Stat Attack: Facts to know before Cagliari visit

With Roma playing host to Cagliari for the final match of the year at the Stadio Olimpico on Wednesday night (kick-off: 20:45 CET), we look at 10 stats worth knowing ahead of the game.

Fertile fixture

Roma are unbeaten in 12 Serie A matches against Cagliari (W8, D4) and they haven’t lost to their Matchday 14 guests since February 2013.

‘Tis the season

The Giallorossi have lost only one of the 10 previous meetings between these two in December - the first, back in 1967 - with Roma claiming six wins and claiming three more draws over the remaining festive fixtures with Cagliari.

Solid foundation

Roma have managed to keep a clean sheet in five of their last six home games (W4, D2) in the league when Cagliari have come to the capital.

Home comforts

It has been 13 matches in all competitions since Roma last lost at the Olimpico (W9, D4), which is their longest unbeaten streak since their 16-game run was ended in February 2017.

First-half hustlers

Paulo Fonseca’s side have scored more first-half goals (18) than any other team in Serie A so far, while only Napoli (four) have conceded fewer than Roma (five) in the first 45 minutes of matches.

A league of his own

With his effort against Atalanta, Edin Dzeko’s 83rd Serie A goal moved him level with Vincenzo Montella as the fourth-highest scorer in Roma’s top-flight history. He is just two behind Amedeo Amadei (85) in third.

Dripping in goals

No player in Serie A has been involved in more goals than Henrikh Mkhitaryan (13; seven goals, six assists) so far this campaign, while the Armenia international has played a role in 18 goals in his last 19 league games (10 goals, eight assists).

Europe’s finest

Florian Thauvin (Marseille; six goals, six assists) is the sole midfielder other than Mkhitaryan (seven goals, six assists) across Europe’s top-five leagues to have scored at least six goals and registered six assists in 2020-21.

Working the woodwork

Only AC Milan’s Hakan Calhanoglu (four) has hit the woodwork more times in Serie A than Leonardo Spinazzola (three) this term.

A Fazio favourite

Cagliari are one of two teams - along with Bologna - that Federico Fazio has scored more than one Serie A goal against in his career, with the Argentine defender hitting two past both sides.