AS Roma vs Empoli 2021-22 Italian Serie A

AS Roma

42': Lorenzo Pellegrini
48': Henrikh Mkhitaryan

FT
2 - 0

Empoli

Pellegrini sets Roma on their way to comfortable win over Empoli

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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
+43	Internazionale	27	67	4
+23	AC Milan	27	57	2
+13	Napoli	27	53	6
+18	AS Roma	27	51	8

Full Table

Statistics

EMP		ROMA
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

AS Roma (4-2-3-1)

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

Substitutes:

Riccardo Calafiori, Nicola Zalewski, Stephan El Shaarawy, Daniel Fuzato, Borja Mayoral, Bryan Cristante, Carles Pérez, Eldor Shomurodov, Marash Kumbulla, Gonzalo Villar, Ibañez, Amadou Diawara.

Empoli (4-3-1-2)

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

Substitutes:

Andrea La Mantia, Nedim Bajrami, Patrick Cutrone, Lorenzo Tonelli, Leo Stulac, Samir Ujkani, Nicolas Haas, Leonardo Mancuso, Fabiano Parisi, Kristjan Asllani, Sebastiano Luperto, Riccardo Fiamozzi.