In Stats: 10 numbers from five-star win over Crotone

We’ve picked out 10 numbers from Roma’s dominant 5-0 victory over Crotone at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday as Henrikh Mkhitaryan played a starring role with two assists and a goal.

0

In shutting out Crotone, Daniel Fuzato kept the first clean sheet of his professional career and ensured that the visitors are still to score at the Olimpico against Roma.

1

Ebrima Darboe continued his recent rise to the Roma first team by making his first senior start for the club, while fellow youngsters Edoardo Bove and Nicola Zalewski featured in Serie A for the first time in their careers.

2

Borja Mayoral has scored in two of his last three top flight outings on home soil in the capital.

5

Paulo Fonseca’s team have now gone five games without a home defeat in all competitions (W3, D2), while they claimed a league victory by a five-goal margin for the first time since July 2020 (6-1 vs. SPAL).

6

This was the sixth Serie A meeting between these two sides, all of which have been won by Roma and have seen Crotone get on the scoresheet just once.

9

Mkhitaryan’s assist for Mayoral’s opener was his ninth in Serie A this season - it was also the Spaniard’s ninth league goal this term - while his second provision for Lorenzo Pellegrini’s second was the Armenian’s 10th, which is more than any player in the division.

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Mkhitaryan also ended an 11-game wait for a league goal by adding Roma’s fourth as the 32-year-old found the back of the net for a 10th time in Serie A this season.

Mayoral’s second also made it double figures in Serie A for the 24-year-old, while captain Pellegrini scored his 10th and 11th goals in all competitions and he has been involved in 20 goals in total (11 goals, nine assists) across the campaign.

40

The Giallorossi have scored a total of 40 times in 18 home fixtures this term - a number only bettered by Atalanta (47), Inter Milan (45) and Napoli (44).

150

Pellegrini was making his 150th Roma appearance in all competitions, while Davide Santon featured for a 50th time.

2000

Roma started with three players born after 1/1/2000 for the first time in a Serie A matchday.