Roma 3-1 Sassuolo: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 19 March 2017

Result

Roma 3-1 Sassuolo

Serie A · Sunday 19 March 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

Roma · Sassuolo · Serie A predictions

Roma 3-1 Sassuolo: match report

Roma won against Sassuolo 3-1 in Serie A on Sunday 19 March 2017. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Grégoire Defrel opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Roma's goals came from Leandro Paredes (16'), Mohamed Salah (45+2') and Edin Dzeko (68'). Sassuolo scored through Grégoire Defrel (9').

Discipline: Roma received 1 yellow card; Sassuolo received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Roma were 3rd on 62 points from 28 and Sassuolo 13th on 34 points from 28. Roma went on to finish that season 2nd with 87 points, and Sassuolo 10th with 49.

Roma lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Sassuolo in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin Strootman of Roma (8.9), ahead of Leandro Paredes (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Roma wins, 3 draws and 0 for Sassuolo.

Going into the match Roma's last five read W-L-W-W-W and Sassuolo's L-D-L-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Grégoire DefrelSassuolo · 0-1
  • 16'Goal · Leandro ParedesRoma · 1-1
  • 37'Yellow card · Timo LetschertSassuolo
  • 45+2'Goal · Mohamed SalahRoma · 2-1
  • 68'Goal · Edin DzekoRoma · 3-1
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Federico PelusoSassuolo
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Kevin StrootmanRoma

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Roma 4, draws 3, Sassuolo 0.

Team news

Roma line-up (3-4-2-1)

Wojciech Szczesny, Antonio Rüdiger, Federico Fazio, Konstantinos Manolas, Leandro Paredes, Kevin Strootman, Bruno Peres, Emerson, Radja Nainggolan, Mohamed Salah, Stephan El Shaarawy

Sassuolo line-up (4-3-3)

Andrea Consigli, Federico Peluso, Francesco Acerbi, Cristian Dell'Orco, Timo Letschert, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Simone Missiroli, Alfred Duncan, Grégoire Defrel, Matteo Politano, Domenico Berardi