Brutal! Roma 7-0 Empoli: Mourinho's side get their first win, Dybala nets brace

Roma put their poor start to the campaign behind them with Chelsea loanee Romelu Lukaku scoring in a 7-0 thrashing of Empoli.

Match Report

Jose Mourinho’s side had lost two of their opening three Serie A fixtures, but Paulo Dybala and Renato Sanches put them 2-0 up inside eight minutes.

Empoli, the division’s bottom club, trailed 3-0 at the break thanks to Alberto Grassi’s own goal before Roma upped the ante after half-time with Dybala completing his brace before Lukaku fired home with eight minutes left following a quick break after Andrea Belotti’s pass. Bryan Cristante and Gianluca Mancini were also on the scoresheet.

Line-ups

Roma XI: Patricio, Lukaku, Paredes, Spinazzola, Dybala, Cristante, D.Llorente, R.Sanches, G. Mancini, Rasmus Kristensen, N'Dicka

Subs: El Shaarawy, S. Azmoun, Belotti, Karsdorp, Zeki Celik, Mile Svilar, Nicola Zalewski, Pietro Boer, Edoardo Bove, Riccardo Pagano, Niccolò Pisilli

Empoli XI: Berisha, Destro, Bereszynski, A.Grassi, Luperto, Pezzella, Youssef Maleh, Sebastian Walukiewicz, Matteo Cancellieri, Nicolò Cambiaghi, Jacopo Fazzini

Subs: Francesco Caputo, Marin, Viktor Kovalenko, Simone Bastoni, Emmanuel Gyasi, T. Ebuehi, Samuele Perisan, Ardian Ismajli, Liberato Cacace, Filippo Ranocchia, Lovro Stubljar, Tommaso Baldanzi, Gabriele Guarino, Stiven Shpendi