Matchday

Serie A 26/27 · 5 Sep 2026

AS Roma 2–1 Atalanta

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Aug 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.8 – 0.9
Actual xG
3.2 – 0.8
Goals
2 – 1

Footybot made AS Roma favourites at 57%.

AS Roma won and made the better chances: 3.2 xG to 0.8.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Mario Hermoso, 73.2 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Wesley +27.0, Mario Hermoso +24.3, Marco Carnesecchi +10.0.

Well below it: Donyell Malen −14.4, Eljif Elmas −10.6, Mile Svilar −9.6.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

AS Roma

31 Aug 2026W 4–0at Lecce Serie A
24 Aug 2026W 4–0v Fiorentina Serie A
24 May 2026W 2–0at Hellas Verona Serie A
17 May 2026W 2–0v Lazio Serie A
10 May 2026W 3–2at Parma Serie A

Atalanta

31 Aug 2026W 1–0v Bologna Serie A
27 Aug 2026W 1–0at Hapoel Tel Aviv Conference League
23 Aug 2026W 2–1v Sassuolo Serie A
20 Aug 2026D 0–0v Hapoel Tel Aviv Conference League
22 May 2026D 1–1at Fiorentina Serie A

Head to head

18 Apr 2026AS Roma 1–1 Atalanta Serie A
3 Jan 2026Atalanta 1–0 AS Roma Serie A

AS Roma

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Matías Soulé Forward36110.4298.0–
Leonardo Balerdi Defender2300–74.4–
Mario Hermoso Defender90100.2073.2+24.3
Wesley Midfielder9000–72.2+27.0
Nahuel Molina Defender3600–64.0–
Daniele Ghilardi Defender2800–62.1–
Paulo Dybala Forward90010.8261.3+2.6
Santiago Castro Forward27000.4958.7–
Evan Ndicka Defender67000.1358.4+7.6
Manu Koné Midfielder90000.1853.2+2.5
Emanuele Lulli Midfielder5400–52.9–
Bryan Cristante Midfielder90000.2449.0−0.6
Gianluca Mancini Defender62000.2248.3−0.6
Donyell Malen Forward63000.0743.5−14.4
Rodrigo Mora Midfielder54000.4843.3−8.1
Mile Svilar Goalkeeper9000–41.5−9.6

Atalanta

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Marco Carnesecchi Goalkeeper9000–65.3+10.0
Raoul Bellanova Midfielder9000–55.6+3.4
Sead Kolašinac Defender7300–53.2+8.1
Nikola Krstović Forward45000.3950.6+0.5
Giorgio Scalvini Defender9000–50.3+0.6
Odilon Kossounou Defender90000.0347.7−1.1
Lazar Samardžić Midfielder66000.1647.5−9.1
Charles De Ketelaere Forward90000.0547.4−6.7
Éderson Midfielder79100.0846.5+0.1
Gianluca Gaetano Midfielder9000–45.3−1.5
Gianluca Scamacca Forward45000.0643.5−6.5
Nicola Zalewski Midfielder2400–40.5–
Mario Pašalić Midfielder2400–39.6–
Franck Kessié Midfielder1100–39.5–
Eljif Elmas Midfielder6600–37.2−10.6
Davide Zappacosta Midfielder1700–36.5–