Roma host Cagliari in Serie A matchday nine

AS Roma will host Cagliari on 27 October 2026 at 22:45 Saudi (Damascus) time, in matchday nine of the 2026/27 Serie A season, with the match broadcast on STARZPLAY.

AS Roma sit third in the table with 18 points from 8 matches, having won 5, drawn 3 and lost none, scoring 19 goals and conceding just 6. Cagliari, on the other hand, are ninth with 13 points from 8 matches, with 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats, scoring 6 goals and conceding 9.

In their last five matches, AS Roma drew 3-3 with Napoli away from home, beat Slovan Bratislava 4-0 and Genoa 2-0 at home, before losing 3-4 to Real Madrid, and drawing 0-0 away to Como.

Cagliari, meanwhile, have lost their last two matches, falling 0-2 at home to Bologna and suffering a heavy 0-4 defeat away to Monza, after a 1-1 draw with Juventus, and two earlier wins over Udinese 1-0 and Atalanta 2-1.

In previous meetings between the two sides, AS Roma beat Cagliari 2-0 on 9 February 2026, while losing 0-1 to them on 7 December 2025 at Cagliari's ground. In an earlier match on 16 March 2025, AS Roma won 1-0, while the meeting on 18 August 2024 ended in a goalless draw, and AS Roma had won heavily 4-0 on 5 February 2024.

AS Roma will be without M. Ba, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Paulo Exequiel Dybala, Kouadio Emmanuel Konie and Mile Svilar due to injury. Cagliari, meanwhile, will be missing Riad Idrissi, Mattia Felici, Y. Tribe, Harry Belli and Wenks.