Roma 0-2 SPAL: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 20 October 2018
Result
Roma 0-2 SPAL
Serie A · Saturday 20 October 2018, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Roma 0-2 SPAL: match report
Roma were beaten by SPAL 0-2 in Serie A on Saturday 20 October 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Andrea Petagna opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Roma did not score. SPAL scored through Andrea Petagna (38', penalty) and Kevin Bonifazi (56').
Discipline: Roma received 3 yellow cards; SPAL received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Roma were 6th on 14 points from 8 and SPAL 14th on 9 points from 8. Roma went on to finish that season 6th with 66 points, and SPAL 13th with 42.
Roma lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and SPAL in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin Bonifazi of SPAL (8.0), level with Nova Arianto (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Roma wins, 0 draws and 0 for SPAL.
Going into the match Roma's last five read W-W-W-L-D and SPAL's L-L-L-L-W.
Key events
- 30'Yellow card · Simone Missiroli
- 37'Yellow card · Luca Pellegrini
- 38'Penalty goal · Andrea Petagna
- 56'Goal · Kevin Bonifazi
- 62'Yellow card · Cengiz Ünder
- 64'Yellow card · A. Paloschi
- 69'Yellow card · Everton Luiz
- 75'Second yellow · Vanja Milinković-Savić
- 75'Yellow card · Vanja Milinković-Savić
- 82'Yellow card · Federico Fazio
Head-to-head
Team news
Roma line-up (4-2-3-1)
Robin Olsen, Alessandro Florenzi, Federico Fazio, Iván Marcano, Luca Pellegrini, Bryan Cristante, Steven Nzonzi, Cengiz Ünder, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Stephan El Shaarawy, Edin Džeko
SPAL line-up (3-1-4-2)
Vanja Milinković-Savić, Thiago Cionek, Francesco Vicari, Kevin Bonifazi, Nova Arianto, Manuel Lazzari, Simone Missiroli, Mattia Valoti, Filippo Costa, Andrea Petagna, Alberto Paloschi