AS Roma vs Sassuolo 2022-23 Italian Serie A, 2022-23 Italian Serie A
Without Mourinho, 10-man Roma loses 4-3 to Sassuolo
— Without coach José Mourinho on the bench, Roma lost 4-3 at home to Sassuolo on Sunday in a miserable weekend so far for teams chasing the Champions League qualifying spots from Serie A.
Match Commentary
- 9': Chris Smalling (Roma) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
- 13': Goal! Roma 0, Sassuolo 1. Armand Laurienté (Sassuolo) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
- 18': Goal! Roma 0, Sassuolo 2. Armand Laurienté (Sassuolo) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Domenico Berardi.
- 26': Goal! Roma 1, Sassuolo 2. Nicola Zalewski (Roma) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Leonardo Spinazzola with a cross.
- 45'+1': VAR Checking: Possible Red Card.
- 45'+2': Marash Kumbulla (Roma) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
- 45'+4': Goal! Roma 1, Sassuolo 3. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
- 45'+6': First Half ends, Roma 1, Sassuolo 3.
- 45': Substitution, Roma. Paulo Dybala replaces Edoardo Bove.
- 45': Substitution, Roma. Rick Karsdorp replaces Leonardo Spinazzola.
- 45': Second Half begins Roma 1, Sassuolo 3.
- 50': Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 50': Goal! Roma 2, Sassuolo 3. Paulo Dybala (Roma) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Stephan El Shaarawy following a set piece situation.
- 54': Nemanja Matic (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 56': Substitution, Roma. Mady Camara replaces Nemanja Matic.
- 58': Ruan (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 64': Substitution, Sassuolo. Pedro Obiang replaces Maxime Lopez.
- 64': Substitution, Sassuolo. Martin Erlic replaces Ruan.
- 73': Ibañez (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 75': Goal! Roma 2, Sassuolo 4. Andrea Pinamonti (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Armand Laurienté with a through ball.
- 76': Substitution, Sassuolo. Nedim Bajrami replaces Domenico Berardi.
- 76': Substitution, Sassuolo. Gregoire Defrel replaces Armand Laurienté.
- 77': Substitution, Roma. Cristian Volpato replaces Nicola Zalewski.
- 77': Substitution, Roma. Jordan Majchrzak replaces Tammy Abraham.
- 86': Mady Camara (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 87': Substitution, Sassuolo. Riccardo Marchizza replaces Rogerio.
- 90'+4': Goal! Roma 3, Sassuolo 4. Georginio Wijnaldum (Roma) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Chris Smalling.
Game Information
Venue: Stadio Olimpico
Location: Roma, Italy
Attendance: 60,816
Statistics
 SAS |
ROMA |
|
|---|---|---|
| 18 | Fouls | 11 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 4 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 1 |
| 1 | Offsides | 3 |
| 2 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
| 4 | Saves | 6 |
| 46.9 | Possession | 53.1 |
| 19 | SHOTS | 17 |
| 10 | ON GOAL | 7 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 323 | Accurate Passes | 380 |
| 415 | Passes | 462 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 0 | Accurate Crosses | 7 |
| 7 | Crosses | 18 |
| 0.0 | Cross % | 0.4 |
| 52 | Long Balls | 66 |
| 24 | Accurate Long Balls | 37 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
| 11 | Effective Tackles | 7 |
| 16 | Tackles | 10 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 12 | Interceptions | 9 |
| 13 | Effective Clearances | 7 |
| 13 | Clearances | 7 |
AS Roma (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Rui Patrício (GK) |
| 6 | Chris Smalling  |
| 24 | Marash Kumbulla  |
| 3 | Ibañez |
| 8 | Nemanja Matic |
| 52 | Edoardo Bove |
| 37 | Leonardo Spinazzola |
| 59 | Nicola Zalewski |
| 9 | Tammy Abraham |
| 92 | Stephan El Shaarawy |
| 25 | Georginio Wijnaldum |
Sassuolo (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 47 | Andrea Consigli (GK) |
| 13 | Gian Marco Ferrari |
| 44 | Ruan |
| 6 | Rogério |
| 22 | Jeremy Toljan |
| 27 | Maxime López |
| 7 | Matheus Henrique |
| 16 | Davide Frattesi |
| 9 | Andrea Pinamonti |
| 45 | Armand Laurienté |
| 10 | Domenico Berardi |
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