After the match

Serie A 2026/27 · Week 9

Roma – Cagliari

Score: Roma 4, Cagliari 2

Stadio Olimpico (on Google Maps, opens in a new tab)Capacity: 70,634. City: Rome. Opened: 1932. Surface: Grass.
Roma

Match context

  • Roma have kept 6 clean sheets in their last 10 home matches.
  • Roma have scored in 20 consecutive Serie A matches.
Our model favoured this result

Model vs result

We gave it 66%
Most likely scoreline was 2-0 · actual 4-2

Roma
66%
Draws
21%
Cagliari
13%

Limits of the forecast

  • Goals-only model: injuries, suspensions and lineups are not modelled.
  • Promoted clubs with no Serie A history are excluded.

Match statistics

  • 20Shots19
  • 8On target8
  • 6Big chances3
  • 4.25Total xG2.48

RomaxG and shot data: understat.comCagliari

xG Trend

xG and shot data: understat.com

Cumulative expected goalsCagliari — 9'Roma — 14'Roma — 20'Cagliari — 80'Roma — 84'Roma — 86'4.252.48
Cumulative expected goals over time
Cumulative expected goals over time
Teams15'30'45'60'75'90'Total xG
Roma0.391.551.631.771.774.174.25
Cagliari0.960.961.531.631.722.482.48
How to read the xG trend

Expected goals added up as the match went on. The line steps up when a team shoots, and the size of the step is how good the chance was. A team that climbs in one jump had a single clear opening; a staircase means many small ones. Dots mark goals.

Shot Map

xG and shot data: understat.com

Football pitch
Shot locations for this match

RomaCagliari

GoalOn targetOff targetMarker size is xG

How to read the shot map

Every shot in the match, placed where it was struck. Each team attacks the goal on its own side. A marker's area is its xG — the chance an average player scores from there. Filled means it hit the target, a white ring means it went in. Tap or hover a shot for the detail.

Line-ups

xG and shot data: understat.com

Gollini
Ndicka
Mancini
Koulierakis
Molina
1
Lulli
Cristante
Roon
1
Pisilli
Malvano
Castro
Caprile
Rodriguez
Mina
Figueiredo
Obert
Sugawara
Deiola
Romano
Fadera
Adopo
1
Nzola
Roma· 3-5-2Cagliari· 3-4-2-1

Head to Head

Roma
15
Draws
4
Cagliari
2

21 Serie A meetings, 2014/15 to 2026/27. The ten most recent are listed.

The letter on each result is how Roma finished it:WwinDdrawLdefeat

  1. 4 – 2Wat Roma2026/27
  2. 2 – 0Wat Roma2025/26
  3. 1 – 0Lat Cagliari2025/26
  4. 1 – 0Wat Roma2024/25
  5. 0 – 0Dat Cagliari2024/25
  6. 4 – 0Wat Roma2023/24
  7. 1 – 4Wat Cagliari2023/24
  8. 1 – 0Wat Roma2021/22
  9. 1 – 2Wat Cagliari2021/22
  10. 3 – 2Lat Cagliari2020/21

How the model works

How this is calculated

Fitted on

Limits

  • Goals-only model: injuries, suspensions and lineups are not modelled.
  • Promoted clubs with no Serie A history are excluded.

How a prediction is made