Roma
Fiorentina
Match summary
Roma won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Fiorentina. Roma led 1-0 at half-time.
In the first half, Donyell Malen put Roma ahead in the 27th minute, set up by Paulo Dybala. In the second half, Malen made it 2-0 in the 52nd minute, set up by Paulo Dybala, Malen made it 3-0 in the 60th minute, set up by Paulo Dybala, and Niccolò Pisilli made it 4-0 in the 86th minute.
The chances backed that up: Roma created 3.78 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Fiorentina's 0.29 from 9.
Roma secured a comprehensive four-goal victory against Fiorentina in their Serie A fixture. Dominating proceedings throughout, the home side controlled sixty-one percent of possession and recorded seventeen shots, with eight hitting the target. Their territorial dominance was reflected in one hundred and three attacks and fifty-nine dangerous attacks, while Fiorentina managed nine shots and four on target. Roma accumulated an expected goals figure of 3.78 compared to their opponents' 0.29. The hosts completed five hundred and thirty-nine passes at an accuracy of eighty-nine percent. Discipline was fairly even, with Roma committing fifteen fouls and receiving two yellow cards, while Fiorentina recorded eleven fouls and two cautions.
The scoring opened in the twenty-seventh minute when Donyell Malen converted a left-footed shot to give Roma a 1-0 half-time lead. The first half also saw yellow cards for Nicolò Fagioli and Mario Hermoso. Shortly after the restart, Manu Koné received a yellow card before Malen struck his second with another left-footed shot in the fifty-second minute. Malen completed his hat-trick in the sixtieth minute with a right-footed effort. Following a series of substitutions from both teams and a yellow card shown to Mateo Pellegrino for argument, Niccolò Pisilli capped off the victory by scoring with a right foot shot in the eighty-sixth minute.
