Roma 3-0 Sassuolo: Match Report, Goals, Stats and Ratings

How Roma won it

Mario Hermoso put Roma ahead in the 27th minute. An own goal by Sebastian Walukiewicz made it 2-0 to Roma in the 30th minute. Rodrigo Mora made it 3-0 to Roma in the 58th minute, set up by Donyell Malen.

It was 2-0 at half-time.

Roma: G. Gasperini, 3-4-2-1 · Sassuolo: A. Aquilani, 3-5-2.

Moneyball's prediction against the result

The prediction was right. Moneyball's pick on the Match Board was AS Roma Win, and on 3-0 it was right.

The estimate's most likely result was a Roma win at 71%, and that is what happened. Its single most likely score was 2-1 (9%).

On goals the estimate was close: about 3.7 expected, 3 scored.

Over 2.5 goals had been put at 70%; with 3 goals the over came in, as the estimate leaned.

Both teams to score was 61%; they did not both score, against the estimate.

Computed before kick-off from both sides' season goals and expected goals as of 2026-11-07, through a Dixon-Coles score model, and left as it was.

Why it went this way

On the day the expected goals were 0.44 for Roma and 3.36 for Sassuolo.

Roma scored about 2.6 more than their chances were worth: clinical finishing, or a goalkeeper having a bad day.

Sassuolo left about 3.4 goals' worth of chances on the pitch.

Sassuolo created the better chances, 3.36 xG to 0.44, and still lost. On chances alone, the result could easily have gone the other way.

The run of play itself went against the pre-match reading: Moneyball expected Roma to create more, and Sassuolo did.

Roma had 9 shots on target, Sassuolo 1.

Sassuolo's goalkeeper made 5 saves.

Roma had 65% of the ball and turned it into the win.

Where the two sides stood before this match

Roma came into it with 11 Serie A matches played, scoring 2.8 and conceding 0.9 a match, with 2.32 expected goals for and 1.23 against, and had won 73% of their matches.

Sassuolo came into it with 11 Serie A matches played, scoring 1.4 and conceding 2.6 a match, with 1.27 expected goals for and 1.94 against, and had won 18% of their matches.

Roma vs Sassuolo: the match in numbers

Team statistics from Sportmonks.

Player ratings and man of the match

Man of the match: Mario Hermoso (Roma), rated 8.4 by Sportmonks, with 1 goal.

Roma

• Mario Hermoso 8.4 1 goal
• Matías Soulé 7.8
• Bryan Cristante 7.7
• Evan Ndicka 7.6
• Wesley 7.3

Sassuolo

• Duje Caleta-Car 7.5
• Arijanet Murić 7.2
• Jay Idzes 7.0
• Luca Lipani 6.8
• Kieron Bowie 6.7

The lowest-rated starter was Donyell Malen at 6.1. Ratings run from 0 to 10; around 7.0 is a solid match.

What comes next

• Roma: Parma vs Roma Saturday 21 November 2026 · Serie A
• Sassuolo: Sassuolo vs Genoa Sunday 22 November 2026 · Serie A

Each preview has Moneyball's estimate for the next match, published before kick-off and marked against the result afterwards, as this one is.

Questions about Roma vs Sassuolo

What was the score in Roma vs Sassuolo?

Roma 3-0 Sassuolo (half-time 2-0), Serie A, Saturday 7 November 2026.

Who scored in Roma vs Sassuolo?

Mario Hermoso 27', Rodrigo Mora 58'.

Did Moneyball predict Roma vs Sassuolo correctly?

The prediction was right. Moneyball's pick on the Match Board was AS Roma Win, and on 3-0 it was right.

Who was man of the match in Roma vs Sassuolo?

Mario Hermoso, rated 8.4 by Sportmonks.

Who refereed Roma vs Sassuolo?

M. Di Bello.