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Italian Soccer Serie A
51% Ball Possession SPEZIA and 49% Ball Possession AS ROMA
Spezia 0 – 2 AS Roma
. 45′ Stephan El Shaarawy
. 49′ Tammy Abraham
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Spezia, 15th position with 18 points and a negative goal difference of -11
AS Roma, 6th position with 34 points and a positive goal difference of +7
🇮🇹 AS Roma with a sprint race to climb the Standing won the Serie A Week 19 game at the Alberto Picco Stadium in Spezia, Italy on Sunday 22 January 2023. Argentinean forward Paulo Dybala inspires the team with two assists. Forward Stephan El Shaarawy at the end of the first half and Tammy Abraham at the start of the second half allow Roma to conquer the peak and continue the march back to the Champions League area. Roma reached 37 points while Spezia remained with 18 points risking going down to the relegation zone if continuing to lose points.
In the 20th round, Spezia team will be the protagonist of the match against Bologna while Roma will face Napoli at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium.
Roma opened the score in the 45th minute before ending the first half. Forward Stephan El Shaarawy defeated Spezia goalkeeper Bartłomiej Drągowski with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Paulo Dybala.
Tammy Abraham ➡️ Paulo Dybala ➡️ Stephan El Shaarawy! 🐺
Roma have their first goal in style. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/uTwC8ke593
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) January 22, 2023
The second goal of the match arrived in the 49th minute. Forward Tammy Abraham scored with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Paulo Dybala .
✅ Stats before the game. Roma are unbeaten against Spezia in Serie A, thanks to three wins (the most recent two keeping clean sheets) and a draw. After remaining unbeaten in their first two matches against Roma in all competitions (a draw on 16 December 2015 and a win on 19 January 2021, both in the Coppa Italia) Spezia have lost three of their next four matches against the Giallorossi, all in Serie A (1N). Roma have won 11 of their last 15 matches against Ligurian opponents in Serie A (D3, L1) and have not conceded a single goal in the most recent four. After the 0-0 draw against Lecce and the 1-0 success against Turin, Spezia can keep three consecutive clean sheets for the first time in the top division; in general, the Ligurian team has been unbeaten for five rounds (W2, D3), a record for this team in Serie A. No team has scored more points than Roma against teams currently in the bottom half of the table: 25, like Inter and Napoli (eight wins and a draw for the Giallorossi against these opponents). Spezia have already equaled their record for points in a first round of Serie A, i.e. the 18 obtained in 2020/21; in particular, the Ligurian team has always won exactly four matches so far considering the first 19 games of the season in the top division.
👉 Lineup SPEZIA (3-5-2): Dragowski; Hristov, Caldara, Amian; Holm, Bourabia, Ampadu, Agudelo, Reca; Gyasi, Verde.
👉 Lineup AS ROMA (3-4-2-1): Rui Patricio, Mancini, Smalling, Ibanez; Celik, Cristante, Matic, Zalewski; Dybala, El Shaarawy; Abraham.
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The Alberto Picco Stadium ready for Spezia vs AS Roma
📍 Stadio Picco#SpeziaRoma pic.twitter.com/YvwgTVkyfZ
— AS Roma (@OfficialASRoma) January 22, 2023
Photo via twitter.com/acspezia
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Tammy Abraham shows his quick feet and finishes with vim. 😤 pic.twitter.com/gL7gPOEVFq
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) January 22, 2023
Photo via twitter.com/asromaen
🐺 Eccoci 💪#SpeziaRoma pic.twitter.com/LouJuEdjcV
— AS Roma (@OfficialASRoma) January 22, 2023
🤗#ASRoma #SpeziaRoma pic.twitter.com/orMFRHxKnY
— AS Roma English (@ASRomaEN) January 22, 2023
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2022 – 2023 Italian Serie A Week 19
Spezia 0 – 2 AS Roma
Sunday 22 January 2023
Alberto Picco Stadium
Spezia, Italy
18:00
Referee: SOZZA
Assistants: CECCONI – BERCIGLI
Fourth Official: PEZZUTO
VAR: FABBRI
AVAR: MANGANIELLO
⚽️ Goals: 45′ Stephan El Shaarawy, 49′ Tammy Abraham
Official lineups – formations – tabellino:
👉 Lineup SPEZIA (3-5-2): Dr Spezia (3-5-2): Dragowski; Hristov (46′ Esposito), Caldara, Amian; Holm (13′ Ferrer), Bourabia (55′ Kovalenko), Ampadu, Agudelo, Reca (79′ Moutinho); Gyasi, Verde (146′ Maldini).
Subs.: Marchetti, Zovko, Sala, Beck, Cipot, Zurkowski, Krollis, Strelec.
Coach: Gotti
👉 Lineup AS Roma (3-4-2-1): Rui Patricio, Mancini, Smalling, Ibanez; Celik, Cristante (93′ Camara), Matic, Zalewski; Dybala (85′ Belotti), El Shaarawy (71′ Bove); Abraham (93′ Solbakken).
Subs: Boer, Svilar, Vina, Kumbulla, Spinazzola, Pellegrini, Volpato, Tahirovic, Shomurodov.
Coach: José Mourinho