Roma. Rick Karsdorp replaces Rasmus Kristensen.
65': Substitution, Roma. Nicola Zalewski replaces Leonardo Spinazzola.
65': Substitution, Roma. Renato Sanches replaces Edoardo Bove.
65': Substitution, Roma. Leandro Paredes replaces Chris Smalling.
66': Substitution, Salernitana. Boulaye Dia replaces Pasquale Mazzocchi.
66': Giulio Maggiore (Salernitana) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
69': Grigoris Kastanos (Salernitana) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
78': Substitution, Salernitana. Mateusz Legowski replaces Giulio Maggiore.
79': Substitution, Salernitana. Junior Sambia replaces Grigoris Kastanos.
82': Goal! Roma 2, Salernitana 2. Andrea Belotti (Roma) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Leandro Paredes with a cross following a corner.
83': Federico Fazio (Salernitana) is shown the yellow card.
88': Substitution, Salernitana. Mamadou Coulibaly replaces Erik Botheim.
90'+2': Substitution, Roma. Riccardo Pagano replaces Houssem Aouar.
90'+7': Second Half ends, Roma 2, Salernitana 2.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Olimpico
Location: Roma, Italy
Attendance: 62,050

Italian Serie A Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+30	Napoli	35	77	4
+40	Internazionale	35	74	5
+40	Atalanta	35	68	7
+20	Juventus	35	63	4

Full Table

Statistics

SAL		ROMA
9	Fouls	12
4	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	1
1	Corner Kicks	9
1	Saves	0
40.1	Possession	59.9
3	SHOTS	13
2	ON GOAL	3
0.7	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
241	Accurate Passes	389
332	Passes	475
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.8
0	Accurate Crosses	10
3	Crosses	30
0.0	Cross %	0.3
52	Long Balls	53
12	Accurate Long Balls	23
0.2	Long Balls %	0.4
0	Blocked Shots	3
6	Effective Tackles	13
9	Tackles	15
0.7	Tackle %	0.9
10	Interceptions	9
18	Effective Clearances	5
18	Clearances	5

Line-Ups

AS Roma (3-1-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Rui Patrício (GK)
6	Chris Smalling
14	Diego Llorente
23	Gianluca Mancini
4	Bryan Cristante
22	Houssem Aouar
52	Edoardo Bove
37	Leonardo Spinazzola
43	Rasmus Kristensen
92	Stephan El Shaarawy
11	Andrea Belotti

Substitutes:

Rick Karsdorp, Nicola Zalewski, Leandro Paredes, Filippo Alessio, Evan Ndicka, Pietro Boer, Renato Sanches, Riccardo Pagano, Niccolò Pisilli, Ola Solbakken, Mile Svilar, Zeki Çelik.

Salernitana (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
13	Guillermo Ochoa (GK)
23	Norbert Gyömbér
17	Federico Fazio
66	Matteo Lovato
18	Lassana Coulibaly
25	Giulio Maggiore
3	Domagoj Bradaric
30	Pasquale Mazzocchi
11	Erik Botheim
87	Antonio Candreva
20	Grigoris Kastanos

Substitutes:

Andres Sfait, Andrei Motoc, Boulaye Dia, Vincenzo Fiorillo, Mateusz Legowski, Benoit Costil, Antonio Iervolino, Mamadou Coulibaly, Junior Sambia, Emanuele Elia.