Roma beat Sassuolo 3-0

Roma earned a comfortable win over Sassuolo. Goals from Mario Hermoso, an own goal and Rodrigo Mora gave the Giallorossi a 3-0 victory, leaving Alberto Aquilani's side with their fifth consecutive defeat.

Roma had lost 3-2 at Manchester United earlier in the week, after leading 2-0. In this match, Pierluigi Gollini, Gianluca Mancini and Devyne Rensch picked up new injuries. Paulo Dybala, Mile Svilar and Lorenzo Pellegrini were still injured. On the other hand, Manu Koné played for the first time since his thigh injury on October 14.

Aquilani faced his former club as a head coach for the first time. Without Domenico Berardi, Cristian Volpato, Daniel Boloca, Ismael Koné and Fedde Leysen, Sassuolo switched to a back three. Third-choice goalkeeper Devis Vasquez saved Nemanja Matic's shot in the early minutes for the hosts.

Roma opened the scoring with Hermoso's goal from 14 metres. Hermoso tried to pass to Malen, but the ball came back to him and his shot went into the top corner. The second goal came when Malen's shot hit Jay Idzes and Sebastian Walukiewicz, changed direction and went into Sassuolo's own net. The third was scored by Mora, who struck with his right foot between Caleta-Car's legs after a one-two with Malen.

Malen and Soulé failed to make the most of their chances. In a match where Roma could have increased the margin, Sassuolo stayed in the game thanks to Muric's save from Pisilli's shot.