Roma 3-1 Sassuolo: result and report

Serie A · Wednesday 26 December 2018

Result

Roma 3-1 Sassuolo

Serie A · Wednesday 26 December 2018, 17:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Roma 3-1 Sassuolo: match report

Roma beat Sassuolo 3-1 in Serie A on Wednesday 26 December 2018. The half-time score was 2-0.

Diego Perotti opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Roma's goals came from Diego Perotti (8', penalty), Patrik Schick (23') and Nicolò Zaniolo (59'). Sassuolo scored through Khouma Babacar (90').

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

Going into the game Roma were 11th on 24 points from 17 and Sassuolo 9th on 25 points from 17. Roma went on to finish that season 6th with 66 points, and Sassuolo 11th with 43.

Roma lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sassuolo in a 4-2-2-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Cengiz Ünder of Roma (8.1), ahead of Patrik Schick (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Roma wins, 4 draws and 0 for Sassuolo.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Penalty goal · Diego PerottiRoma · 1-0
  • 8'Yellow card · Gian Marco FerrariSassuolo
  • 23'Goal · Patrik SchickRoma · 2-0
  • 27'Yellow card · Alessandro FlorenziRoma
  • 59'Goal · Nicolò ZanioloRoma · 3-0
  • 90'Goal · Khouma BabacarSassuolo · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Roma 6, draws 4, Sassuolo 0.

Team news

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

Robin Olsen, Alessandro Florenzi, Konstantinos Manolas, Federico Fazio, Aleksandar Kolarov, Bryan Cristante, Steven Nzonzi, Cengiz Ünder, Nicolò Zaniolo, Diego Perotti, Patrik Schick

Sassuolo line-up (4-2-2-2)

Andrea Consigli, Marlon, Mauricio Lemos, Gianmarco Ferrari, Cristian Dell'Orco, M. Bourabia, Francesco Magnanelli, Enrico Brignola, Filip Djuricic, Domenico Berardi, Khouma Babacar