Match Report
7 points and 15 places separated them: Roma 7th with 11, Real Madrid 22nd with 4. Real Madrid ranked just 837th in the league on five-round form despite their 22nd table position. Against a league average of 1.69 goals per team per game, Roma ran at 2.6 scored and 1.6 conceded, Real Madrid at 1.5 and 1.
Defeat had not touched Roma in 12 games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 10 games: 1 Roma win, 8 for Real Madrid, 1 draw, at 2.7 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 30% of the wins in this fixture.
Centro Sportivo Lazio in Formello, capacity 72,698, hosted the game. It was 2-2 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 2-2.