In Stats: 10 numbers from victory at Crotone

1

Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s penalty was his first attempt from the spot as a Roma player and only the 31-year-old’s third successful penalty (from four) of his professional club career.

3

Roma have scored at least three first-half goals in Serie A three times already this term - compared to just once in 2019-20. That takes them to within one of their best ever 3+ first-half return (four) in 1999-00.

5

Victory made it five out of five for Roma against Crotone in Serie A, maintaining their perfect record over the Rossoblu.

6

Borja Mayoral’s brace - his second for the club after his double against Cluj in the Europa League - took the Spaniard to three Serie A goals and six in all competitions for the Giallorossi.

8

Roma have now scored eight goals in the first 15 minutes of 2020-21 league outings, more than any other team in Italy’s top-tier.

12-1

Roma’s 100 per cent record playing Crotone now has an aggregate score of 12-1 in favour of the Giallorossi, who conceded for the first time in their history against Wednesday’s hosts when Vladimir Golemic headed home in the 70th minute.

14

Roger Ibanez recovered possession for his team on 14 separate occasions, more than any other player on the pitch.

15

Mkhitaryan now tops the club charts for most goals and assists in Serie A this term after his seventh assist and eighth Serie A goal of his own in 2020-21 - taking him to 15 direct goal involvements already.

Only two players in Europe - Bruno Fernandes and Harry Kane - have also managed at least seven of each already this season.

22

Their trio of first-half goals took Roma's tally to 22 in the opening 45 minutes of Serie A matches, the most of any club across Europe's top five leagues this season.

52

By seeing off Crotone, Roma extended two league records in the process: Most consecutive wins over promoted sides (25) and for scoring in the most successive such games (52).