Serie A Gameweek 6 Sun, Oct 5 · 14:00 Stadio Artemio Franchi, Firenze
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Our take

It was too close to call.

AS Roma were the stronger side on L90 Strength (70 vs 53). Fiorentina had 7 days of rest, AS Roma 2.8 and had to travel 234 km.

Away travel234 kmRest days7 · 2.8Matches / 14d2 · 3
Fiorentina33%
Draw28%
AS Roma39%
Expected goals 1.19 – 1.31
Fiorentina33%
Draw27%
AS Roma39%
Expected goals 1.28 – 1.40
Fiorentina33%
Draw28%
AS Roma39%
Expected goals 1.19 – 1.32
Fiorentina27%
Draw27%
AS Roma46%
Expected goals 1.06 – 1.47
Fiorentina34%
Draw27%
AS Roma39%
Expected goals 1.28 – 1.39
Over 2.5 46% Both score 52% Likeliest score 1–1
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
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Referee · ItalyAndrea Colombo
  • Cards per match 4.9
  • Penalties per match 0.15
  • Matches 55

Team strength

FiorentinaAS Roma
53 L90 StrengthIn forecast 70
39 Current StrengthIn forecast 74
42 AttackIn forecast 72
34 DefenceIn forecast 75
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Fiorentina

Attack—
Defense risk—

AS Roma

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

FiorentinaAS Roma
0.60 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.00
1.20 Goals concededVia Att/Def 0.20
1.15 xGVia Att/Def 1.18
1.50 xG allowedVia Att/Def 0.83
-0.55 Goals minus xGContext -0.18
60% Scored inContext 80%
40% Clean sheetsContext 80%
12.00 ShotsContext 13.80
2.20 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.00
18% On target shareContext 36%
7.20 Shots in the boxContext 8.80
56% Box shareContext 65%
5% ConversionContext 7%
2.75 OffsidesContext 1.75
13.00 Shots allowedContext 9.40
5.40 On target allowedVia Att/Def 2.80
2.20 BlocksContext 1.67
3.80 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.60
70% Save rateContext 93%
52% PossessionIn forecast 60%
387 PassesContext 482
317 Accurate passesContext 399
82% Pass accuracyContext 83%
6.74 Team ratingContext 6.92
14.40 FoulsContext 13.60
16.60 Fouls sufferedContext 15.00
1.20 Yellow cardsContext 1.00
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 5 and 5 games
1.70 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.30
1.20 Goals concededVia Att/Def 0.60
1.49 xGVia Att/Def 1.24
1.45 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.04
+0.21 Goals minus xGContext +0.06
80% Scored inContext 80%
40% Clean sheetsContext 50%
13.30 ShotsContext 13.90
3.90 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.90
29% On target shareContext 35%
9.20 Shots in the boxContext 8.70
66% Box shareContext 62%
13% ConversionContext 9%
3.22 OffsidesContext 1.71
12.40 Shots allowedContext 10.10
4.50 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.10
2.89 BlocksContext 2.75
3.10 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.40
69% Save rateContext 77%
52% PossessionIn forecast 56%
404 PassesContext 483
334 Accurate passesContext 405
83% Pass accuracyContext 84%
6.87 Team ratingContext 6.96
12.60 FoulsContext 14.30
15.60 Fouls sufferedContext 14.20
1.60 Yellow cardsContext 1.50
0.10 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Fiorentina
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km136 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
AS Roma
Rest2.8 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d3all competitions
Travel234 km946 km in 14d
Schedule load23%Moderate
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Fiorentina AS Roma
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Moderate · 23
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7Serie A 2025-2026, 28 Sep2.8UEFA Europa League 2025-2026 - League phase, 2 Oct
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km234 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways136 km946 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 2 / 32 / 3 / 5
Next matchdays after this one14.213.2

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Fiorentina Confirmed XI
3-4-2-1
43David de Gea(G)
6L. Ranieri 18Pablo Marí 5M. Pongračić
21R. Gosens 14H. Nicolussi 8R. Mandragora 2Dodô
10A. Guðmundsson 22J. Fazzini
20M. Kean
+3 more reported missing outside this XI
AS Roma Confirmed XI
3-4-2-1
99M. Svilar(G)
5O. Ndicka 23G. Mancini 19M. Çelik
12K. Tsimikas 17K. Koné 4B. Cristante 43Wesley
35T. Baldanzi 18M. Soulé
9A. Dovbyk
+4 more reported missing outside this XI

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Fiorentina Absences are shown before kick-off
AS Roma Scores -0.02 · concedes 0.00 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • Fiorentina+0.3 pp
  • Draw+0.1 pp
  • AS Roma-0.4 pp

Home / Away this season

Fiorentina · Home 0.00points per game · 2 home games
W-D-L
0-0-2
Scored
1.00
Conceded
2.50
AS Roma · Away 3.00points per game · 2 away games
W-D-L
2-0-0
Scored
1.00
Conceded
0.00

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 2 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head last 8 of 8 meetings

3 Fiorentina wins2 draws3 AS Roma wins
Goals per game1.63 – 1.38 Over 2.550% Both scored63% Clean sheets13% · 25%
  • 4 May 2025AS Roma1–0Fiorentina
  • 27 Oct 2024Fiorentina5–1AS Roma
  • 10 Mar 2024Fiorentina2–2AS Roma
  • 10 Dec 2023AS Roma1–1Fiorentina
  • 27 May 2023Fiorentina2–1AS Roma
  • 15 Jan 2023AS Roma2–0Fiorentina

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Referee · Andrea Colombo Italy · 55 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards4.73league 3.61
Red cards0.20league 0.13
Cards 5+56%league 36%
Fouls24.1league 26.0
Penalties0.15league 0.25
Home wins40%league 38%
Fiorentina3 with this referee
Record0-2-1 Cards · opp.2.3 · 2.3 Pens for · against0 · 0
  • L9 Mar 25A · Napoli1–22
  • D1 Sep 24H · Monza2–22
  • D29 Jan 23A · Lazio1–13
AS Roma6 with this referee
Record3-3-0 Cards · opp.2.3 · 3.3 Pens for · against1 · 0
  • D6 Apr 25H · Juventus1–11
  • D5 May 24H · Juventus1–11
  • W23 Dec 23H · Napoli2–07
  • W5 Nov 23H · Lecce2–13
  • D22 May 23H · Salernitana2–21

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

Fiorentina4 games · scored 2 · conceded 4
2 0-15
16-30
31-45
1 46-60
1 61-75
1 1 76-90
AS Roma5 games · scored 5 · conceded 1
1 0-15
16-30
1 31-45
2 1 46-60
61-75
1 76-90
Fiorentina9 games · scored 16 · conceded 10
2 4 0-15
1 1 16-30
1 31-45
2 1 46-60
3 2 61-75
7 2 76-90
AS Roma10 games · scored 13 · conceded 6
2 2 0-15
1 16-30
2 1 31-45
6 1 46-60
61-75
2 2 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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