Result EMPOLI 1 – 3 AS ROMA, Goal by El Shaarawy and Pjanic, Saturday 27 February 2016, Serie A Week 27

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48% Ball Possession EMPOLI and 52% Ball Possession AS ROMA
  Empoli FC Tickets Empoli 1 – 3 AS Roma  AS Roma
22′ Ervin Zukanovic (own goal)     5′ Stephan El Shaarawy
.                                                                 27′ Miralem Pjanic
.                                                                74′ Stephan El Shaarawy
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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma, 4th position with 50 points and a positive goal difference of +25
Empoli, 9th position with 34 points and a negative goal difference of -5

Pos Team P W D L Goals DIFF Points
4 Roma 26 14 8 4 52:27 25 50
9 Empoli 26 9 7 10 32:37 -5 34

 

Mission accomplished for the Roman gladiators.   AS Roma win this away game to keep up the race for the 3rd position alive.   There are 10 precedents between Empoli vs AS Roma at the Carlo Castellani Stadium.  Stats showing Empoli with 3 wins, 2 draws, and AS Roma with 5 wins.

Roma opening the score in the 5th minute.  It’s forward Stephan El Shaarawy to score defeating Empoli goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski with a right footed shot in the top right corner.  The assist is by forward Diego Perotti.

Oops….  there is an own goal by Roma defender Ervin Zukanovic in the 22nd minute.

Roma taking the lead again in the 27th minute.   It is midfielder Miralem Pjanic to score with a right footed shot in the bottom right corner.

Chaos for Empoli… nothing to do but just observing …  There it is again forward El Shaarawy rocking big time at the Castellani by scoring his second goal of the match in the 74th minute.    El Shaarawy defeating goalkeeper  Skorupski with a right footed shot in the center.

Photo:   facebook.com/officialasroma

 

Here is EMPOLI official starting lineup by coach Marco Giampaolo:

EMPOLI (4-3-1-2):  Skorupski; Laurini, Ćosić, Ariaudo, Mário Rui; Zieliński, Paredes, Croce; Krunić; Pucciarelli, Maccarone.

Here is AS ROMA official starting lineup by coach Luciano Spalletti:

AS ROMA (4-2-3-1): Szczęsny; Maicon, Rüdiger, Zukanović, Digne; Pjanić, Keita; Salah, Nainggolan, El Shaarawy; Perotti.

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Click the video to watch EMPOLI vs AS ROMA highlights on Saturday 27 February 2016 including all goals.

 

Stats BEFORE the game.  Top scorer of EMPOLI: Massimo Maccarone with 11 goals

Top scorer of AS ROMA:  Mohamed Salah with 9 goals

EMPOLI Goals Goals AS ROMA
Maccarone, Massimo 11 9 Salah, Mohamed
Saponara, Riccardo 5 8 Pjanic, Miralem
Pucciarelli, Manuel 4 6 Gervinho
Zielinski, Piotr 3 6 Dzeko, Edin
Tonelli, Lorenzo 2 5 Florenzi, Alessandro

Stats.  Here re the last 3 games of EMPOLI:  1 draw, 2 lost

21/02/16 SA Sassuolo Empoli 3:2 Round 26
13/02/16 SA Empoli Frosinone 1:2 Round 25
07/02/16 SA Atalanta Empoli 0:0 Round 24

Here are the last 3 games of AS ROMA:  2 wins, 1 lost

21/02/16 SA Roma Palermo 5:0 Round 26
17/02/16 UCLK Roma Real Madrid 0:2 1/8
12/02/16 SA Carpi Roma 1:3 Round 25

 

Photo:  facebook.com/officialasroma

 

Photo:  facebook.com/empolifcofficialpage

 

Serie A tickets2015 – 2016 Italian Serie A Week 27

Empoli 1 – 3 AS Roma
Saturday 27 February 2016
Carlo Castellani Stadium
Empoli, Italy

18:00

Referee: GERVASONI
Assistants: MUSOLINO – LA ROCCA
Fourth Official: POSADO
ADD1: MASSA
ADD2: DI PAOLO

Goals:  5′ Stephan El Shaarawy (R), 22′ Ervin Zukanovic (own goal), 27′ Miralem Pjanic (R), 74′ Stephan El Shaarawy (R)

Official lineups – formations:

EMPOLI (4-3-1-2):  Skorupski; Laurini, Ćosić, Ariaudo, Mário Rui; Zieliński, Paredes, Croce; Krunić; Pucciarelli, Maccarone.

Subs: Pugliesi, Pelagotti, Camporese, Zambelli, Bittante, Büchel, Maiello, Dioussé, Livaja, Mchedlidze, Piu.

Coach: Giampaolo.

AS ROMA (4-2-3-1): Szczęsny; Maicon, Rüdiger, Zukanović, Digne; Pjanić, Keita; Salah, Nainggolan, El Shaarawy; Perotti.

Subs: De Sanctis, Lobont, Castán, Manolas, Torosidis, Palmieri, Florenzi, Vainqueur, Strootman, Totti, Iago Falque, Džeko.

Coach:  Luciano Spalletti.

Match Stats

Empoli Match Stats AS Roma
1 Goals 3
8 (3) Shots (on goal) 15 (6)
12 Fouls 15
4 Corner kicks 4
1 Offsides 4
48% Ball Possession 52%
1 Yellow Cards 2
1 Red Cards 0
3 Saves 3