AS Roma have played six league matches so far this season under Gian Piero Gasperini – four wins, two draws and no defeats. They scored 14 goals and conceded three.
Roma created 12.8 non-penalty expected goals (npxG), 2.14 per match, the second most in Serie A. They scored 14 non-penalty goals, almost exactly what those chances were worth. Their best run came in their second and third league matches, when they averaged 2.92 npxG per match. Among the players, Donyell Malen had the most npxG (4.9, six
goals), ahead of Paulo Dybala (1.6, no goals) and Matías Soulé (1.5, two goals).
They conceded 6.9 npxG, 1.15 per match, the sixth fewest in Serie A. They let in three non-penalty goals, 3.9 fewer than those chances were worth. Their best run came in their first and second league matches, when they conceded 0.70 npxG per match. Their defensive actions (tackles, interceptions, recoveries, clearances and blocked passes) came on average 38.6 m from their own goal line, the third highest in Serie A. Their centre-backs received the ball on average 44.8 m from their own goal line, the highest in Serie A.
Roma had a field tilt of 61.5% – the fourth highest in Serie A. They had the bigger share in five of their six matches. Over the season they controlled 11 of the pitch’s 24 zones, meaning they had more than 55% of the touches there, and their opponents controlled five. Their PPDA was 10.0 – the fourth lowest in Serie A; the league’s clubs averaged 13.2.
They completed 432 open-play passes per match, the fifth highest in Serie A. Of the passes they received, 30.1% arrived in the final third, the fifth highest in Serie A. Their most-used formation was 3-4-2-1, and the two players who passed to each other most were Mario Hermoso and Wesley, with 54 passes between them. Roma’s completed passes added 11.1 expected threat (xT) over the season, 1.84 per match, the most in Serie A. Paulo Dybala added the most (2.11), ahead of Wesley (1.82) and Mario Hermoso (1.19).
They took 112 non-penalty shots, 18.7 per match. Their average shot came from 16.2 m, the fourth shortest in Serie A. Across 585 minutes, stoppage time included, Roma were winning for 304 minutes (52.0%), level for 239 (40.9%) and losing for 42 (7.2%). Their time spent winning was the second most in Serie A.
