Roma storm to 5-2 win at Udinese with four first-half goals

AS Roma beat Udinese 5-2 at Stadio Friuli, and the game was settled before halftime. Roma scored four times in the first half, three of them between the 31st and 37th minutes, and Udinese never recovered.

Bryan Cristante opened the scoring in the 10th minute with a header from Wesley's cross. Rodrigo Mora made it 2-0 in the 31st, set up by Cristante. Two minutes later Donyell Malen made it 3-0 from Matías Soulé's pass. Evan Ndicka headed in a Soulé cross after a corner in the 37th for 4-0. Malen, the player of the game with a Chirp Rating of 8.0, scored once and took five shots.

Udinese pulled two back. Nicolò Zaniolo scored in the 50th minute to make it 4-1, and Matteo Palma added a second in the 78th for 4-2. Daniele Ghilardi closed it in second-half stoppage time, finishing Santiago Castro's pass for 5-2. Roma moved to 7-3-0. Udinese fell to 1-2-7.

Chirp's Sim had Roma at 50% before the game.