Roma 2-0 Fiorentina: In control at the Olimpico!

Roma were in form and in control on Sunday evening, as they beat Fiorentina 2-0 at the Stadio Olimpico.

The Giallorossi cruised to all three points - in perhaps their most authoritative performance of the season to date - thanks to goals from Leonardo Spinazzola and Pedro Rodriguez, either side of half-time.

Fiorentina defender Lucas Martinez Quarta was also shown a straight red card late on; a sign of the frustration the visitors felt as they were largely outplayed throughout.

It took just 13 minutes for Paulo Fonseca's side to grab the lead, as Spinazzola - latching onto Antonio Mirante's long kick up field - glided into the box before slotting past Bartlomiej Dragowski.

In the second half, with space opening up, a brilliant counter-attack was tapped home by Pedro, as Jordan Veretout, Edin Dzeko and Henrikh Mkhitaryan all combined brilliantly to create the chance.

The scoreline could have been even bigger - Lorenzo Pellegrini was denied what looked to be a clear penalty, while Dragowski made a fine double stop to deny Rick Karsdorp and Mkhitaryan - but the Giallorossi looked in control throughout nonetheless.

Fonseca's side are back in action on Thursday - they host CFR Cluj at the Olimpico in the Europa League.

Their next Serie A engagement is against Genoa on Sunday.

ROMA 2-0 FIORENTINA

SCORERS: Spinazzola (12'), Pedro (70')
SENT OFF: Martinez Quarta (89')

ROMA (3-4-1-2): Mirante; Mancini, Smalling, Ibanez; Karsdorp (Peres), Pellegrini (Cristante), Veretout (Kumbulla), Spinazzola; Pedro (Perez), Mkhitaryan; Dzeko

Unused subs: Farelli, Lopez, Jesus, Villar, Fazio, Mayoral, Perez, Peres, Podgoreanu

FIORENTINA (3-5-2): Dragowski; Martinez Quarta, Milenkovic, Caceres; Lirola, Bonaventura (Vlahovic), Amrabat (Duncan), Castrovilli (Pulgar), Biraghi; Callejon (Kouame), Ribery (Cutrone)

Unused subs: Terracciano, Brancolini, Saponara, Venuti, Barreca, Ponsi, Igor