Udinese vs AS Roma 2-5

AS Roma ran out 5-2 winners at Bluenergy Stadium, taking control with four first-half goals and then seeing out the match after Udinese briefly cut the gap. Bryan Cristante started it in the 10th minute and Daniele Ghilardi sealed it three minutes into stoppage time.

Cristante opened the scoring in the 10th minute from Wesley Vinícius França Lima’s assist, and Rodrigo Mora made it 2-0 on 31 minutes after being set up by Cristante. Donyell Malen added a third on 33 minutes from Matias Soule’s pass before Evan Ndicka made it 4-0 on 37 minutes, again assisted by Soule. Udinese went in 4-0 down at half-time.

Nicolo Zaniolo pulled one back on 50 minutes, and Udinese made two changes on 56 minutes as Keinan Davis and Jurgen Ekkelenkamp made way for Unai Gómez and Giorgi Chakvetadze. Roma responded with two changes of their own on 59 minutes, when Rodrigo Mora and Malen were replaced by Niccolò Pisilli and Santiago Thomas Castro. Bryan Cristante was booked on 60 minutes, then Matteo Palma scored on 78 minutes from Hassane Kamara’s assist to make it 4-2. Roma made two more changes on 79 minutes and Udinese followed with two on 82 minutes, before Ghilardi, assisted by Castro, made it 5-2 in stoppage time.

The numbers were fairly close in places. Udinese had 46% possession and 448 passes to Roma’s 54% and 532, but Roma had more shots on target, 9 to 7, and a higher xG, 2.9 to 1.89. Udinese also had more shots overall, 15 to 14, and more corners, 7 to 4, while Roma recorded 5 saves to Udinese’s 4.

There were only two bookings, one for each side. Lennon Miller was booked for Udinese in the 23rd minute, and Bryan Cristante was booked for Roma on 60 minutes.