AS Roma 4-0 Fiorentina: Malen hits three, Dybala sets up all
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Key numbers
- xG 3.07 vs 0.35: Roma created the better chances
- 63 minutes in front, never behind
- Dybala: 4 key passes, 3 assists
Roma's chances were far better
AS Roma opened their Serie A season with a 4-0 win over Fiorentina. They were in front for 63 of the 90 minutes, and an xG of 3.07 against 0.35 shows the quality of chances was heavily in their favour.
Malen scores three, Dybala makes all of them
Donyell Malen's opener in the 27th minute was worth +0.7 FN xPts, the largest figure of the match. He added goals in the 52nd and 60th minutes to complete his hat-trick, and Paulo Dybala assisted all three. Substitute Niccolò Pisilli added the fourth in the 86th minute.
Player of the match
Donyell Malen 9.2Dominant
He scored three goals and put three of his four shots on target.
Malen also won three of his four dribbles, so he caused problems beyond finishing. His goals in the 27th, 52nd and 60th minutes put Roma 3-0 up.
Game state
1-02-03-04-0
AS Roma ahead 63 min · level 27 min · Fiorentina ahead 0 min
- Niccolò Pisilli — off the bench 11 min · 1G 0A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
27'
Donyell Malen
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Paulo Dybala +0.2
+0.7
52'
Donyell Malen
Goal · scorer +0.2 · assist Paulo Dybala +0.1
+0.3
60'
Donyell Malen
Goal · assist Paulo Dybala
0.0
86'
Niccolò Pisilli
Goal
0.0
AS Roma
Expected (last two seasons) 2.1Own moments +1.0Opponent moments 0.0Time effect −0.1→ League points won 3
Fiorentina
Expected (last two seasons) 0.7Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.7Time effect 0.0→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
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Match stats
AS RomaFiorentina
3.07Expected goals (xG)0.35
Timeline
- 27'
Goal
Donyell Malen league goal #1 assist Paulo Dybala
- 30'
Yellow
Nicolò Fagioli
- 39'
Yellow
Mario Hermoso
- 49'
Yellow
Manu Koné
- 52'
Goal
Donyell Malen league goal #2 assist Paulo Dybala
- 54'
Sub
Rodrigo Mora → Matías Soulé
- 60'
Goal
Donyell Malen league goal #3 assist Paulo Dybala
- 62'
Sub
Marco Brescianini → Álex Jiménez
- 62'
Sub
Nicolò Fagioli → Christ Inao Oulaï
- 63'
Yellow
Mateo Pellegrino
- 63'
Sub
Franco Mastantuono → Moise Kean
- 68'
Sub
Mario Hermoso → Konstantinos Koulierakis
- 68'
Sub
Donyell Malen → Santiago Castro
- 74'
Sub
Arthur Atta → Rolando Mandragora
- 79'
Sub
Manu Koné → Niccolò Pisilli
- 79'
Sub
Paulo Dybala → Neil El Aynaoui
- 80'
Sub
João Mário → Víctor Valdepeñas
- 86'
Goal
Niccolò Pisilli league goal #1
Category leaders
- Key passesPaulo Dybala4
- Duels wonBryan Cristante11/14
- DribblesDonyell Malen3/4
- Defensive actionsBryan Cristante6
- ShotsDonyell Malen4 (on target 3)
- Fouls wonFranco Mastantuono4
#AS Roma#Fiorentina#Serie A#Donyell Malen#Paulo Dybala#Niccolò Pisilli
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.