Roma vs Benevento

18 October 2020 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Giovanni Ayroldi

Full time 5 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

  • Pedro 31’
  • Edin Dzeko 35’, 77’
  • Jordan Veretout 69’ (pen)
  • Carles Pérez 89’
  • Gianluca Caprari 5’
  • Gianluca Lapadula 55’

Match summary

Roma came from behind to win 5-2 at home to Benevento. Roma led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Gianluca Caprari put Benevento ahead in the 5th minute, set up by Daam Foulon, Pedro equalised in the 31st minute, set up by Lorenzo Pellegrini, and Edin Dzeko put Roma in front in the 35th minute, set up by Henrikh Mkhitaryan. In the second half, Gianluca Lapadula equalised in the 55th minute, Jordan Veretout put Roma back in front from the penalty spot in the 69th minute, Dzeko made it 4-2 in the 77th minute, set up by Henrikh Mkhitaryan, and Carles Pérez made it 5-2 in the 89th minute, set up by Bryan Cristante.

The chances backed that up: Roma created 4.22 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Benevento's 2.03 from 10. Gianluca Lapadula had a penalty saved for Benevento.

Match stats

Roma Benevento
16 Shots 8
10 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 4
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
4.19 xG 1.56
3.43 Non-penalty xG 0.65
13 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Roma Benevento
Kick-off
5’
Gianluca Caprari
Assist: Daam Foulon0-1 (Benevento)
Pedro
Assist: Lorenzo Pellegrini1-1 (Roma)
31’
Edin Dzeko
Assist: Henrikh Mkhitaryan2-1 (Roma)
35’
Half-time2-1
55’
Gianluca Lapadula2-2 (Benevento)
Jordan Veretout
Penalty3-2 (Roma)
69’
Edin Dzeko
Assist: Henrikh Mkhitaryan4-2 (Roma)
77’
Carles Pérez
Assist: Bryan Cristante5-2 (Roma)
89’
Full-time5-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Roma
  • Davide Santon
  • Ibañez
  • Jordan Veretout
Benevento
  • Daam Foulon
  • Gianluca Caprari

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 4.22 2.03 5’ Gianluca Caprari (Benevento), 0-1 5’ 31’ Pedro (Roma), 1-1 31’ 35’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), 2-1 35’ 55’ Gianluca Lapadula (Benevento), 2-2 55’ 69’ Jordan Veretout (Roma), 3-2 69’ 77’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), 4-2 77’ 89’ Carles Pérez (Roma), 5-2 89’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 4.22 2.03 5’ Gianluca Caprari (Benevento), 0-1 Caprari 5’ 31’ Pedro (Roma), 1-1 Pedro 31’ 35’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), 2-1 Dzeko 35’ 55’ Gianluca Lapadula (Benevento), 2-2 Lapadula 55’ 69’ Jordan Veretout (Roma), 3-2 Veretout 69’ 77’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), 4-2 Dzeko 77’ 89’ Carles Pérez (Roma), 5-2 Pérez 89’
Roma 4.22 xGBenevento 2.03 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Benevento attacking Roma attacking 
55’ Gianluca Lapadula (Benevento), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 69’ Jordan Veretout (Roma), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 75’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), from a corner, 0.73 xG, saved 55’ Gianluca Lapadula (Benevento), set piece, 0.62 xG, goal 77’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.63 xG, goal 83’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), open play, 0.51 xG, off target 35’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.44 xG, goal 24’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 61’ Gianluca Lapadula (Benevento), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 47’ Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 31’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 31’ Pedro (Roma), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 75’ Artur Ionita (Benevento), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 89’ Carles Pérez (Roma), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 59’ Gianluca Lapadula (Benevento), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 60’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 75’ Ibañez (Roma), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 3’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 65’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 84’ Roberto Insigne (Benevento), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 49’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 58’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 12’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 5’ Gianluca Caprari (Benevento), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 59’ Bryan Dabo (Benevento), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 29’ Pedro (Roma), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Riccardo Improta (Benevento), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 14’ Bryan Cristante (Roma), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 50’ Gianluca Caprari (Benevento), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 36’ Davide Santon (Roma), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 55’ Gianluca Lapadula (Benevento), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 69’ Jordan Veretout (Roma), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 75’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), from a corner, 0.73 xG, saved 77’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.63 xG, goal 55’ Gianluca Lapadula (Benevento), set piece, 0.62 xG, goal 83’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), open play, 0.51 xG, off target 35’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.44 xG, goal 24’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 61’ Gianluca Lapadula (Benevento), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 47’ Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 31’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 31’ Pedro (Roma), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 75’ Artur Ionita (Benevento), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 89’ Carles Pérez (Roma), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 59’ Gianluca Lapadula (Benevento), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 60’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 75’ Ibañez (Roma), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 3’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 65’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 84’ Roberto Insigne (Benevento), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 12’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 49’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 58’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 5’ Gianluca Caprari (Benevento), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 59’ Bryan Dabo (Benevento), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 29’ Pedro (Roma), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Riccardo Improta (Benevento), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 14’ Bryan Cristante (Roma), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 50’ Gianluca Caprari (Benevento), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 36’ Davide Santon (Roma), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Antonio Mirante GK900 0.000.000
Davide Santon DEF771 0.010.000
Gianluca Mancini DEF900 0.000.000
Ibañez DEF821 0.050.731
Leonardo Spinazzola DEF901 0.120.142
Bryan Cristante MID9011 0.020.162
Jordan Veretout MID7711 0.760.000
Pedro MID8212 0.120.381
Lorenzo Pellegrini MID9013 0.180.255
Henrikh Mkhitaryan MID9023 0.921.083
Edin Dzeko FWD8926 1.940.021
Bruno Peres Sub130 0.000.511
Gonzalo Villar Sub130 0.000.000
Marash Kumbulla Sub80 0.000.000
Carles Pérez Sub811 0.090.000
Borja Mayoral Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Roma win 70% Avg odds 1.36
Draw 18% Avg odds 5.36
Benevento win 12% Avg odds 7.78

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.