2026/2027 season

Serie A

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Roma
Head coach: Gian Piero Gasperini · 3-4-2-1
Rank
2nd
Pts
17
P
7
Form
🟢 Good

The essentials at a glance

The summary of this page: estimated level of play, form trend and qualitative verdict. For the details, head to the other tabs.

Editors' ratings
10/10
Attack
10/10
Defence
7/10
Form
7/10
Confidence / mood
Current risk:Medium

2nd with 17 pts from 7 matches: 5 wins, 2 draws, 0 defeats.

16 goals scored, 3 conceded.

Son of the former Brazilian prodigy, Robinho Junior honored his great debut under the Genoa jersey against the Roma (0-2), Saturday night.

L'Équipe · 18 Oct 2026 · machine-translated

But what blew up the madridists was the time to communicate the punishment by Disciplina, just in the moments before the transcendent duel of Champions del Real Madrid before the AS Rome. Mourinho pulled the popular Portuguese saying 'hidden cat with a rabo de fora' (hidden cat with a slit tail) to turn all the arbitral gears of Spain upside down.

ABC Deportes · 18 Oct 2026 · machine-translated

Both race directors have positive balances when they met Italian clubs in Europe

Tuttosport · 18 Oct 2026 · machine-translated

Former midfielder of Rome: "I'm good in England, but I've been tied to Italy"

ANSA Sport · 18 Oct 2026 · machine-translated

How the team has played recently

Match-by-match results, record and rhythm of the current season.

Latest matches
Wvs Genoa CFC (H) · 2-0
Dvs Como 1907 (A) · 0-0
Dvs FC Internazionale Milano (H) · 2-2
Wvs Torino FC (A) · 2-0
Wvs Atalanta BC (H) · 2-1
WWWWWDD
16 scored / 3 conceded over 7 matches played
Rest: 1 day since the last match · 2 matches played in the last 15 days
Home form
3W - 1D - 0L
Away form
2W - 1D - 0L
Statistics

Computed from this season's scores, every time the page is shown.

Goals scored per match
1.6
Goals conceded per match
0.6
At home
6 scored · 3 conceded in 3 matches
Away
2 scored · 0 conceded in 2 matches
Over 2.5 goals
2 of 5
Both teams score
2 of 5
Clean sheets
3 of 5
Failed to score
1 of 5
Cumulative points vs league average

Not enough matchdays recorded yet for this curve — history builds up with every standings refresh.

How Roma play

System, playing identity, and what sets the team apart at both ends of the pitch.

Playing identity
Preferred system
3-4-2-1
Philosophy
Tactical legacy from Atalanta: aggression, man-marking and high pressing, with a back three that pushes its wing-backs very high up the pitch.
Attacking strengths
Attack driven by Dybala and Soulé in support of Malen, who scored a brace against Lecce; Cristante and Koné provide the workrate in midfield.
Defensive solidity
Back three (Mancini, Ndicka, Hermoso) unbeaten after 2 matchdays, but weakened by Ndicka's right adductor injury sustained in the warm-up before the Lecce match.
Pressing
High and aggressive, with gegenpressing to win the ball back near the opposition box, according to the tactical analysis consulted (Sisal/Matchpoint).
Transitions
Seeking immediate verticality after winning back the ball, with few touches to exploit space.
StrengthPerfect start to the league campaign: 2 wins from 2 matchdays, including a resounding 4-0 win at Lecce (Malen brace, goals from Soulé and Mora), among the 4 teams on 6 points from 6.
WeaknessPhysical doubt over Ndicka ahead of the trip to Atalanta; several departure cases still open at the end of the transfer window (Soulé courted by Fulham, El Aynaoui heading to Leipzig) which could thin out the squad.

The mood around the club, and who is missing

Internal climate, relationship with the supporters, and known absences before the next match.

