Roma 3-2 Cagliari: result and report
Serie A · Wednesday 23 December 2020
Result
Roma 3-2 Cagliari
Serie A · Wednesday 23 December 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Roma 3-2 Cagliari: match report
Roma defeated Cagliari 3-2 in Serie A on Wednesday 23 December 2020. The half-time score was 1-0.
Jordan Veretout opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Roma's goals came from Jordan Veretout (11'), Edin Dzeko (71') and Gianluca Mancini (77'). Cagliari scored through João Pedro (59') and João Pedro (90+1', penalty).
Discipline: Roma received 3 yellow cards; Cagliari received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Roma were 5th on 24 points from 13 and Cagliari 13th on 14 points from 13. Roma went on to finish that season 7th with 62 points, and Cagliari 16th with 37.
Roma lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Cagliari in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to João Pedro of Cagliari (9.3), ahead of Gianluca Mancini (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Roma wins, 4 draws and 0 for Cagliari.
Going into the match Roma's last five read L-W-W-D-L and Cagliari's D-D-L-D-D.
Key events
- 11'Goal · Jordan Veretout
- 19'Yellow card · Bryan Cristante
- 20'Yellow card · Gabriele Zappa
- 29'Yellow card · Nahitan Nández
- 37'Yellow card · Gianluca Mancini
- 59'Goal · João Pedro
- 60'Yellow card · Marash Kumbulla
- 71'Goal · Edin Dzeko
- 77'Goal · Gianluca Mancini
- 90+1'Penalty goal · João Pedro
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Justin Kluivert
- Daniele Rugani
- Paolo Faragò
- Simone Aresti
- Ragnar Klavan
- Giuseppe Ciocci
- Javier Pastore
- Leonardo Spinazzola
Roma line-up (3-4-2-1)
Antonio Mirante, Gianluca Mancini, Bryan Cristante, Marash Kumbulla, Rick Karsdorp, Gonzalo Villar, Jordan Veretout, Bruno Peres, Pedro, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Edin Džeko
Cagliari line-up (3-5-2)
Alessio Cragno, Sebastian Walukiewicz, Luca Ceppitelli, Diego Godín, Gabriele Zappa, Nahitan Nández, Răzvan Marin, Marko Rog, Charalampos Lykogiannis, João Pedro, Giovanni Simeone