In Stats: 10 numbers from Benevento

1

Federico Fazio made his first Serie A appearance of the season, and 122nd of the Argentinian defender’s career.

2

Following on from last weekend’s 3-0 win over Udinese, Roma claimed back-to-back Serie A clean sheets for the first time under Paulo Fonseca.

2.9

Of Roma’s 767 touches, Benevento limited the Giallorossi to just 22 in the home side’s penalty area (2.9%).

4

Roma remain unbeaten against Benevento from their four Serie A matches between each other (W3, D1), although this is the first time the Giallorossi have both failed to score against the Stregoni and also leave with all three points.

26

This draw ended Roma’s 26-game winning streak over newly-promoted sides, the longest such record in Serie A history.

53

Unable to find a breakthrough, the Giallorossi’s 53-match top-flight record for scoring in the most consecutive games against promoted sides also came to an end.

110

Gonzalo Villar became only the eighth Spanish player to have more than 110 touches in a Serie A game since Opta started collecting this kind of data at the start of the 2004-05 campaign.

150

Fazio made his 150th start for the club in all competitions.

343

Roma’s 593 passes were a whopping 343 more than Benevento’s 250 and the visitors completed more than double the passes (506) than their hosts even attempted.

636

Stephan El Shaarawy got his first Serie A minutes since 26 May 2019, a total of 636 days after his last appearance; the 2-1 win over Parma at the Stadio Olimpico on the final day of the 2018-19 campaign.