Serie A Gameweek 10 Sun, Nov 1 · 14:00 Stadio Olimpico, Roma
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Our take

Lazio are clear favourites.

Lazio are the stronger side on L90 Strength (62 vs 33). Lazio have 4.9 days of rest, Cagliari 4.8 and have to travel 412 km. Conditions look neutral.

Away travel412 kmRest days4.9 · 4.8Matches / 14d3 · 3
Lazio62%
Draw22%
Cagliari16%
Expected goals 1.98 – 0.91
Lazio62%
Draw22%
Cagliari16%
Expected goals 1.97 – 0.91
Lazio62%
Draw22%
Cagliari16%
Expected goals 1.97 – 0.91
Lazio54%
Draw25%
Cagliari21%
Expected goals 1.77 – 1.02
Lazio64%
Draw20%
Cagliari16%
Expected goals 2.19 – 1.02
Over 2.5 55% Both score 52% Likeliest score 2–0
EloLambda forecast, updated 12 minutes ago. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Roma)
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  • Precipitation 21%
  • Wind 3 km/h
  • Humidity 74%
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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Lazio and Cagliari. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Team strength

LazioCagliari
62 L90 StrengthIn forecast 33
62 Current StrengthIn forecast 33
53 AttackIn forecast 31
63 DefenceIn forecast 31
87 Form indexContext 72
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

Lazio

Attack+14%
Defense risk−16%

Cagliari

Attack−15%
Defense risk+8%

Changes versus each team's league-average baseline. Higher attack and lower defense risk are favorable.

Playing style

LazioCagliari
2.00 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 0.86
0.57 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.00
1.33 xGVia Att/Def 1.00
1.33 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.95
+0.67 Goals minus xGContext -0.14
100% Scored inContext 71%
57% Clean sheetsContext 43%
12.71 ShotsContext 10.57
4.29 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.67
34% On target shareContext 38%
6.86 Shots in the boxContext 6.57
56% Box shareContext 60%
16% ConversionContext 8%
1.75 OffsidesContext 3.00
12.43 Shots allowedContext 19.57
4.71 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.29
3.43 BlocksContext 4.86
4.00 Goalkeeper savesContext 4.29
85% Save rateContext 81%
48% PossessionIn forecast 41%
446 PassesContext 408
381 Accurate passesContext 345
85% Pass accuracyContext 85%
7.06 Team ratingContext 6.98
12.00 FoulsContext 10.43
11.29 Fouls sufferedContext 8.57
1.86 Yellow cardsContext 1.29
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 7 and 7 games
1.60 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.00
1.00 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.10
1.15 xGVia Att/Def 1.31
1.30 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.82
+0.45 Goals minus xGContext -0.31
80% Scored inContext 70%
40% Clean sheetsContext 30%
11.90 ShotsContext 13.40
4.60 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.22
39% On target shareContext 35%
6.40 Shots in the boxContext 8.50
56% Box shareContext 61%
13% ConversionContext 8%
1.83 OffsidesContext 2.75
12.20 Shots allowedContext 17.10
4.60 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.90
3.00 BlocksContext 4.10
3.60 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.80
78% Save rateContext 78%
48% PossessionIn forecast 45%
450 PassesContext 429
388 Accurate passesContext 365
86% Pass accuracyContext 85%
6.92 Team ratingContext 6.92
12.00 FoulsContext 10.00
11.00 Fouls sufferedContext 9.30
2.00 Yellow cardsContext 1.30
0.20 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

