Roma 2-1 Sassuolo: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 12 September 2021

Result

Roma 2-1 Sassuolo

Serie A · Sunday 12 September 2021, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Roma · Sassuolo · Serie A predictions

Roma 2-1 Sassuolo: match report

Roma beat Sassuolo 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 12 September 2021. The half-time score was 1-0.

Bryan Cristante opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Roma's goals came from Bryan Cristante (37') and Stephan El Shaarawy (90+1'). Sassuolo scored through Filip Đuričić (57').

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

Going into the game Roma were 5th on 6 points from 2 and Sassuolo 9th on 4 points from 2. Roma went on to finish that season 6th with 63 points, and Sassuolo 11th with 50.

Roma lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sassuolo in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lorenzo Pellegrini of Roma (8.3), ahead of Rui Patrício (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Roma wins, 4 draws and 1 for Sassuolo.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Yellow card · Vlad ChiricheşSassuolo
  • 37'Goal · Bryan CristanteRoma · 1-0
  • 43'Yellow card · Roger IbañezRoma
  • 57'Goal · Filip ĐuričićSassuolo · 1-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Bryan CristanteRoma
  • 90+1'Goal · Stephan El ShaarawyRoma · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Roma 5, draws 4, Sassuolo 1.

Team news

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

Rui Patrício, Rick Karsdorp, Gianluca Mancini, Roger Ibañez, Matías Viña, Bryan Cristante, Jordan Veretout, Nicolò Zaniolo, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Tammy Abraham

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

Andrea Consigli, Jeremy Toljan, Vlad Chiricheș, Gianmarco Ferrari, Rogério, Davide Frattesi, Maxime Lopez, Domenico Berardi, Filip Djuricic, Jérémie Boga, Giacomo Raspadori