Italian Serie A

AS Roma vs Empoli 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 42': Lorenzo Pellegrini
  • 48': Henrikh Mkhitaryan
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2 - 0

Pellegrini sets Roma on their way to comfortable win over Empoli

Lorenzo Pellegrini celebrated signing a new contract by setting AS Roma on their way to a comfortable win over Empoli.

Match Commentary

  • 29': Substitution, Empoli. Leonardo Mancuso replaces Andrea Pinamonti because of an injury.
  • 42': Goal! Roma 1, Empoli 0. Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Roma 1, Empoli 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Empoli. Nedim Bajrami replaces Szymon Zurkowski.
  • 45': Substitution, Empoli. Nicolas Haas replaces Filippo Bandinelli.
  • 45': Second Half begins Roma 1, Empoli 0.
  • 46': Samuele Ricci (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 48': Goal! Roma 2, Empoli 0. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 56': Nicolas Haas (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 57': Gianluca Mancini (Roma) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 64': Substitution, Roma. Bryan Cristante replaces Ebrima Darboe because of an injury.
  • 70': Substitution, Empoli. Patrick Cutrone replaces Federico Di Francesco.
  • 70': Substitution, Empoli. Leo Stulac replaces Liam Henderson.
  • 84': Substitution, Roma. Riccardo Calafiori replaces Matias Viña.
  • 84': Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
  • 85': Substitution, Roma. Stephan El Shaarawy replaces Nicolò Zaniolo.
  • 90': Substitution, Roma. Nicola Zalewski replaces Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
  • 90': Substitution, Roma. Ibañez replaces Chris Smalling because of an injury.
  • 90'+1': Petar Stojanovic (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+3': Second Half ends, Roma 2, Empoli 0.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Olimpico
Location: Roma, Italy
Attendance: 31,946

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+10 AC Milan 13 28 1
+9 Napoli 13 28 3
+15 Internazionale 13 27 4
+8 AS Roma 13 27 4
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Statistics

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15 Fouls 11
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
4 Offsides 3
5 Corner Kicks 6
4 Saves 3
35.9 Possession 64.1
11 SHOTS 18
3 ON GOAL 7
0.3 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
273 Accurate Passes 562
330 Passes 617
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
6 Accurate Crosses 7
19 Crosses 17
0.3 Cross % 0.4
33 Long Balls 50
21 Accurate Long Balls 34
0.6 Long Balls % 0.7
3 Blocked Shots 5
12 Effective Tackles 9
17 Tackles 11
0.7 Tackle % 0.8
8 Interceptions 7
16 Effective Clearances 16
16 Clearances 16

Line-Ups

ROMA AS Roma (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Rui Patrício (GK)
6 Chris Smalling
23 Gianluca Mancini Yellow Card
5 Matías Viña
2 Rick Karsdorp
7 Lorenzo Pellegrini
55 Ebrima Darboe
17 Jordan Veretout
9 Tammy Abraham
77 Henrikh Mkhitaryan
22 Nicolò Zaniolo Yellow Card

EMP Empoli (4-3-1-2)

No. Name
13 Guglielmo Vicario (GK)
42 Mattia Viti
6 Simone Romagnoli
3 Riccardo Marchizza
30 Petar Stojanovic Yellow Card
99 Andrea Pinamonti
28 Samuele Ricci Yellow Card
25 Filippo Bandinelli
27 Szymon Zurkowski
8 Liam Henderson
11 Federico Di Francesco

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