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11 matchday facts from Roma’s final game of 2015

11 matchday facts from Roma’s final game of 2015

Roma recorded a 10th consecutive Serie A home win against Genoa on Sunday. Here’s 11 stats from the 2-nil victory at Stadio Olimpico…

1. Roma registered a clean sheet for the second successive Serie A game – a first for this campaign.

2. Edin Dzeko became the fourth Roma player to see red in the league this season - Maicon, Miralem Pjanic and Mohamed Salah were the others.

3. Alessandro Florenzi didn’t just open the scoring – he also enjoyed the most touches of any player in the game – 92 in total – and created three chances – more than any of his team-mates.

4. Genoa actually registered 12 shots during the 90 minutes – five more than Roma.

5. 100% of Roma’s seven attempts on goal came from inside the area.

6. Roma enjoyed 52.4 possession – 12% more than they registered in their last league outing against Napoli.

7. 488 passes were made by Rudi Garcia’s side – with Genoa recording 439.

8. Of the 44 crosses delivered on Sunday afternoon, Roma were responsible for 20.

9. The most frequent passing Roma combinations during the game were Kostas Manolas to Alessandro Florenzi and Antonio Rudiger to Kostas Manolas – 17 apiece.

10. Lucas Digne was the busiest Roma defender on the pitch. As well as making seven clearances, the French international also made two blocks and three interceptions.

11. Second-half substitute Sadiq Umar had one attempt on goal – and took it, opening his first team goalscoring account in the process.