Sassuolo 1-3 Roma: result and report

Serie A · Wednesday 26 October 2016

Result

Sassuolo 1-3 Roma

Serie A · Wednesday 26 October 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Sassuolo 1-3 Roma: match report

Sassuolo lost to Roma 1-3 in Serie A on Wednesday 26 October 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

Paolo Cannavaro opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Sassuolo's goal came from Paolo Cannavaro (12'). Roma scored through Edin Dzeko (57'), Edin Dzeko (76', penalty) and Radja Nainggolan (78').

Discipline: Sassuolo received 3 yellow cards; Roma received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Sassuolo were 5th on 16 points from 9 and Roma 2nd on 19 points from 9. Sassuolo went on to finish that season 10th with 49 points, and Roma 2nd with 87.

Sassuolo lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Roma in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Edin Džeko of Roma (8.8), ahead of Emerson (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sassuolo wins, 3 draws and 3 for Roma.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Paolo CannavaroSassuolo · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Luca MazzitelliSassuolo
  • 57'Goal · Edin DzekoRoma · 1-1
  • 72'Yellow card · Lorenzo PellegriniSassuolo
  • 75'Yellow card · Pol LirolaSassuolo
  • 76'Penalty goal · Edin DzekoRoma · 1-2
  • 78'Goal · Radja NainggolanRoma · 1-3

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Sassuolo 0, draws 3, Roma 3.

Team news

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

Andrea Consigli, Federico Peluso, Francesco Acerbi, Marcello Gazzola, Paolo Cannavaro, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Grégoire Defrel, Matteo Politano, Luca Mazzitelli, Claud Adjapong, Alessandro Matri

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

Wojciech Szczesny, Federico Fazio, Alessandro Florenzi, Emerson, Konstantinos Manolas, Radja Nainggolan, Kevin Strootman, Mohamed Salah, Daniele De Rossi, Stephan El Shaarawy, Edin Džeko