AS Roma will host Cagliari at the Olimpico in Rome, Italy, on Tuesday afternoon, October 27, 2026, with the teams separated by five points in the Serie A table. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. ET, and the standings snapshot gives Roma a chance to protect a strong start while Cagliari tries to cut into the gap.
The search around As Roma vs Cagliari standings is driven by how differently the two sides have opened the season. Roma are 5-3-0 and sit four points behind SS Lazio and one point ahead of Como, with a goal differential of plus 13 that reflects both their results and the margin in them. Cagliari are eighth with 12 points, tied with Torino, and their minus 3 differential leaves them one point behind Frosinone and two points ahead of Juventus and Napoli.
Roma’s number is built on a steady run rather than one burst. They drew league matches with Como and Napoli in October, beat Genoa, and also carried form from the league phase of the UEFA Champions League, where they beat Slovan Bratislava 4-0 before losing to Real Madrid. Donyell Malen leads Roma in scoring with six goals in seven games, and Matìas Soulé has added three goals in eight appearances.
Cagliari arrive with a more uneven profile. They have four wins this season, but none of them came in October, when they went 0-1-2 across three matches. They opened the month with a 1-1 draw against Juventus, then were shut out on the road against Monza and at home against Bologna, conceding six goals in those two defeats. That stretch has kept them from climbing despite being in the upper half of the table.
Daniel Maldini remains the focal point for Cagliari’s attack. He is the only player on the club’s scoring chart with more than one goal and has four goals in eight games. Alessandro Romano and Paul Mendy have one goal each, which is part of why Cagliari can stay in games without yet matching Roma’s finishing power. Fans in Canada can watch on fubo Sports Network, and the result will shape how both clubs are viewed in the next run of standings updates.
For Roma, the test is whether a busy October can leave any mark on a team that has already banked results and built a healthy goal difference. For Cagliari, the question is simpler: whether their table position can hold if the scoring stays concentrated in Maldini’s boots and the October wins keep missing them.
