Novara 0-2 Roma: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 5 November 2011
Result
Novara 0-2 Roma
Serie A · Saturday 5 November 2011, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Novara 0-2 Roma: match report
Novara lost to Roma 0-2 in Serie A on Saturday 5 November 2011. The half-time score was 0-0.
Bojan Krkic opened the scoring in the 73rd minute. Novara did not score. Roma scored through Bojan Krkic (73') and Pablo Osvaldo (76').
Discipline: Novara received 2 yellow cards; Roma received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Novara were 18th on 7 points from 9 and Roma 14th on 11 points from 9. Novara went on to finish that season 19th with 32 points, and Roma 7th with 56.
Novara lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Roma in a 4-3-3.
Going into the match Novara's last five read D-D-L-L-D and Roma's L-L-W-L-W.
Key events
- 12'Yellow card · Marco Cassetti
- 29'Yellow card · Miralem Pjanic
- 48'Yellow card · M. Paci
- 72'Yellow card · Filippo Porcari
- 73'Goal · Bojan Krkic
- 76'Goal · Pablo Osvaldo
Team news
Novara line-up (4-3-1-2)
Alberto Fontana, Giuseppe Gemiti, Michel Morganella, Filippo Porcari, Francesco Marianini, Andrea Mazzarani, Takayuki Morimoto, Marco Rigoni, Massimo Paci, Matteo Centurioni, Riccardo Meggiorini
Roma expected line-up (4-3-3)
Nicolás Burdisso, Aleandro Rosi, David Pizarro, Simone Perrotta, Daniele De Rossi, Francesco Totti, Marco Borriello, Pablo Osvaldo, John Arne Semundseth Riise, Bogdan Lobonț