Cagliari vs Roma

8 October 2023 · Serie A · 2023/24 · Referee Simone Sozza

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 0–2

Nahitan Nández 87’ (pen)

Houssem Aouar 19’
Romelu Lukaku 20’, 59’
Andrea Belotti 51’

Match summary

Roma won comfortably, 4-1 away at Cagliari. Roma led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Houssem Aouar put Roma ahead in the 19th minute, set up by Leonardo Spinazzola and Romelu Lukaku made it 0-2 in the 20th minute, set up by Rick Karsdorp. In the second half, Andrea Belotti made it 0-3 in the 51st minute, set up by Leandro Paredes, Lukaku made it 0-4 in the 59th minute, set up by Leandro Paredes, and Nahitan Nández pulled one back to make it 1-4 from the penalty spot in the 87th minute.

The chances backed that up: Roma created 3.33 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Cagliari's 1.76 from 16.

Match stats

16 Shots 11

2 Shots on Target 5

4 Corners 3

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.76 xG 3.33

1.00 Non-penalty xG 3.33

8 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Cagliari Roma

Kick-off

19’

Houssem Aouar
Assist: Leonardo Spinazzola

0-1

20’

Romelu Lukaku
Assist: Rick Karsdorp

0-2

Half-time0-2

51’

Andrea Belotti
Assist: Leandro Paredes

0-3

59’

Romelu Lukaku
Assist: Leandro Paredes

0-4

Nahitan Nández
Penalty

1-4

87’

Full-time1-4

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Cagliari

Adam Obert
Sulemana

Roma

Leandro Paredes
Houssem Aouar
Edoardo Bove

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Cagliari 1.76 xGRoma 3.33 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Roma attacking Cagliari attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Simone Scuffet	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Mateusz Wieteska	DEF	90		1	0.14	0.00	0
Adam Obert	DEF	71		0	0.00	0.08	1
Pantelis Hatzidiakos	DEF	49		0	0.00	0.00	0
Nahitan Nández	MID	90	1	2	0.80	0.06	2
Paulo Azzi	MID	90		4	0.16	0.02	1
Antoine Makoumbou	MID	90		0	0.00	0.02	1
Matteo Prati	MID	90		3	0.10	0.01	1
Sulemana	MID	38		0	0.00	0.00	0
Gaetano Oristanio	FWD	77		1	0.02	0.26	3
Andrea Petagna	FWD	71		2	0.17	0.08	1
Zito	Sub	52		0	0.00	0.06	1
Gabriele Zappa	Sub	41		1	0.05	0.09	1
Leonardo Pavoletti	Sub	19		2	0.33	0.05	1
Alberto Dossena	Sub	19		0	0.00	0.00	0
Eldor Shomurodov	Sub	13		0	0.00	0.25	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Rui Patrício	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Bryan Cristante	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gianluca Mancini	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Evan Ndicka	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.36	1
Rick Karsdorp	MID	72		1	0	0.00	0.93	1
Leonardo Spinazzola	MID	90		1	1	0.01	0.54	2
Edoardo Bove	MID	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Leandro Paredes	MID	82		2	1	0.02	0.98	2
Houssem Aouar	MID	72	1		1	0.50	0.00	0
Romelu Lukaku	FWD	90	2		4	1.76	0.40	1
Paulo Dybala	FWD	39			2	0.45	0.02	1
Andrea Belotti	Sub	51	1		1	0.55	0.00	0
Rasmus Kristensen	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Riccardo Pagano	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mehmet Zeki Çelik	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Cagliari win 19% Avg odds 5.03

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.55

Roma win 54% Avg odds 1.77

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Cagliari L D L L L

Roma L W D L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Roma 1-0 Cagliari, 16 Jan 22 Next meeting: Roma 4-0 Cagliari, 05 Feb 24 All Cagliari vs Roma meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.