Roma vs Cagliari

23 December 2020 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Luca Pairetto

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 1–0

  • Jordan Veretout 11’
  • Edin Dzeko 71’
  • Gianluca Mancini 77’
  • João Pedro 59’, 90+1’ (pen)

Match summary

Roma beat Cagliari 3-2. Roma led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Jordan Veretout put Roma ahead in the 11th minute. In the second half, João Pedro equalised in the 59th minute, set up by Christian Oliva, Edin Dzeko put Roma back in front in the 71st minute, set up by Rick Karsdorp, Gianluca Mancini made it 3-1 with a header in the 77th minute, set up by Chris Smalling, and Pedro pulled one back to make it 3-2 from the penalty spot in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Roma created 3.36 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Cagliari's 1.20 from 9.

Match stats

Roma Cagliari
13 Shots 6
9 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 0
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
3.36 xG 1.20
3.36 Non-penalty xG 0.44
6 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Roma Cagliari
Kick-off
Jordan Veretout1-0 (Roma)
11’
Half-time1-0
59’
João Pedro
Assist: Christian Oliva1-1 (Cagliari)
Edin Dzeko
Assist: Rick Karsdorp2-1 (Roma)
71’
Gianluca Mancini
Assist: Chris Smalling3-1 (Roma)
77’
90+1’
João Pedro
Penalty3-2 (Cagliari)
Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Roma
  • Marash Kumbulla
  • Gianluca Mancini
  • Bryan Cristante
Cagliari
  • Gabriele Zappa
  • Nahitan Nández

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.

0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.36 1.20 11’ Jordan Veretout (Roma), 1-0 11’ 59’ João Pedro (Cagliari), 1-1 59’ 71’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), 2-1 71’ 77’ Gianluca Mancini (Roma), 3-1 77’ 90+1’ João Pedro (Cagliari), 3-2 90+1’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.36 1.20 11’ Jordan Veretout (Roma), 1-0 Veretout 11’ 59’ João Pedro (Cagliari), 1-1 Pedro 59’ 71’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), 2-1 Dzeko 71’ 77’ Gianluca Mancini (Roma), 3-1 Mancini 77’ 90+1’ João Pedro (Cagliari), 3-2 Pedro 90+1’
Roma 3.36 xGCagliari 1.20 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Cagliari attacking Roma attacking 
71’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.79 xG, goal 90+1’ João Pedro (Cagliari), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 77’ Gianluca Mancini (Roma), from a corner, 0.59 xG, goal 87’ Borja Mayoral (Roma), open play, 0.57 xG, off target 52’ Pedro (Roma), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 22’ Pedro (Roma), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 29’ Bryan Cristante (Roma), set piece, 0.20 xG, saved 57’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 44’ Pedro (Roma), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 11’ Jordan Veretout (Roma), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 47’ Razvan Marin (Cagliari), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 56’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 66’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 48’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 58’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 30’ Marash Kumbulla (Roma), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 59’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 64’ Rick Karsdorp (Roma), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 57’ Nahitan Nández (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 24’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 49’ Bruno Peres (Roma), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 61’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), set piece, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 70’ Jordan Veretout (Roma), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 89’ João Pedro (Cagliari), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 71’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.79 xG, goal 90+1’ João Pedro (Cagliari), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 77’ Gianluca Mancini (Roma), from a corner, 0.59 xG, goal 87’ Borja Mayoral (Roma), open play, 0.57 xG, off target 52’ Pedro (Roma), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 22’ Pedro (Roma), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 29’ Bryan Cristante (Roma), set piece, 0.20 xG, saved 57’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 44’ Pedro (Roma), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 11’ Jordan Veretout (Roma), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 47’ Razvan Marin (Cagliari), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 56’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 66’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 48’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 58’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 59’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 30’ Marash Kumbulla (Roma), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 64’ Rick Karsdorp (Roma), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 57’ Nahitan Nández (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 24’ Edin Dzeko (Roma), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 49’ Bruno Peres (Roma), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 61’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), set piece, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 70’ Jordan Veretout (Roma), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 89’ João Pedro (Cagliari), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Antonio Mirante GK760 0.000.000
Gianluca Mancini DEF9011 0.590.000
Bryan Cristante DEF751 0.200.301
Marash Kumbulla DEF651 0.050.031
Rick Karsdorp MID9011 0.040.791
Bruno Peres MID901 0.020.592
Jordan Veretout MID9012 0.100.112
Gonzalo Villar MID900 0.000.000
Henrikh Mkhitaryan MID902 0.120.451
Pedro MID653 0.850.201
Edin Dzeko FWD8012 0.820.111
Lorenzo Pellegrini Sub250 0.000.000
Ibañez Sub250 0.000.000
Chris Smalling Sub1510 0.000.591
Pau López Sub140 0.000.000
Borja Mayoral Sub101 0.570.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Roma win 67% Avg odds 1.42
Draw 19% Avg odds 5.01
Cagliari win 14% Avg odds 6.86

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

Form going into the game

Roma LDWWL
Cagliari DDLDD

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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.