Cagliari 1–0 Roma
- Gaetano 82'
- Çelik 52'
7 December 2025
The match in data
Cagliari got the better of Roma, 1–0, on 7 December 2025, on matchday 14 of the 2025-26 Serie A.
Player of the match: Sebastiano Esposito (Cagliari), rated 65, thanks above all to 2 big chances created and 4 key passes. Esposito produced 1.2 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Roma, the highest-rated player was Mile Svilar, with 57.
Zeki Çelik was sent off at 52'.
Sebastiano Esposito
Cagliari · 90'
Produced 1.19× and cost 0.31× their position's average
- 2 big chances created 4.0×
- 4 key passes 3.3×
- 6 final-third passes 2.5×
- 9 misplaced passes 1.7×
- 1 ball lost 0.7×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastiano Esposito ★ | Forward | 90 | 65 |
| Gianluca Gaetano | Midfielder | 21 | 65 |
| Gabriele Zappa | Defender | 69 | 62 |
| Matteo Prati | Midfielder | 21 | 61 |
| Sebastiano Luperto | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Elia Caprile | Goalkeeper | 90 | 51 |
| Alessandro Deiola | Midfielder | 90 | 50 |
| Michel Adopo | Midfielder | 90 | 44 |
| Juan Rodríguez | Defender | 90 | 43 |
| Michael Folorunsho | Midfielder | 90 | 41 |
| Adam Obert | Defender | 77 | 39 |
| Gennaro Borrelli | Forward | 69 | 37 |
| Marco Palestra | Defender | 90 | 36 |
| Riyad Idrissi | Defender | 13 | no rating |
| Alessandro Di Pardo | Defender | 1 | no rating |
| Semih Kılıçsoy | Forward | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mile Svilar | Goalkeeper | 90 | 57 |
| Mario Hermoso | Defender | 90 | 54 |
| Gianluca Mancini | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Matías Soulé | Forward | 62 | 45 |
| Paulo Dybala | Forward | 28 | 42 |
| Zeki Çelik | Defender | 52 | 37 |
| Evan Ndicka | Defender | 90 | 36 |
| Manu Koné | Midfielder | 90 | 36 |
| Bryan Cristante | Midfielder | 63 | 35 |
| Devyne Rensch | Defender | 37 | 34 |
| Neil El Aynaoui | Midfielder | 27 | 34 |
| Lorenzo Pellegrini | Midfielder | 62 | 31 |
| Tommaso Baldanzi | Midfielder | 53 | 29 |
| Evan Ferguson | Forward | 28 | 27 |
| Konstantinos Tsimikas | Defender | 73 | 24 |
| Daniele Ghilardi | Defender | 17 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Roma player played the most passes leading to a shot?
Matías Soulé, with 3 key passes. Next: Konstantinos Tsimikas 1, Tommaso Baldanzi 1.
In Roma's 1–0 defeat at Cagliari, Matías Soulé provided the main creative spark with 3 key passes. Soulé clearly outproduced Konstantinos Tsimikas and Tommaso Baldanzi, who managed 1 each.
Which Cagliari player completed the most dribbles?
Marco Palestra, with 6 completed dribbles. Next: Adam Obert 2, Michael Folorunsho 2.
In Cagliari's 1–0 victory over Roma, Marco Palestra stood out in 1-on-1 situations with 6 successful dribbles. Palestra tripled the tallies of Adam Obert and Michael Folorunsho, who completed 2 each.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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