Roma 3-1 SPAL: result and report
Serie A · Friday 1 December 2017
Result
Roma 3-1 SPAL
Serie A · Friday 1 December 2017, 17:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
Roma 3-1 SPAL: match report
Roma won against SPAL 3-1 in Serie A on Friday 1 December 2017. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Edin Dzeko opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Roma's goals came from Edin Dzeko (19'), Kevin Strootman (32') and Lorenzo Pellegrini (53'). SPAL scored through Federico Viviani (55').
Discipline: Roma received 1 yellow card; SPAL received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Roma were 4th on 31 points from 13 and SPAL 18th on 10 points from 14. Roma went on to finish that season 3rd with 77 points, and SPAL 17th with 38.
Roma lined up in a 4-3-3 and SPAL in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Aleksandar Kolarov of Roma (9.1), ahead of Lorenzo Pellegrini (8.4).
Going into the match Roma's last five read D-W-W-W-W and SPAL's L-D-D-W-L.
Key events
- 9'Red card · Felipe
- 19'Goal · Edin Dzeko
- 22'Yellow card · Maxime Gonalons
- 32'Goal · Kevin Strootman
- 53'Goal · Lorenzo Pellegrini
- 55'Missed penalty · Federico Viviani
- 55'Goal · Federico Viviani
- 65'Yellow card · Alberto Grassi
- 82'Yellow card · Eros Schiavon
- 82'Yellow card · Eros Schiavon
Team news
Roma line-up (4-3-3)
Alisson, Juan Jesus, Aleksandar Kolarov, Alessandro Florenzi, Konstantinos Manolas, Kevin Strootman, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Maxime Gonalons, Edin Džeko, Cengiz Ünder, Stephan El Shaarawy
SPAL line-up (3-5-2)
Alfred Gomis, Michele Cremonesi, Francesco Vicari, Felipe, Luca Rizzo, Federico Mattiello, Manuel Lazzari, Federico Viviani, Alberto Grassi, Federico Bonazzoli, Alberto Paloschi