Roma vs Sassuolo

15 September 2019 · Serie A · 2019/20 · Referee Daniele Chiffi

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 4–0

  • Bryan Cristante 12’
  • Edin Dzeko 19’
  • Henrikh Mkhitaryan 22’
  • Justin Kluivert 33’
  • Domenico Berardi 53’, 72’

Match summary

Roma beat Sassuolo 4-2. Roma led 4-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Bryan Cristante put Roma ahead with a header in the 12th minute, set up by Lorenzo Pellegrini, Edin Dzeko made it 2-0 in the 19th minute, set up by Aleksandar Kolarov, Henrikh Mkhitaryan made it 3-0 in the 22nd minute, set up by Lorenzo Pellegrini, and Justin Kluivert made it 4-0 in the 33rd minute, set up by Lorenzo Pellegrini. In the second half, Domenico Berardi pulled one back to make it 4-1 with a direct free kick in the 53rd minute and Berardi made it 4-2 in the 72nd minute, set up by Alfred Duncan.

The chances backed that up: Roma created 2.96 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Sassuolo's 0.85 from 12.

Match stats

Roma Sassuolo
14 Shots 10
10 Shots on Target 5
8 Corners 2
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.96 xG 0.85
2.96 Non-penalty xG 0.85
7 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Roma Sassuolo
Kick-off
Bryan Cristante
Assist: Lorenzo Pellegrini1-0 (Roma)
12’
Edin Dzeko
Assist: Aleksandar Kolarov2-0 (Roma)
19’
Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Assist: Lorenzo Pellegrini3-0 (Roma)
22’
Justin Kluivert
Assist: Lorenzo Pellegrini4-0 (Roma)
33’
Half-time4-0
53’
Domenico Berardi4-1 (Sassuolo)
72’
Domenico Berardi
Assist: Alfred Duncan4-2 (Sassuolo)
Full-time4-2

Bookings

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

Roma
  • Lorenzo Pellegrini
Sassuolo
  • Pedro Obiang
  • Jeremy Toljan

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.96 0.85 12’ Bryan Cristante (Roma), 1-0 12’ 19’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), 2-0 19’ 22’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), 3-0 22’ 33’ Justin Kluivert (Roma), 4-0 33’ 53’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), 4-1 53’ 72’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), 4-2 72’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.96 0.85 12’ Bryan Cristante (Roma), 1-0 Cristante 12’ 19’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), 2-0 Dzeko 19’ 22’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), 3-0 Mkhitaryan 22’ 33’ Justin Kluivert (Roma), 4-0 Kluivert 33’ 53’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), 4-1 Berardi 53’ 72’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), 4-2 Berardi 72’
Roma 2.96 xGSassuolo 0.85 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Sassuolo attacking Roma attacking 
90+2’ Javier Pastore (Roma), open play, 0.60 xG, off target 19’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.59 xG, goal 33’ Justin Kluivert (Roma), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 50’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.37 xG, hit the woodwork 90+2’ Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo), open play, 0.32 xG, off target 22’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), open play, 0.27 xG, goal 12’ Bryan Cristante (Roma), from a corner, 0.14 xG, goal 48’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 72’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 50’ Justin Kluivert (Roma), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 12’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 16’ Gregoire Defrel (Sassuolo), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 41’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 27’ Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 47’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 53’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, goal 7’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 44’ Vlad Chiriches (Sassuolo), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 86’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 90+4’ Hamed Junior Traore (Sassuolo), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 66’ Gregoire Defrel (Sassuolo), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 68’ Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 89’ Javier Pastore (Roma), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 55’ Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 83’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 51’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 90+1’ Hamed Junior Traore (Sassuolo), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+2’ Javier Pastore (Roma), open play, 0.60 xG, off target 19’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.59 xG, goal 33’ Justin Kluivert (Roma), open play, 0.41 xG, goal 50’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.37 xG, hit the woodwork 90+2’ Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo), open play, 0.32 xG, off target 22’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), open play, 0.27 xG, goal 12’ Bryan Cristante (Roma), from a corner, 0.14 xG, goal 48’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 72’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 50’ Justin Kluivert (Roma), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 16’ Gregoire Defrel (Sassuolo), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 12’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 41’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 27’ Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 47’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 53’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, goal 7’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 44’ Vlad Chiriches (Sassuolo), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 86’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 90+4’ Hamed Junior Traore (Sassuolo), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 66’ Gregoire Defrel (Sassuolo), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 68’ Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 89’ Javier Pastore (Roma), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 55’ Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 83’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 51’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 90+1’ Hamed Junior Traore (Sassuolo), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Pau López GK900 0.000.000
Alessandro Florenzi DEF771 0.020.371
Federico Fazio DEF900 0.000.000
Gianluca Mancini DEF900 0.000.000
Aleksandar Kolarov DEF9010 0.000.612
Jordan Veretout MID900 0.000.051
Bryan Cristante MID9011 0.140.081
Justin Kluivert MID7612 0.510.000
Lorenzo Pellegrini MID8832 0.110.823
Henrikh Mkhitaryan MID9011 0.270.183
Edin Dzeko FWD9016 1.270.000
Nicolo Zaniolo Sub140 0.000.601
Leonardo Spinazzola Sub130 0.000.000
Javier Pastore Sub22 0.640.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Roma win 62% Avg odds 1.55
Draw 21% Avg odds 4.46
Sassuolo win 17% Avg odds 5.57

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

Form going into the game

Roma WDWDD
Sassuolo LDLLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Sassuolo 0-0 Roma, 18 May 19 Next meeting: Sassuolo 4-2 Roma, 01 Feb 20  All Roma vs Sassuolo meetings

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.