Roma 5-1 CSKA Sofia: result and report

Europa Conference League · Thursday 16 September 2021

Result

Roma 5-1 CSKA Sofia

Europa Conference League · Thursday 16 September 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Roma · CSKA Sofia · Europa Conference League predictions

Roma 5-1 CSKA Sofia: match report

Roma won against CSKA Sofia 5-1 in the Europa Conference League on Thursday 16 September 2021. The half-time score was 2-1.

Graham Carey opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Roma's goals came from Lorenzo Pellegrini (25'), Federico Insúa (38'), Lorenzo Pellegrini (62'), Gianluca Mancini (82') and Tammy Abraham (84'). CSKA Sofia scored through Graham Carey (10').

Discipline: Roma received no yellow cards; CSKA Sofia received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Roma were 51st on 6 points from 2 and CSKA Sofia 35th on 9 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa Conference League season and is kept for reference.

Roma lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and CSKA Sofia in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lorenzo Pellegrini of Roma (8.9), ahead of Eldor Shomurodov (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Roma wins, 1 draw and 1 for CSKA Sofia.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Graham CareyCSKA Sofia · 0-1
  • 25'Goal · Lorenzo PellegriniRoma · 1-1
  • 38'Goal · Federico InsúaRoma · 2-1
  • 62'Goal · Lorenzo PellegriniRoma · 3-1
  • 67'Yellow card · Yanic WildschutCSKA Sofia
  • 79'Second yellow · Yanic WildschutCSKA Sofia
  • 82'Goal · Gianluca ManciniRoma · 4-1
  • 84'Goal · Tammy AbrahamRoma · 5-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Thomas LamCSKA Sofia

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Roma 2, draws 1, CSKA Sofia 1.

Team news

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

Rui Patrício, Rick Karsdorp, Gianluca Mancini, Chris Smalling, Riccardo Calafiori, Amadou Diawara, Gonzalo Villar, Carles Pérez, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Stephan El Shaarawy, Eldor Shomurodov

CSKA Sofia line-up (4-4-2)

Gustavo Busatto, Ivan Turitsov, Plamen Galabov, Jurgen Matheij, Bradley Mazikou, Georgi Yomov, Karlo Muhar, Thomas Lam, Y. Wildschut, Graham Carey, K. Krastev