Roma 0-1 Atalanta, Mourinho’s men wasteful in home defeat

AS Roma's British forward Tammy Abraham reacts after missing a goal opportunity during the Italian Serie A football match between AS Roma and Atalanta Bergamo on September 18, 2022 at the Olympic stadium in Rome. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP) (Photo by ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP via Getty Images)
calendar date18-09-2022 16:00
MatchDay 7
Atalanta
Atalanta
Roma
Atalanta

Starting lineups

1
bl1622654480410 1
Goalkeeper
6
bl15548214041031 1
Defender
23
bl1619609209872
Defender
out new87'
37
bl16196106831832
3
bl15615612841081
Defender
19
bl16228197792706
Defender
4
bl1622476603576 1
Midfielder
7
bl16196135019
Midfielder
8
bl155488476687
Midfielder
out new67'
22
player st
Attacker
9
bl1565801930348
Attacker
out new79'
1
bl16235910611238
Juan Musso
Goalkeeper
out new8'
42
player st
Giorgio Scalvini
Defender
out new46'
33
bl15615610471938
Hans Hateboer
Defender
3
bl16197953082589
Joakim Maehle
Defender
28
bl16228219222144
Merih Demiral
Defender
2
bl161961162249
Rafael Tolói
Defender
13
bl15709068681621
Éderson
Midfielder
out new88'
88
bl16192722742067
Mario Pasalic
Midfielder
out new74'
15
bl16229748072071
Marten de Roon
Midfielder
7
bl16229744992473
Teun Koopmeiners
Midfielder
17
player st
Rasmus Höjlund
Attacker
out new46'

Substitutes

17
bl1624111785102
Defender
63
player st
Goalkeeper
65
player st
Midfielder
52
player st
Midfielder
62
player st
Midfielder
99
bl1567416356440
Goalkeeper
20
bl1567602655401
Midfielder
73
player st
Midfielder
11
bl1619618560842
Attacker
in new67'
14
bl15730521522981
Attacker
in new79'
59
bl1668938262676
Midfielder
in new87'
93
player st
Brandon Soppy
Defender
31
bl15615610342030
Francesco Rossi
Goalkeeper
10
bl1564585201520
Jeremie Boga
Attacker
22
player st
Matteo Ruggeri
Defender
9
bl16240236702050
Luis Muriel
Attacker
in new46'
5
bl15655977462553
Caleb Okoli
Defender
in new46'
11
bl1555073227699
Ademola Lookman
Attacker
in new74'
57
bl1562252415140
Marco Sportiello
Goalkeeper
in new8'
18
bl16192684082952
Ruslan Malinovskyi
Midfielder
in new88'

Roma suffered their second league defeat of the season this evening in front of a packed Stadio Olimpico.

The Giallorossi fell 1-0 to Atalanta with Giorgio Scalvini’s goal proving enough for La Dea to grab all three points in an important away win.

Playing without star-man Paulo Dybala, who was injured during the pre-game warmup, Roma created plenty of goalscoring chances. Tammy Abraham, Nicolo Zaniolo, and Eldor Shomurodov each had golden opportunities to get on the scoresheet but failed to find the back of the net.

On the other side Gian Piero Gasperini’s side barely created anything but only needed to bury their one and only chance to secure the victory.

Teenage defender Giorgio Scalvini to put the ball past Rui Patricio and into the bottom corner late in the first half to grab the only goal of the match.

Roma came close to leveling the score in the final moments when Andrea Belotti sent Eldor Shomurodov running through on goal. However, the ex-Genoa man couldn’t find the target.

Highlighting their wastefulness, the Giallorossi ended the affair with an expected goals (xG) of nearly 3 compared to Atalanta’s 0.15.

The capital club now enter the international break sitting 6th in the Serie A table with 13 points while Atalanta remain unbeaten and go top with 17 points.

MORE NEWS

Next Match

  • MatchDay 28
    02-04-2023 16:00
    Roma
    Sampdoria
    SAM

Podcast