Roma 3-0 Catania: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 22 December 2013
Result
Roma 3-0 Catania
Serie A · Sunday 22 December 2013, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Roma 3-0 Catania: match report
Roma beat Catania 3-0 in Serie A on Sunday 22 December 2013. The half-time score was 1-0.
Medhi Benatia opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Roma's goals came from Medhi Benatia (18'), Mattia Destro (55'), Medhi Benatia (59') and Gervinho (80'). Catania did not score.
Discipline: Roma received 1 yellow card; Catania received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Roma were 2nd on 38 points from 16 and Catania 20th on 10 points from 16. Roma went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Catania 19th with 28.
Roma lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Catania in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Roma wins, 4 draws and 3 for Catania.
Going into the match Roma's last five read D-W-D-D-D and Catania's D-L-L-L-W.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Medhi Benatia
- 32'Yellow card · G. Peruzzi
- 43'Yellow card · Michael Bradley
- 51'Yellow card · Lucas Castro
- 55'Goal · Mattia Destro
- 59'Goal · Medhi Benatia
- 74'Yellow card · Pablo Barrientos
- 77'Yellow card · Cristiano Biraghi
- 80'Goal · Gervinho
Head-to-head
Team news
Roma line-up (4-2-3-1)
Morgan De Sanctis, Dodô, Leandro Castán, Maicon, Medhi Benatia, Michael Bradley, Adem Ljajic, Miralem Pjanić, Francesco Totti, Mattia Destro, Gervinho
Catania line-up (4-3-3)
Alberto Frison, Gino Peruzzi, Alexis Rolín, Nicola Legrottaglie, Pablo Alvarez, Jaroslav Plašil, Mariano Julio Izco, Tiberio Guarente, Lucas Castro, Sebastian Leto, Pablo Barrientos