Catania 3-2 Roma: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 21 December 2008
Result
Catania 3-2 Roma
Serie A · Sunday 21 December 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Catania 3-2 Roma: match report
Catania beat Roma 3-2 in Serie A on Sunday 21 December 2008. The half-time score was 2-0.
Davide Baiocco opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Catania's goals came from Davide Baiocco (34'), Takayuki Morimoto (40') and Takayuki Morimoto (56'). Roma scored through Mirko Vučinić (74') and Jérémy Ménez (78').
Discipline: Catania received 5 yellow cards; Roma received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Catania were 12th on 22 points from 16 and Roma 10th on 23 points from 15. Catania went on to finish that season 15th with 43 points, and Roma 6th with 63.
Catania lined up in a 5-3-2 and Roma in a 4-3-1-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Catania wins, 1 draw and 3 for Roma.
Going into the match Catania's last five read L-L-D-L-W and Roma's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 28'Yellow card · Mirko Vučinić
- 30'Yellow card · Lorenzo Stovini
- 34'Goal · Davide Baiocco
- 40'Goal · Takayuki Morimoto
- 55'Yellow card · Simone Perrotta
- 56'Goal · Takayuki Morimoto
- 57'Yellow card · Marco Cassetti
- 70'Yellow card · Christian Terlizzi
- 74'Goal · Mirko Vučinić
- 76'Yellow card · Giacomo Tedesco
- 78'Goal · Jérémy Ménez
- 79'Yellow card · Takayuki Morimoto
- 79'Yellow card · Daniele De Rossi
- 83'Yellow card · Philippe Mexes
- 90+3'Yellow card · Davide Baiocco
Head-to-head
Team news
Catania line-up (5-3-2)
Albano Bizzarri, Matías Silvestre, Lorenzo Stovini, Christian Terlizzi, Mariano Julio Izco, Davide Baiocco, Giacomo Tedesco, Marco Biagianti, Giuseppe Mascara, Takayuki Morimoto, Ezequiel Carboni
Roma line-up (4-3-1-2)
Doni, Juan, Philippe Mexès, John Arne Semundseth Riise, Marco Cassetti, Daniele De Rossi, Simone Perrotta, Matteo Brighi, Mirko Vučinić, Francesco Totti, Júlio Baptista