Cagliari 2-2 Roma: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 28 August 2016

Result

Cagliari 2-2 Roma

Serie A · Sunday 28 August 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Cagliari 2-2 Roma: match report

Cagliari drew with Roma 2-2 in Serie A on Sunday 28 August 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Diego Perotti opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Cagliari's goals came from Marco Borriello (56') and Marco Sau (87'). Roma scored through Diego Perotti (6', penalty) and Kevin Strootman (46').

Discipline: Cagliari received 3 yellow cards; Roma received 1 yellow card.

Cagliari went on to finish that season 12th with 47 points, and Roma 2nd with 87.

Cagliari lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Roma in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Marco Sau of Cagliari (8.0), ahead of Davide Di Gennaro (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Cagliari wins, 2 draws and 4 for Roma.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Penalty goal · Diego PerottiRoma · 0-1
  • 21'Yellow card · Mauricio IslaCagliari
  • 23'Yellow card · Nicola MurruCagliari
  • 39'Yellow card · Bartosz SalamonCagliari
  • 45'Yellow card · Alessandro FlorenziRoma
  • 46'Goal · Kevin StrootmanRoma · 0-2
  • 56'Goal · Marco BorrielloCagliari · 1-2
  • 87'Goal · Marco SauCagliari · 2-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cagliari 4, draws 2, Roma 4.

Team news

Cagliari line-up (4-3-1-2)

Marco Storari, Bruno Alves, Mauricio Isla, Nicola Murru, Bartosz Salamon, Davide Di Gennaro, Nicolò Barella, Simone Padoin, Artur Ioniță, Marco Borriello, Marco Sau

Roma line-up (4-3-3)

Wojciech Szczesny, Bruno Peres, Thomas Vermaelen, Alessandro Florenzi, Konstantinos Manolas, Radja Nainggolan, Kevin Strootman, Daniele De Rossi, Diego Perotti, Mohamed Salah, Stephan El Shaarawy