Roma
Inter
Match summary
The points were shared as Roma and Inter drew 2-2. Roma led 2-0 at half-time.
In the first half, Kouadio Kone put Roma ahead in the 6th minute, set up by Nahuel Molina and Kone made it 2-0 in the 37th minute, set up by Gianluca Mancini. In the second half, Lautaro Martínez pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 46th minute, set up by Marcus Thuram and Martínez equalised from a corner in the 79th minute.
Inter had the better of the chances, with 3.17 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Roma's 2.31 from 18.
Roma and Inter played out an entertaining Serie A fixture on matchday five that finished in a two-all draw after the hosts established a commanding advantage before the interval. The match statistics reflected a closely contested encounter as Roma registered eighteen total shots with four on target, while Inter recorded sixteen shots with five testing the goalkeeper. Possession was evenly split with the away side holding fifty-one percent. Roma created twelve3 attacks and sixty-two dangerous attacks, earning four corners compared to Inter's two, though Inter accumulated a higher expected goals total of 3.17 to Roma's 2.31. Both teams collected three yellow cards.
The opening goal arrived in the sixth minute when Manu Koné converted a right-footed shot for Roma. Nicolò Barella received a yellow card for argument in the eleventh minute. Manu Koné scored his second goal with a left-footed shot in the thirty-seventh minute, followed by a VAR review, before the first half ended two-nil. Manuel Akanji was booked in first-half stoppage time. Lautaro Martínez immediately reduced the deficit for Inter with a left-footed shot in the forty-sixth minute. Following multiple substitutions, Lautaro Martínez scored his second goal with a right-footed shot in the seventy-ninth minute to secure the two-all draw.