Lazio
Rest4.9 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d3all competitions
Travel0 km1,745 km in 14d
Schedule load20%Moderate
Form 87 · 13 pts vs 7.6 for an average club · +5.2 vs expected
  • W18 OctA · Juventus3–00.7 xPts
  • W11 OctH · Monza3–12.1 xPts
  • W19 SepA · Venezia2–02.2 xPts
  • D12 SepH · AC Milan2–21.5 xPts
  • W7 SepA · Udinese2–11.3 xPts
Cagliari
Rest4.8 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d3all competitions
Travel412 km2,236 km in 14d
Schedule load26%Moderate
Form 72 · 10 pts vs 7.4 for an average club · +3.8 vs expected
  • L19 OctA · Monza0–41.4 xPts
  • D11 OctH · Juventus1–11.1 xPts
  • W19 SepA · Udinese1–01.2 xPts
  • W12 SepA · Atalanta2–10.8 xPts
  • W7 SepH · Lecce1–01.7 xPts

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
Lazio Cagliari
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextModerate · 20Moderate · 26
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match4.9Serie A 2026-2027, 27 Oct4.8Serie A 2026-2027, 27 Oct
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km412 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways1,745 km2,236 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 3 / 41 / 3 / 4
Next matchdays after this one6.96

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

Lazio Last XI · not confirmed
4-3-3 · vs Juventus (A) 3–0, 18 Oct
35C. Mandas(G)
17Nuno Tavares 25Oliver Provstgaard 37J. Šutalo 15R. Floriani Mussolini
24K. Taylor 21R. Belahyane 16D. Frattesi
10M. Zaccagni 14T. Noslin 11G. Isaksen
+2 more reported missing outside this XI
Cagliari Last XI · not confirmed
4-3-1-2 · vs Monza (A) 0–4, 19 Oct
1E. Caprile(G)
33A. Obert 15J. Rodríguez 26Y. Mina 2Zé Pedro
4Alessandro Romano 6H. Winks 8M. Adopo
70D. Maldini
18M. Nzola 31Paul Mendy
+1 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
Lazio Scores 0.00 · concedes +0.01 goals
Attack line −0.0% · Defence line −2.1% of weighted minutes
  • DEF Patric Rotation 6.68
  • DEF A. Furlanetto Depth 6.80
Cagliari Scores 0.00 · concedes +0.01 goals
Attack line −0.0% · Defence line −2.2% of weighted minutes
  • DEF Riyad Idrissi Rotation 6.47
Total impact vs full squads
  • Lazio+0.1 pp
  • Draw-0.1 pp
  • Cagliari+0.0 pp

From eScored squad data: each player's weight is his role (core 3, starter 2, rotation 1, depth 0.5) times his share of minutes. Defenders and keepers count to the defence line, forwards to attack, midfielders half to each. EloLambda turns the lost share into fewer goals scored and more conceded (weight 0.1); the totals show how that moves the result chances.

Home / Away this season

Lazio · Home 2.33points per game · 3 home games
W-D-L
2-1-0
Scored
2.00
Conceded
1.00
Cagliari · Away 2.25points per game · 4 away games
W-D-L
3-0-1
Scored
1.00
Conceded
1.25

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 3 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

6 Lazio wins2 draws0 Cagliari wins
Goals per game1.88 – 0.63 Over 2.563% Both scored50% Clean sheets50% · 13%
  • 21 Feb 2026Cagliari0–0Lazio
  • 3 Nov 2025Lazio2–0Cagliari
  • 3 Feb 2025Cagliari1–2Lazio
  • 4 Nov 2024Lazio2–1Cagliari
  • 10 Feb 2024Cagliari1–3Lazio
  • 2 Dec 2023Lazio1–0Cagliari

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.

Goal timing

Lazio7 games · scored 14 · conceded 4
2 0-15
2 16-30
2 31-45
3 2 46-60
2 2 61-75
3 76-90
Cagliari7 games · scored 6 · conceded 7
1 0-15
3 16-30
2 31-45
1 1 46-60
1 1 61-75
1 2 76-90
Lazio10 games · scored 16 · conceded 10
2 1 0-15
2 1 16-30
4 2 31-45
3 2 46-60
2 3 61-75
3 1 76-90
Cagliari10 games · scored 10 · conceded 11
2 0-15
4 16-30
2 3 31-45
2 2 46-60
1 1 61-75
1 3 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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