Roma 4-0 Slovan Bratislava: result and report

Report

Roma won 4-0, and this time the performance fully matched the scoreline. They were expected to win comfortably at home. They did, while Slovan Bratislava finished without a single shot.

Roma took 21 minutes to break through, but after that the game only moved one way. Mario Hermoso opened the scoring from Daniele Ghilardi's assist. Nahuel Molina doubled the lead on 39 minutes, set up by Donyell Malen.

The second half settled it quickly. Malen created the third for Niccolò Pisilli on 52 minutes, then scored a penalty himself on 58 minutes. As a result, Roma were 4-0 up with more than half an hour still to play.

Donyell Malen's influence

Malen was involved in three of the four goals, with two assists and the penalty. He finished as player of the match with a rating of 8.8. Hermoso and Molina scored the first-half goals, but Malen turned a comfortable lead into a heavy defeat for the visitors.

The chance numbers show that the scoreline did not flatter Roma. They had 17 shots to none, with 10 on target, and created five big chances while Slovan Bratislava created none. Roma's expected goals came to 4.18 against 0.03, so four goals was close to what their chances deserved.

Slovan Bratislava had 27% of the ball and managed one key pass to Roma's 18. Their goalkeeper still had to make six saves, so the margin could have been wider.