Mood
Squad confidence
Roma remain the league's form team with two 4-0 wins and a treatment room that is emptying rather than filling. Evan Ndicka's tests ruled out any muscle tear, finding only inflammation of the hamstring, while Devyne Rensch and Lorenzo Pellegrini have partially rejoined the group at Trigoria. Gasperini therefore has more or less all his options before hosting Atalanta, his former club, at an Olimpico set to be full. The only reservation is that sporting director Tony D'Amico himself acknowledged the squad is “a player short” at the end of the window.
Coach / players / board relationship
New sporting director Tony D'Amico went public on 2 September at Trigoria to close the transfer window chapter, denying any concrete offer for Manu Koné — only enquiries — and accepting that the squad remains one short. That intervention extends Gasperini's line, having already voiced his irritation at overly long transfer windows and at the rumours surrounding his midfielder. On the ownership side, the Friedkins remain committed to the Roma project while seeking, according to the Financial Times, investors for a significant stake in Everton. No tension between head coach and board is reported.
Mood with the supporters
Enthusiasm is at its peak after two 4-0 wins: demand for tickets for the visit of Atalanta is such that the club has opened the Distinti Nord-Ovest section, normally reserved for away fans, to giallorossi supporters at 30 euros, offering the Distinti Nord-Est at 55 euros as an alternative. The Bergamo press describes a “boiling” Olimpico and a “giallorossa tide” for this Saturday-night fixture. The mood has also calmed around Marten de Roon, given a warm welcome on his arrival despite his Bergamo past. Gasperini's return against his former club promises an emotionally charged evening.
Pressure on the head coach
No pressure on Gian Piero Gasperini, whose start to the season is the best in the league and who has not conceded a single goal in two matchdays. He is now managing an abundance of options, notably in a back three where Ghilardi delivered at Lecce in Ndicka's absence. The one point of attention concerns squad depth going into a schedule on two rhythms, league and Champions League, a subject his sporting director himself put on the table. The clash with Atalanta, his former club, adds a personal dimension to a fixture already billed as the first real test.
Club objectives
The club is competing on two demanding fronts and has submitted a list of twenty-four players for the Champions League league phase, leaving room for young players such as Arena, De Marzi and Lulli. That opening to the academy reflects Gasperini's intention to widen his rotation gradually rather than sign more players. In the league, the stated ambition is to bank as many points as possible while the momentum is there. The board, through Tony D'Amico, nonetheless acknowledges a squad still one player short to go the distance.
Recent internal tensions
The friction points remain peripheral. The Koné situation occupied the end of the window before the sporting director closed it by referring to mere enquiries with no offer. On the disciplinary front, UEFA has opened proceedings against Mattéo Guendouzi and Mason Greenwood, Fenerbahçe players, following the Champions League play-off second leg against Roma, with the Turkish club announcing it would defend its players before the relevant bodies. Finally, the search for investors in Everton, another Friedkin asset, is fuelling questions about how the ownership allocates its resources.
Absences
DoubtfulEvan Ndicka — Hamstring inflammation with no muscle tear according to the tests; his availability against Atalanta is not guaranteed.
BackDevyne Rensch — Partially back with the group at Trigoria after his muscle problem.
BackLorenzo Pellegrini — Partially back with the group at Trigoria, with a return judged to be close.

Before kick-off

What to know before the next match: statistical form, qualitative analysis, and a computed estimate of the 1/X/2 probabilities.

Next match

Napoli — Roma

AwaySaturday 24 October at 18:00Matchday 8
In 6 days. Kick-off time confirmed by the league. Paris time · football-data.org fixtures.

Prediction, odds and form of both teams →

What the press says

No preview found for this fixture. The press mostly covers the big games, and usually the day before.

