Roma vs Sassuolo

26 December 2018 · Serie A · 2018/19 · Referee Piero Giacomelli

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

  • Diego Perotti 8’ (pen)
  • Patrik Schick 23’
  • Nicolo Zaniolo 59’
  • Khouma Babacar 90’

Match summary

Roma won 3-1 at home to Sassuolo. Roma led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Diego Perotti put Roma ahead from the penalty spot in the 8th minute and Patrik Schick made it 2-0 in the 23rd minute, set up by Bryan Cristante. In the second half, Nicolo Zaniolo made it 3-0 in the 59th minute, set up by Cengiz Ünder and Khouma Babacar pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 90th minute, set up by Manuel Locatelli.

The chances backed that up: Roma created 4.12 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Sassuolo's 0.59 from 10.

Match stats

Roma Sassuolo
16 Shots 8
10 Shots on Target 3
8 Corners 5
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
4.12 xG 0.59
3.36 Non-penalty xG 0.59
10 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Roma Sassuolo
Kick-off
Diego Perotti
Penalty1-0 (Roma)
8’
Patrik Schick
Assist: Bryan Cristante2-0 (Roma)
23’
Half-time2-0
Nicolo Zaniolo
Assist: Cengiz Ünder3-0 (Roma)
59’
90’
Khouma Babacar
Assist: Manuel Locatelli3-1 (Sassuolo)
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Roma
  • Alessandro Florenzi
Sassuolo
  • Gianmarco Ferrari

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 4.12 0.59 8’ Diego Perotti (Roma), 1-0 8’ 23’ Patrik Schick (Roma), 2-0 23’ 59’ Nicolo Zaniolo (Roma), 3-0 59’ 90’ Khouma Babacar (Sassuolo), 3-1 90’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 4.12 0.59 8’ Diego Perotti (Roma), 1-0 Perotti 8’ 23’ Patrik Schick (Roma), 2-0 Schick 23’ 59’ Nicolo Zaniolo (Roma), 3-0 Zaniolo 59’ 90’ Khouma Babacar (Sassuolo), 3-1 Babacar 90’
Roma 4.12 xGSassuolo 0.59 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Sassuolo attacking Roma attacking 
8’ Diego Perotti (Roma), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 23’ Patrik Schick (Roma), open play, 0.62 xG, goal 55’ Patrik Schick (Roma), set piece, 0.51 xG, saved 30’ Nicolo Zaniolo (Roma), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 79’ Cengiz Ünder (Roma), open play, 0.40 xG, saved 59’ Nicolo Zaniolo (Roma), open play, 0.31 xG, goal 85’ Federico Di Francesco (Sassuolo), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 21’ Patrik Schick (Roma), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 46’ Bryan Cristante (Roma), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 21’ Patrik Schick (Roma), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 47’ Cengiz Ünder (Roma), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 30’ Nicolo Zaniolo (Roma), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 90’ Khouma Babacar (Sassuolo), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 74’ Cengiz Ünder (Roma), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 37’ Patrik Schick (Roma), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 82’ Aleksandar Kolarov (Roma), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 22’ Cengiz Ünder (Roma), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 83’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 59’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 77’ Federico Fazio (Roma), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 46’ Diego Perotti (Roma), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 90’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 20’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 76’ Justin Kluivert (Roma), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 67’ Cristian Dell'Orco (Sassuolo), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 68’ Khouma Babacar (Sassuolo), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 10’ Enrico Brignola (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 1’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 39’ Mehdi Bourabia (Sassuolo), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 65’ Pol Lirola (Sassuolo), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 8’ Diego Perotti (Roma), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 23’ Patrik Schick (Roma), open play, 0.62 xG, goal 55’ Patrik Schick (Roma), set piece, 0.51 xG, saved 30’ Nicolo Zaniolo (Roma), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 79’ Cengiz Ünder (Roma), open play, 0.40 xG, saved 85’ Federico Di Francesco (Sassuolo), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 59’ Nicolo Zaniolo (Roma), open play, 0.31 xG, goal 21’ Patrik Schick (Roma), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 46’ Bryan Cristante (Roma), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 21’ Patrik Schick (Roma), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 47’ Cengiz Ünder (Roma), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 30’ Nicolo Zaniolo (Roma), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 90’ Khouma Babacar (Sassuolo), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 74’ Cengiz Ünder (Roma), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 37’ Patrik Schick (Roma), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 82’ Aleksandar Kolarov (Roma), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 22’ Cengiz Ünder (Roma), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 83’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 59’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, off target 77’ Federico Fazio (Roma), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 90’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 46’ Diego Perotti (Roma), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 20’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 76’ Justin Kluivert (Roma), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 67’ Cristian Dell'Orco (Sassuolo), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 68’ Khouma Babacar (Sassuolo), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 10’ Enrico Brignola (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 1’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 39’ Mehdi Bourabia (Sassuolo), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 65’ Pol Lirola (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
Robin Olsen GK900 0.000.000
Alessandro Florenzi DEF900 0.000.582
Federico Fazio DEF901 0.050.082
Kostas Manolas DEF900 0.000.000
Aleksandar Kolarov DEF901 0.070.121
Steven N'Zonzi MID900 0.000.071
Bryan Cristante MID9011 0.120.702
Cengiz Ünder MID9014 0.650.473
Nicolo Zaniolo MID6513 0.850.000
Diego Perotti MID6912 0.800.111
Patrik Schick FWD7815 1.430.653
Javier Pastore Sub250 0.000.000
Justin Kluivert Sub211 0.030.513
Edin Dzeko Sub122 0.110.071

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Roma win 58% Bet365 odds 1.61
Draw 24% Bet365 odds 4.00
Sassuolo win 18% Bet365 odds 5.25

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Roma LDDWL
Sassuolo LDDWD

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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.