Five key stats from Week 11 in Serie A - Featuring a gruesome Milan stat
Week 11 in Serie A brought a busy 10-day stretch of Calcio that saw 30 games contested to a close, with tired legs and fatigued minds characterising the final moments of the latest round’s encounters.
Roma’s prolific winning streak to open the season at last came to a close one game short of Tottenham’s European big five leagues record courtesy of a youth product of their own, whilst Milan and Lazio slipped deeper into crisis in the headlines of the match day gone by.
1. Roma’s streak comes to an end
Rudi Garcia’s men failed to win for the first time under his direction as they conceded for just the second time this campaign, having played 743 minutes since Parma’s Jonathan Biabiany netted a header against them on September 16.
Roma academy graduate Alessio Cerci did the business for Torino on the day in notching a 63rd minute equaliser to force the club of his youth to settle for a point.
The Giallorossi’s run was ended with Garcia forced to change his centre back pairing for the first time this term as Leandro Castan was suspended, leaving veteran Nicolas Burdisso to slot in alongside Mehdi Benatia after the two usual starters had played every minute available through the opening 10 games.
Benatia, the number one ranked player in Serie A with a Squawka Performance Score of 478, faces a ban himself for the capital outfit’s upcoming tilt with Sassuolo due to yellow card accumulation as Garcia’s side have begun to be affected by inevitable absences that will test their mettle.