AS Roma vs Sassuolo 3-0

AS Roma beat Sassuolo 3-0 at the Stadio Olimpico, with the game turned after the interval by Rodrigo Mora's goal and then settled late on. Roma led 2-1 at half-time, before adding a third in the second half.

Mario Hermoso opened the scoring in the 27th minute, but Sassuolo were level three minutes later when Sebastian Walukiewicz put the ball into his own net. That left it 1-1 at the break.

Rodrigo Mora restored Roma's lead in the 58th minute from Donyell Malen's assist, and that proved the decisive goal. Roma then made two changes on 66 minutes, another two on 77 minutes and a further switch on 85 minutes, while Sassuolo made two changes at the break, two more on 69 minutes and another in the 90th minute. Sassuolo never found a response and finished with one shot on target.

The numbers backed Roma's control. They had 64% of the ball, made 713 passes to Sassuolo's 386, and had 28 shots to six, with nine on target to one. They also finished with 11 corners to one and an expected goals figure of 3.47 to 0.3. Sassuolo had more fouls, 13 to eight, while each side was caught offside once. Roma's goalkeeper made one save and Sassuolo's made four.

There were no yellow cards and no red cards.