Roma 2-0 Lazio: G. Mancini brace twice, Rome rise to the fourth place

Gianluca Mancini scored twice to put Roma's Champions League hopes in their own hands on the final day after a 2-0 victory over Lazio in a fiery Derby della Capitale.

Mancini scored on either side of half-time, with both sides also finishing with 10 men as tempers flared at Stadio Olimpico.

It marked a fourth straight win for Roma, who have leapfrogged up into fourth, two points above Como and Juventus; a win over Hellas Verona will see them qualify for the Champions League next weekend.

Roma started brightly, with Wesley seeing a low drive deflect into Alessio Furlanetto’s gloves before Matteo Cancellieri curled a lovely strike straight at Mile Svilar at the other end.

Just when Lazio looked like they were growing into the game, Mancini struck the first blow, thumping a Niccolo Pisilli corner into the net with five minutes of the first half remaining.

After a cagey start to the second half, Donyell Malen saw a volley smothered by Furlanetto, who then tipped a Paulo Dybala free-kick over the bar.  

Moments later, Dybala turned provider, with Mancini again rising highest in the box to meet a corner and power it beyond a helpless Furlanetto.

A brawl then erupted in the aftermath of the goal, with Nicolo Rovella and Wesley both receiving straight red cards for their parts in the pushing and shoving.

Data Debrief: Mancini the derby hero

Mancini is the first defender in the history of this derby to score multiple goals, while he has now scored three times against Lazio in total.

Only against Inter (four) does he have more goals.

Sixteen of Mancini's 22 Serie A goals have come from headers. Since his first season in the top-flight (2017-18), no defender has scored more such goals in the competition (level with Bremer).

This fixture also now holds the record for the most red cards in Serie A history in the three-points-per-win era (since 1994-95), with the two here bringing the total to 43.

Match Events

9' Highlight from Roma vs Lazio

28' Match Event for Roma vs Lazio

29' Match Event for Roma vs Lazio

33' Highlight from Roma vs Lazio

35' Match Event for Roma vs Lazio

37' Highlight from Roma vs Lazio

40' GOAL! Roma 1-0 Lazio (Gianluca Mancini)

63' Highlight from Roma vs Lazio

65' Highlight from Roma vs Lazio

66' GOAL! Roma 2-0 Lazio (Gianluca Mancini)

70' Red Card! Nicolò Rovella sent off

92' Highlight from Roma vs Lazio

Line-ups

Roma XI: Dybala, Cristante, Hermoso, Zeki Çelik, Mile Svilar, G. Mancini, N'Dicka, Malen, Neil El Aynaoui, Wesley Vinícius França Lima, Niccolò Pisilli

Subs: El Shaarawy, Gollini, Angelino, Artem Dovbyk, Tsimikas, Devyne Rensch, Daniele Ghilardi, Matías Soulé, Jan Ziolkowski, Robinio Vaz, Giorgio De Marzi

Lazio XI: Marusic, Toma Bašić, Nuno Tavares, Rovella, Kenneth Taylor, Mario Gila, Boulaye Dia, Matteo Cancellieri, Alessio Furlanetto, Tijjani Noslin, Oliver Provstgaard

Subs: Pedro, Hysaj, Lazzari, Samuel Gigot, Cataldi, L.Pellegrini, Gustav Isaksen, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, Maldini, Petar Ratkov, Reda Belahyane, Adrian Przyborek, Giacomo Giacomone, Nicolò Pannozzo