Prediction
EstimateNapoli — Roma
26 %
1 · Napoli
25 %
X · draw
49 %
2 · Roma
In-house calculation, from this page's standings data alone: 7 matches played by Napoli, 7 matches by Roma. Confidence: medium
The formula, in plain words — with this match's figures
  1. League average. 187 goals scored over 130 team-matches played (20 teams taken into account), i.e. μ = 1.44 goal scored per team per match. This is the reference point: everything that follows is expressed relative to it.
  2. Attacking and defensive strengths. Goals scored (or conceded) per match, divided by μ. 1.00 = exactly average; in defence, above 1.00 means “concedes more than average”.
    TeamGoalsRawKept
    Napoli — attack10 in 7 matches0.991.00
    Napoli — defence7 in 7 matches0.700.84
    Roma — attack16 in 7 matches1.591.32
    Roma — defence3 in 7 matches0.300.62
    The “Kept” column is the result of shrinkage towards the mean: weight = P / (P + 6), i.e. 0.54 for Napoli and 0.54 for Roma. The rest of the weight goes to the league average. This is what stops a lone 5-0 from producing an attack at 3.3 times the average — and hence a 95% probability.
  3. Home advantage (γ). Measured on the league itself: 1.65 goal scored on average by the host against 1.33 by the visitor, over the 52 fixtures present in each team's last 5 matches. Raw ratio 1.24; shrunk towards 1 (weight 0.44, on the log of the ratio) then capped at 1.25 → γ = 1.10. Shrinkage goes towards 1, i.e. no advantage at all: while the sample is small, the model does not assert a home advantage it cannot measure.
  4. Venue correction, specific to each team. Drawn from the home/away split: points per match at the venue concerned are compared to points per match over all fixtures, with stronger shrinkage (weight = P / (P + 8)) and a bound of ±12%.
    Napoli at home: 2.00 pts/match versus 1.43 overall over 3 matches → ×1.109
    Roma away: 2.33 pts/match versus 2.43 overall over 3 matches → ×0.989
  5. Expected goals. One side's attack is set against the other's defence. γ applies to the host only: applying it the other way round too would count the home advantage twice.
    λNapoli = 1.44 × 1.00 × 0.62 × 1.10 × 1.109 = 1.09
    λRoma = 1.44 × 1.32 × 0.84 × 0.989 = 1.57
  6. Poisson grid. Probability of every exact score from 0-0 to 8-8, assuming the two goal totals are independent, then adding up the cells: home win 26.4%, draw 25.2%, away win 48.4% — displayed rounded to whole numbers so that they add up to exactly 100. Most likely exact score in the grid: 1-1 (only 12.0%, which says enough about how unpredictable an exact score is).
Limits of this model — they are not anecdotal.
  • It only knows goals and a venue. Neither absences, suspensions, line-ups, fatigue, stakes, weather nor club context enter the calculation — while the other tabs of this page show that they matter.
  • The assumption that the two goal totals are independent is false in reality: it slightly underestimates tight scores, hence the draw.
  • γ is measured over a rolling window (each team's last 5 matches), not over the whole season.
  • The shrinkage constants (6, 60, 8) and the bounds are choices, not measurements. They were tuned to be cautious early in the season; they were not calibrated on a results history, as none is available here.
  • No after-the-fact evaluation has been made: at this stage, nobody knows whether this model is better or worse calibrated than another.
What other sources say
No external source has been collected for this match. That is the normal state: readings are taken by hand, and an empty box is better than an unverified figure.
This block shows probability estimates, not predictions, and carries no advisory value. The in-house estimate is the result of a formula applied to a small sample; the figures from external sources are reproduced as they were collected, without their method having been verified.

The full squad

The professional squad by position, captain marked with an armband.

Goalkeepers
  • Mile Svilar
  • Devis Vasquez
  • Pietro Gollini
  • Giorgio De Marzi
Defenders
  • Evan Ndicka
  • Gianluca Mancini
  • Wesley
  • Konstantinos Koulierakis
  • Nahuel Molina
  • Mario Hermoso
  • Leonardo Balerdi
  • Devyne Rensch
  • Achraf Salah-Eddine
  • Daniele Ghilardi
  • Marco Mannini
  • Emanuele Lulli
Midfielders
  • Bryan Cristante
  • Manu Koné
  • Neil El Aynaoui
  • Lorenzo Pellegrini
  • Marten De Roon
  • Paulo Dybala
  • Niccolò Pisilli
  • Rodrigo Mora
Forwards
  • Matías Soulé
  • Donyell Malen
  • Santiago Castro
This team's current captain could not be confirmed with certainty at the last check — no armband is shown above until the information is reliable.
Squad last verified on 31 Aug 2026 — source: besoccer.com/team/squad/roma (2026-27), cross-checked with sportmediaset.it and Sky Sport for transfer window news; player Robinio Vaz removed from the list as his loan departure to Hull City is confirmed by a separate source (Sky Sport, 31/08/2026) although he still appeared in the besoccer squad list.

