Roma vs SPAL

20 October 2018 · Serie A · 2018/19 · Referee Luca Pairetto

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Andrea Petagna 38’ (pen)
  • Kevin Bonifazi 56’

Match summary

SPAL beat Roma 2-0 on the road. SPAL led 1-0 at half-time.

Andrea Petagna put SPAL ahead from the penalty spot in the 38th minute and Kevin Bonifazi made it 0-2 with a header in the 56th minute, set up by Mirko Valdifiori.

There was little between the sides on chances: Roma created 1.63 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots, SPAL 1.89 from 6. SPAL had a player sent off.

Match stats

Roma SPAL
13 Shots 5
9 Shots on Target 5
8 Corners 9
3 Yellow Cards 5
0 Red Cards 1
1.63 xG 1.89
1.63 Non-penalty xG 1.13
13 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Roma SPAL
Kick-off
38’
Andrea Petagna
Penalty0-1 (SPAL)
Half-time0-1
56’
Kevin Bonifazi
Assist: Mirko Valdifiori0-2 (SPAL)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

Roma
  • Federico Fazio
  • Luca Pellegrini
  • Cengiz Ünder
SPAL
  • Vanja Milinkovic-Savic
  • Simone Missiroli
  • Alberto Paloschi
  • Everton Luiz

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.63 1.89 38’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), 0-1 38’ 56’ Kevin Bonifazi (SPAL), 0-2 56’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.63 1.89 38’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), 0-1 Petagna 38’ 56’ Kevin Bonifazi (SPAL), 0-2 Bonifazi 56’
Roma 1.63 xGSPAL 1.89 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 SPAL attacking Roma attacking 
38’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 54’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.52 xG, off target 68’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 56’ Kevin Bonifazi (SPAL), from a corner, 0.32 xG, goal 90+4’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 83’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 36’ Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 2’ Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 63’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 90+1’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 9’ Steven N'Zonzi (Roma), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 5’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 7’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 17’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 29’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 88’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 70’ Cengiz Ünder (Roma), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 65’ Justin Kluivert (Roma), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 34’ Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 67’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 4’ Cengiz Ünder (Roma), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 23’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 88’ Iván Marcano (Roma), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 87’ Ante Coric (Roma), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 38’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 54’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.52 xG, off target 68’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), open play, 0.34 xG, saved 56’ Kevin Bonifazi (SPAL), from a corner, 0.32 xG, goal 90+4’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 83’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 36’ Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 2’ Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 63’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 90+1’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 9’ Steven N'Zonzi (Roma), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 5’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 7’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 17’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 29’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 88’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 70’ Cengiz Ünder (Roma), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 65’ Justin Kluivert (Roma), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 34’ Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 67’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 23’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 4’ Cengiz Ünder (Roma), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 88’ Iván Marcano (Roma), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 87’ Ante Coric (Roma), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
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 DEF902 0.160.082
Federico Fazio DEF900 0.000.000
Iván Marcano DEF901 0.010.041
Luca Pellegrini DEF780 0.000.000
Steven N'Zonzi MID901 0.090.021
Bryan Cristante MID590 0.000.000
Cengiz Ünder MID712 0.050.212
Lorenzo Pellegrini MID901 0.020.254
Stephan El Shaarawy MID901 0.100.936
Edin Dzeko FWD908 1.160.091
Justin Kluivert Sub311 0.030.000
Ante Coric Sub191 0.010.000
Javier Pastore Sub120 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Roma win 72% Bet365 odds 1.33
Draw 17% Bet365 odds 5.50
SPAL win 11% Bet365 odds 8.50

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

Form going into the game

Roma DLWWW
SPAL WLLLL

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: SPAL 2-1 Roma, 16 Mar 19  All Roma vs SPAL 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.