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42% Ball Possession TORINO and 58% Ball Possession AS ROMA
Torino 1 – 1 AS Roma 
64′ Maxi Lopez 58′ Alessandro Florenzi (pen)
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Torino, 7th position with 42 points and a positive goal difference of +3
AS Roma, 2nd position with 56 points and a positive goal difference of +19
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | Goals | DIFF | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Roma | 29 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 40:21 | 19 | 56 |
| 7 | Turin | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 34:31 | 3 | 42 |
Incredible so, AS Roma failing to win this away game and lose the 2nd position. Lazio defeated Empoli with a 3 – 0 and overtake the second position with 58 points while Roma went down to the third position with 57 points. There are 69 precedents in Turin with stats in favor of Torino having 31 wins, 25 draws while AS Roma with only 13 wins.
Roma opening the score in the 58th minute. Referee Irrati giving a penalty to Roma conceded by Torino defender Emiliano Moretti after a foul on Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi. It is Alessandro Florenzi to take the penalty spot converting it with a right footed shot defeating Torino goalkeeper in the bottom left corner.
Torino equalizing the score in the 64th minute with forward Maxi Lopez defeating Roma goalkeeper Morgan De Sanctis with a right footed shot in the center. The assist is by midfielder Giuseppe Vives.
Here is TORINO official starting lineup by coach Giampiero Ventura:
TORINO (3-5-2): Padelli; Maksimović, Glik, Moretti; Peres, Vives, Gazzi, El Kaddouri, Darmian; Quagliarella, Martínez.
Here are AS ROMA official starting lineup by coach Rudi Garcia:
AS ROMA (4-3-3): De Sanctis; Florenzi, Manōlas, Astori, Cholevas; Pjanić, De Rossi, Nainggolan; Iturbe, Ibarbo, Ljajić.
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Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer of TORINO: Forward Fabio Quagliarella with 11 goals
Top scorer of AS ROMA: Forward Adem Ljajic with 8 goals
| Torino | Goals | Goals | AS Roma |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quagliarella, Fabio | 11 | 8 | Ljajic, Adem |
| Glik, Kamil | 7 | 5 | Totti, Francesco |
| Martinez, Josef | 2 | 5 | Destro, Mattia |
| Lopez, Maxi | 2 | 4 | Pjanic, Miralem |
| Benassi, Marco | 2 | 3 | Nainggolan, Radja |
Stats. Here are the last 3 games of TORINO: 3 wins
| 04/04/15 | SA | Atalanta – Turin | 1:2 | Round 29 |
| 22/03/15 | SA | Parma – Turin | 0:2 | Round 28 |
| 19/03/15 | UELK | Turin – Zenit | 1:0 | Round 1/8 |
Here are the last 3 games of AS ROMA: 2 wins, 1 lost
| 04/04/15 | SA | Roma – Napoli | 1:0 | Round 29 |
| 22/03/15 | SA | Cesena – Roma | 0:1 | Round 28 |
| 19/03/15 | UELK | Roma – Fiorentina | 0:3 | Round 1/8 |
Photos of the match Torino vs AS Roma courtesy of asroma.it
2014 – 2015 Italian Serie A Week 30
Torino 1 – 1 AS Roma
Sunday 12 April 2015
Olimpico di Torino Stadium
Turin, Italy
15:00
Referee: IRRATI
Assistants: TONOLINI – DE PINTO
Fourth Official: VUOTO
ADD1: MAZZOLENI
ADD2: BARACANI
Goals: 57′ Alessandro Florenzi (pen)(R), 64′ Maxi Lopez (T)
Official formations – lineups:
TORINO (3-5-2): Padelli; Maksimović, Glik, Moretti; Peres, Vives, Gazzi, El Kaddouri, Darmian; Quagliarella, Martínez.
Subs: Ichazo, Castellazzi, Molinaro, Bovo, Farnerud, Maxi López, González, Jansson, Amauri, Masiello.
Coach. Giampiero Ventura
AS ROMA (4-3-3): De Sanctis; Florenzi, Manōlas, Astori, Cholevas; Pjanić, De Rossi, Nainggolan; Iturbe, Ibarbo, Ljajić.
Subs: Skorupski, Yanga-Mbiwa, Cole, Totti, Paredes, Spolli, Balzaretti, Uçan, Pellegrini, Verde, Doumbia, Sanabria.
Coach: . Rudi Garcia.
Match Stats
| Torino | Match Stats | AS Roma |
| 1 | Goals | 1 |
| 11 | Fouls | 9 |
| 4 | Corner kicks | 7 |
| 2 | Offsides | 2 |
| 42% | Ball Possession | 58% |
| 5 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 5 | Saves | 1 |