Seven facts and figures on Roma 4-0 Crotone

Here are some revealing statistics on the game at the Stadio Olimpico.

1

Roma v Crotone goes down in the record books as the first-ever league contest between these two clubs. In fact, before yesterday they had never previously crossed paths in competitive fixtures in Italian football.

2

Winning twice by four or more goals in the opening five games of the domestic season has only happened once before in 1937-38, when Roma had thrashed Fiorentina 4-0 and Lucchese 5-0 by Week 5 (both at home).

4

After his double against Crotone, Edin Dzeko moves into the lead on the goalscoring chart at Roma with four strikes. He previously found the net against Udinese and Sampdoria. Last season, the Bosnian managed eight goals all campaign; he's already half the way to bettering that.

83

Considering all the domestic tournaments – league and cup, in their different versions at various points in history – Crotone were the 83rd separate club that Roma have played in Italy. The number of debut encounters has increased in recent seasons with fixtures against Frosinone, Carpi and Crotone in Serie A and Spezia in the Coppa Italia. All these teams were newcomers to the top end of Italian football when facing the Giallorossi.

100

A nice round number for Luciano Spalletti, who reaches 100 wins as Roma coach in Serie A across his two spells in charge. His first came in 2005-06, a 3-0 scoreline away against Reggina. Curiously, the ton victory was against another Calabrian team, Crotone yesterday at the Olimpico. Giallorossi teams coached by Luciano Spalletti have won by four or more goals on nine different occasions.

130

Stephan El Shaarawy got himself back on the scoresheet for Roma against Crotone, opening his account for this campaign. The last time the Pharaoh hit the back of the net was on the final day of last season, away against AC Milan 130 days ago.

367

A year and a day. A lot of time has passed since the last time Francesco Totti started a league game for Roma, 367 days ago to be precise back when Sassuolo were in town. That also happened to be the afternoon when he scored his 300th career goal. The last time Il Capitano played a full 90 minutes was Roma 1-2 Palermo on 30 May 2015, five days after that famous derby victory and Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa's late strike.