What has been said recently

Chronological feed of verified information about the club.

rss18 Oct 2026
Champions, chosen the referees for Rome and Naples: who are and the previous ones with the Italians
Source: Tuttosport
rss18 Oct 2026
Pagelle Roma-Genoa: Magia Castro, joy Lulli, lightning Soulé. Gasp restart, De Rossi late
Source: Tuttosport
rss18 Oct 2026
Chivu, screams in the locker room at the interval with Bologna, as with Roma at the Olimpico: and Inter tilts
Source: Corriere dello Sport
rss18 Oct 2026
The grenade wins at 93’: enterprise with Rome
Source: Tuttosport
rss17 Oct 2026
AS Rome dominates Genoa and remains in contact with Inter Milan in Serie A
Source: L'Équipe
rss17 Oct 2026
De Rossi and Baldanzi out with Roma, "Dentro al 100% al progetto Genoa. And Wiafe... "
Source: Tuttosport
European competition3 Sep 2026
Roma have submitted a list of twenty-four players for the Champions League league phase, with no notable omissions and room for young players, including Arena, De Marzi (born in 2007) and Lulli.
Source: Roma Forever
Supporters3 Sep 2026
The Olimpico is heading for a record attendance for the visit of Atalanta on Saturday 5 September at 20:45: giallorossa demand is such that the club has opened the Distinti Nord-Ovest section, normally reserved for away fans, to home supporters at 30 euros, with the Distinti Nord-Est offered at 55 euros as an alternative.
Source: Calcio Atalanta
Other3 Sep 2026
UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Mattéo Guendouzi and Mason Greenwood, Fenerbahçe players, following the Champions League play-off second leg against Roma; the Turkish club has announced it will put its case to the relevant European bodies.
Source: Roma Sport
Institutional3 Sep 2026
According to the Financial Times, carried by Calcio e Finanza, the Friedkin family is working with advisers on a process that could lead to the sale of a significant stake in Everton, its other club, in order to identify investors willing to partner with it; the process is still only at a preliminary stage.
Source: Roma Sport
Injury2 Sep 2026
The tests Evan Ndicka underwent ruled out any muscle tear: it is only inflammation of the hamstring, picked up in the warm-up before Lecce v Roma. His involvement against Atalanta nonetheless remains uncertain, with Gasperini able to stick with Ghilardi, who already started at Lecce.
Source: Corriere dello Sport
Club2 Sep 2026
Devyne Rensch and Lorenzo Pellegrini have partially rejoined the group at Trigoria after their muscle problems, good news for Gasperini before hosting Atalanta.
Source: Roma Sport
Other2 Sep 2026
Roma v Atalanta, on Saturday 5 September at 20:45 at the Olimpico, has been handed to referee Colombo, with Camplone on VAR.
Source: Toro.it
Transfers1 Sep 2026
Roma invested around €126m, with Santiago Castro from Bologna for €36m, Donyell Malen from Aston Villa for €25m, Rodrigo Mora from Porto for €25m, Kostantinos Koulierakis for €16.5m and Nahuel Molina for €13m, plus the free arrival of Marten de Roon.
Source: Tuttomercatoweb
Result31 Aug 2026
A second emphatic display at Lecce with a comprehensive 4-0, through Malen (3, 23), Soulé (24) and Mora (65).
Source: Il Sussidiario
Head coach31 Aug 2026
Gian Piero Gasperini praised his squad after the win at Lecce: “This is an extraordinary group, it has a head and a heart,” and he compared Donyell Malen to Gonzalo Higuaín for his touch, his accuracy in front of goal and his acceleration.
Source: Vocegiallorossa
News last verified on 18 Oct 2026. Sources: sports press (L'Équipe, Le Parisien, Foot Mercato, regional press…) and official club websites — see the link on each item.
Editorial content (playing style, mood, absences, external prediction sources) last verified on 3 Sep 2026. The standings/form data above are refreshed automatically — as is the 1/X/2 estimate, recomputed on every view.