It took some time to interrupt via, however Roma then scored twice in two minutes with Manu Koné and Matias Soulé to defeat Sassuolo, whereas Evan Ferguson went off injured.
The Giallorossi had Mario Hermoso and Gianluca Mancini again from bans within the midweek 2-0 win away to Lecce, however Bryan Cristante was , plus Artem Dovbyk, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Leon Bailey and Pierluigi Gollini injured, Neil El Aynaoui and Evan Ndicka at AFCON, whereas Wesley had flu. The Neroverdi have been with out a win in 5, and Kristian Thorstvedt broken his shoulder in , becoming a member of Fali Candé, Domenico Berardi, Cristian Volpato, Filippo Romagna, Daniel Boloca and Edoardo Pieragnolo on the remedy desk, plus Wayo Coulibaly at AFCON.
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ROME, ITALY – JANUARY 10: Josh Doig of US Sassuolo Calcio competes for the ball with Kostas Tsmikas of AS Roma in the course of the Serie A match between AS Roma and US Sassuolo Calcio at Stadio Olimpico on January 10, 2026 in Rome, Italy. (Picture by Paolo Bruno/Getty Photos)
Paulo Dybala’s roller was crushed away by Arijanet Muric simply past Evan Ferguson, whereas Mancini made a decisive sort out when Armand Laurienté went on the counter-attack.
There was a double Sassuolo likelihood on 17 minutes when Ismael Koné sprung the offside lure to be denied one-on-one by Mile Svilar’s legs, then Laurienté received the rebound all improper to drill huge.
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Alieu Fadera additionally examined Svilar on the close to put up, whereas Ferguson turned over below stress from Jay Idzes on a cross from the best. That was his second knock to the again, so the Irish centre-forward was struggling and went off, changed by Stephan El Shaarawy.
ROME, ITALY – JANUARY 10: Evan Ferguson of AS Roma is injured in the course of the Serie A match between AS Roma and US Sassuolo Calcio at Stadio Olimpico on January 10, 2026 in Rome, Italy. (Picture by Paolo Bruno/Getty Photos)
There was a giant double likelihood for Roma after the restart, however after Muric received all the way down to parry the El Shaarawy daisy-cutter, Tsimikas horribly fired the rebound over.
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Matias Soulé additionally scuffed a end huge from a promising place, then the referee pointed to the spot on the hour mark when Muric introduced down Soulé on a Mario Hermoso header excessive. Nevertheless, it was revoked by VAR as a result of Soulé was offside, although the reserving to the Sassuolo goalkeeper remained.
Pisilli’s cross-shot stung Muric’s gloves, whereas Manu Kone’s low drive from the sting of the realm was too weak to bother the Sassuolo goalkeeper.
ROME, ITALY – JANUARY 10: Manu Kone of AS Roma in motion towards US Sassuolo Calcio gamers in the course of the Serie A match between AS Roma and US Sassuolo Calcio at Stadio Olimpico on January 10, 2026 in Rome, Italy. (Picture by Paolo Bruno/Getty Photos)
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Roma did lastly break the impasse when a nook was cleared, Zeki Celik took his time to choose the best go, sending Soulé down the left to face up a cross for the Manu Koné header from six yards.
That they had barely had time to complete celebrating when scoring a second. Daniele Ghilardi mixed with Celik to interrupt down the best and pulled again, El Shaarawy had a pleasant back-heel flick to arrange Soulé to comb in undisturbed.
Mario Hermoso turned the dinked Dybala cross over from six yards moments later, whereas Pisilli and Manu Koné had extra alternatives off course.
El Shaarawy had it within the internet throughout stoppages with a sweeping end, however Devyne Rensch was offside for the build-up. The Little Pharaoh went shut once more with a lob onto the roof of the online from Dybala’s help.
Roma 2-0 Sassuolo
M Koné 77 (R), Soulé 79 (R)
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