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10 matchday stats from Roma's 1-1 draw with Porto

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Roma earned a hard-fought draw against Porto on Wednesday night in the first leg of our Champions League play-off qualifier after playing with 10 mean for 50 mins following Thomas Vermaelen's sending off.

Roma earned a hard-fought draw against Porto on Wednesday night in the first leg of our Champions League play-off qualifier after playing with 10 men for 50 minutes following Thomas Vermaelen's sending off.

Here are 10 statistics from the game...

1. Daniele De Rossi attempted the most passes of any Roma player (53), completing 83% of them.

2. Both teams conceded 15 fouls each, with Roma recieving six yellow cards to Porto's two.

3. Porto have conceded at least a goal in each of their last six European games played.

4. Despite being down to 10 men for 50 minutes, Roma saw 49.3% of possession during the match.

5. Alisson made five saves during the match, while Roma forced Porto goalkeeper Iker Casillas into seven stops.

6. Edin Dzeko won 16 duels during the match (the most of any Roma player), six of which were aerial duels.

7. Thomas Vermaelen picked up his first red card in Europe.

8. Roma faced 31 shots against Porto – which was more than they faced against any team in all competitions last season except Real Madrid (37).

9. Despite this, Roma had more shots on target (9) than Porto (6).

10. Kostas Manolas was Roma's most accurate distributor during the match, completing 95.5% of his passes.