Matchday

Serie A 25/26 · 7 Dec 2025

Cagliari 1–0 AS Roma

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Nov 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.0 – 1.2
Actual xG
1.2 – 0.4
Goals
1 – 0

Footybot saw it as open: Cagliari 32%, the draw 29%, AS Roma 39%.

Cagliari won and made the better chances: 1.2 xG to 0.4.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Mile Svilar, 71.7 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Mile Svilar +19.2, Adam Obert +8.9, Marco Palestra +8.3.

Well below it: Gianluca Mancini −19.6, Evan Ndicka −16.4, Zeki Çelik −15.0.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Cagliari

29 Nov 2025L 1–2at Juventus Serie A
22 Nov 2025D 3–3v Genoa Serie A
8 Nov 2025D 0–0at Como Serie A
3 Nov 2025L 0–2at Lazio Serie A
30 Oct 2025L 1–2v Sassuolo Serie A

AS Roma

30 Nov 2025L 0–1v SSC Napoli Serie A
27 Nov 2025W 2–1v FC Midtjylland Europa League
23 Nov 2025W 3–1at Cremonese Serie A
9 Nov 2025W 2–0v Udinese Serie A
6 Nov 2025W 2–0at Rangers Europa League

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Cagliari

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Gianluca Gaetano Midfielder21100.0877.2–
Marco Palestra Midfielder89000.0563.0+8.3
Alessandro Di Pardo Defender100–61.5–
Adam Obert Defender77000.2958.4+8.9
Elia Caprile Goalkeeper9000–55.3+6.7
Juan Rodríguez Defender9000–54.3–
Sebastiano Esposito Forward90010.3354.2+3.4
Matteo Prati Midfielder2100–50.1–
Alessandro Deiola Midfielder90000.0345.4+0.2
Gennaro Borrelli Forward69000.0244.7−3.7
Michael Folorunsho Midfielder89000.2644.5+2.2
Gabriele Zappa Defender69000.0444.4−3.7
Riyad Idrissi Defender1300–43.9–
Michel Adopo Midfielder90000.0642.4−1.1
Sebastiano Luperto Defender9000–40.5−2.5
Semih Kılıçsoy Forward100–18.2–

AS Roma

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Mile Svilar Goalkeeper9000–71.7+19.2
Matías Soulé Forward62000.0251.6−0.1
Kostas Tsimikas Defender7300–50.0−6.5
Bryan Cristante Midfielder6300–46.6−5.3
Manu Koné Midfielder9000–45.3−7.3
Evan Ferguson Forward2800–42.9–
Paulo Dybala Forward2800–42.2–
Lorenzo Pellegrini Forward62000.1542.2−12.2
Tommaso Baldanzi Midfielder53000.1139.4−6.2
Evan Ndicka Defender9000–38.8−16.4
Mario Hermoso Defender9000–37.0−12.3
Gianluca Mancini Defender9000–36.7−19.6
Devyne Rensch Midfielder3700–36.6–
Neil El Aynaoui Midfielder2700–34.6–
Zeki Çelik Defender52000.0733.5−15.0
Daniele Ghilardi Defender1700–28.9–