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56% Ball Possession AS ROMA and 44% Ball Possession SAMPDORIA
AS Roma 2 – 1 Sampdoria 
45′ Alessandro Florenzi 57′ Fernando
50′ Diego Perotti
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma, 5th position with 41 points and a positive goal difference of +17
Sampdoria, 17th position with 24 points and a negative goal difference of -6
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | Goals | DIFF | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Roma | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 42:25 | 17 | 41 |
| 17 | Sampdoria | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 35:41 | -6 | 24 |
Roma keeping up their race to reach the third position. Fiorentina having 46 points, Inter 45 points. A victory seeing Roma with 44 points.
AS Roma opening the score just before ending the first half. In the 45th minute there it is midfielder Alessandro Florenzi defeating Sampdoria goalkeeper with a headed shot in the bottom right corner.
Chaos for Sampdoria. Roma increasing the score in the 50th minute. It’s midfielder Diego Perotti to score defeating Sampdoria goalkeeper with right footed shot in the bottom left corner. The assist is by forward Stephan El Shaarawy.
- There are 57 precedents between AS ROMA vs SAMPDORIA at the Olimpico di Roma Stadium. Stats showing AS Roma with 36 wins, 12 draws, and Sampdoria with 9 wins. Out of the 150 goals, Roma scoring 104 goals and Sampdoria 46 goals.
Here is AS ROMA official starting lineup by coach Luciano Spalletti:
AS ROMA (3-4-3): Szczęsny; Rüdiger, Manolas, Zukanović; Maicon, Pjanić, Keita, Florenzi; El Shaarawy, Salah, Perotti.
Here is SAMPDORIA official starting lineup by coach Vincenzo Montella:
SAMPDORIA (3-4-2-1): Viviano; Ranocchia, Silvestre, Moisander; Cassani, Fernando, Ivan, Dodô; Soriano, Correa; Muriel.
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Stats AFTER the game. Top scorer of AS ROMA: Miralem Pjanic with 8 goals
Top scorer of SAMPDORIA: Citadin Eder with 12 goals
| AS ROMA | Goals | Goals | SAMPDORIA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pjanic, Miralem | 8 | 12 | Eder |
| Salah, Mohamed | 6 | 7 | Soriano, Roberto |
| Gervinho | 6 | 6 | Muriel, Luis |
| Florenzi, Alessandro | 5 | 3 | Zukanovic, Ervin |
| Dzeko, Edin | 3 | 3 | Correa, Joaquin |
Stats. Here are the last 3 games of AS ROMA: 2 wins, 1 lost
| 02/02/16 | SA | Sassuolo – Roma | 0:2 | Round 23 | |||
| 30/01/16 | SA | Roma – Frosinone | 3:1 | Round 22 | |||
| 24/01/16 | SA | Juventus – Roma | 1:0 | Round 21 |
Stats. Here are the last 3 games of SAMPDORIA: 1 draw, 2 lost
| 03/02/16 | SA | Sampdoria – Turin | 2:2 | Round 23 | |||
| 31/01/16 | SA | Bologna – Sampdoria | 3:2 | Round 22 | |||
| 24/01/16 | SA | Sampdoria – Napoli | 2:4 | Round 21 |
Photo: .facebook.com/officialasroma
2015 – 2016 Italian Serie A Week 24
AS Roma 2 – 1 Sampdoria,
Sunday 7 February 2016
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Rome , Italy
20:45
Referee: CELI
Assistants: DE LUCA – VUOTO
Fourth Official: DE PINTO
ADD1: RUSSO
ADD2: MANGANIELLO
Goals: 45′ Alessandro Florenzi (R), 50′ Diego Perotti (R), 57′ Fernando (S)
Official lineups – formations:
AS ROMA (3-4-3): Szczęsny; Rüdiger, Manolas, Zukanović; Maicon, Pjanić, Keita, Florenzi; El Shaarawy, Salah, Perotti.
Subs: De Sanctis; Digne, Castan, Abdullahi, Emerson, Uçan, Vainqueur, Falqué, Totti, Sadiq, Dzeko.
Coach: Luciano Spalletti
SAMPDORIA (3-4-2-1): Viviano; Ranocchia, Silvestre, Moisander; Cassani, Fernando, Ivan, Dodô; Soriano, Correa; Muriel.
Subs: Puggioni, Brignoli; Škriniar, Palombo, Pereira, Krstičić, Barreto, Christodoulopoulos, Álvarez, Quagliarella, Cassano, Rodríguez
Coach.: Vincenzo Montella
Match Stats
| AS Roma | Match Stats | Sampdoria |
| 2 | Goals | 1 |
| 13 (4) | Shots (on goal) | 10 (4) |
| 12 | Fouls | 12 |
| 4 | Corner kicks | 5 |
| 0 | Offsides | 3 |
| 56% | Ball Possession | 44% |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 4 | Saves | 2 |