AS Roma beat Cagliari 4-2 in matchday nine of Serie A

AS Roma beat Cagliari 4-2 in the match between the two sides in matchday nine of Serie A, held on 27 October at 22:45 Damascus time.

Cagliari opened the scoring through a penalty scored by M'Bala Nzola in the 10th minute, before AS Roma turned the result in their favour with two quick goals, the first by E. Lulli in the 15th minute and the second by Niccolò Pisilli in the 21st minute.

In the second half, Daniel Maldini narrowed the gap for Cagliari in the 81st minute, but AS Roma sealed the match with two goals in the final minutes, added by Rodrigo Mora in the 85th minute and Donyell Malen in the 87th minute, ending the match with a deserved 4-2 win.

Rodrigo Mora was named player of the match, having played for 34 minutes and scored a goal, earning a rating of 8.2.

Statistically, AS Roma dominated possession with 61 to Cagliari's 39, and took 20 shots compared to Cagliari's 19, with 8 on target for each side. Cagliari received one yellow card compared to none for AS Roma, and the match saw no red cards.

With this result, AS Roma raised their tally to 21 points in third place after 9 matches, achieving 6 wins and three draws without any defeat. Meanwhile, Cagliari's tally stood at 13 points in ninth place, after 4 wins, one draw and four defeats.