Match Report
The table gap was wide: 30 points between Roma (3rd, 73 pts) and Cagliari (14th, 43 pts). On the form table Cagliari stood 3rd over the last five rounds, despite being 14th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Roma 1.55 scored and 0.82 conceded per game, Cagliari 1.05 and 1.39, with the league averaging 1.21.
Cagliari had won three straight.
The sides have met 29 times in the GioScore results database: 17 wins for Roma, 6 draws and 6 for Cagliari, at 3.14 goals per meeting. History points to goals: 66% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 55%. Where history says 3.14 goals per meeting, the last five say 2.2.
Stadio Olimpico staged the fixture, a ground that holds 72,698. On the scoreboard, Roma led 1-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-0.
Goal scorers
Roma: Donyell Malen (25'), Donyell Malen (65')
Key stats
Possession: Roma 53% · Cagliari 47% · Total shots: 15-3 · On target: 5-1 · Corners: 7-1