ROMA. Roma wipes out Cagliari 4-0 with goals of Lorenzo Pellegrini (2′), Paulo Dybala (23′), Paulo Dybala (51′ pen) and Dean Huijsen (59′).

The match was played at the Stadio Olimpico stadium in Roma on Monday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Matteo Marcenaro who was helped by Filippo Valeriani and Niccolò Pagliardini. The 4th official was Antonio Rapuano. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was extremely hot at 32.22 degrees Celsius or 90 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 40%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Roma was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Cagliari that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Cagliari was more pushing with 35 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Roma was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Roma shot 20 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Cagliari shot 12 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Roma received 1 yellow card (Leandro Paredes). On the opposite side, Cagliari received 1 yellow card (Nahitan Nández).

Standings

After playing this match, Roma has 38 points to remain in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, Cagliari will stays with 18 points like Hellas Verona and Empoli to remain in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Roma will host Inter on the 11th of February with a 18-15 head to head record in favor of Inter (16 draws).

Cagliari will host Lazio on the 11th of February with a 22-5 head to head record in favor of Lazio (6 draws).

Roma – Formation

Roma started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Daniele De Rossi decided to play with the following team: Rui Patrício (7.7), Rick Karsdorp (7.3), Gianluca Mancini (7.3), Diego Llorente (7.0), Angeliño (7.7), Bryan Cristante (7.0), Leandro Paredes (7.8), Lorenzo Pellegrini (8.4), Paulo Dybala (9.5), Romelu Lukaku  (7.1) and Stephan El Shaarawy (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Rasmus Kristensen (7.0), Edoardo Bove (6.7), Dean Huijsen (7.5), Zeki Çelik, Renato Sanches , Houssem Aouar, Tommaso Baldanzi (6.8), Nicola Zalewski (7.5), Riccardo Pagano, Niccolò Pisilli, Pietro Boer, João Costa and Mile Svilar.

Roma could not rely on the presence of Rasmus Kristensen (injured).

Substitutions

Roma made 5 changes: Angeliño for Rasmus Kristensen (58′), Stephan El Shaarawy for Nicola Zalewski (55′), Lorenzo Pellegrini for Edoardo Bove (55′), Diego Llorente for Dean Huijsen (55′) and Paulo Dybala for Tommaso Baldanzi (74′).

Player of the match: Paulo Dybala​

The player that probably impressed the most for Roma was Paulo Dybala.

His rating is 9.5 with 2 goals, 31 passes (94% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 3 crosses.

Cagliari – Formation

Cagliari started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).

Claudio Ranieri played with: Simone Scuffet (6.6), Alberto Dossena (7.0), Yerry Mina (7.0), Adam Obert (6.3), Gabriele Zappa (6.7), Nahitan Nández (6.7), Matteo Prati (6.3), Antoine Makoumbou (6.8), Paulo Azzi (6.4), Andrea Petagna (7.3) and Gianluca Lapadula (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Nicolas Viola (6.4), Boris Radunović, Alessandro Deiola, Pantelis Hatzidiakos, Simone Aresti, Jakub Jankto, Mateusz Wieteska (6.4), Tommaso Augello, Leonardo Pavoletti, Gianluca Gaetano (6.7), Zito Luvumbo (6.8) and Alessandro Di Pardo (6.4).

Substitutions

Cagliari made 5 changes: Matteo Prati for Gianluca Gaetano (62′), Paulo Azzi for Zito Luvumbo (62′), Alberto Dossena for Nicolas Viola (62′), Nahitan Nández for Alessandro Di Pardo (75′) and Yerry Mina for Mateusz Wieteska (67′).

Player of the match: Andrea Petagna​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cagliari was Andrea Petagna.

His rating is 7.3 with 22 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 9.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Roma – Cagliari – 4-0