Buy AS Roma vs Cagliari tickets for the 2026/27 Season, with the Stadio Olimpico staging this Serie A meeting on Wednesday 27 October 2026 at 20:00 local time. It is a midweek round, which changes the shape of the crowd before a ball is kicked. Fewer day-trippers, more season ticket holders, an Olimpico that fills late but sounds louder once it does.
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Midweek Serie A in Rome has a rhythm of its own. Floodlights on by the time the teams walk out, the Curva Sud already at full voice, the Tribuna Monte Mario filling in the last ten minutes before kick-off. Buyers looking at AS Roma tickets at the Stadio Olimpico for this round are usually choosing between atmosphere and sightline, because the two rarely sit in the same stand.
This is round nine of the campaign, sandwiched between a trip to Naples and a visit to Udine, which matters more than it sounds. Roma have a habit of treating the Cagliari fixture at home as a points-banking exercise, so the ground expects a win rather than hopes for one. That expectation keeps prices sensible in the corners while the main stand holds its value.
On paper this looks like a routine home game. In practice the Olimpico rarely behaves like one. Roma's season ticket base absorbs a large share of the ground before general sale opens, which means the seats that reach the open market are the ones nobody in the membership queue wanted first.
The visiting allocation is the other half of the story. Cagliari travel from Sardinia, so every away trip to the mainland involves a flight or an overnight ferry. Midweek scheduling thins that travelling support further. Buyers looking at Cagliari tickets across the season will notice the same pattern at every mainland ground: the Sardinian support turns out in numbers for weekend fixtures within easy reach, far less so for a Wednesday night in Rome.
That has a direct consequence for home buyers. Roma have previously opened the Distinti Nord Ovest, normally the visiting sector, to their own supporters when the away allocation goes unsold. When it happens it releases a block of seats at short notice, usually at the lower end of the price scale, in a corner with a genuinely decent view of the far goal.
Add the broadcast slot and the picture sharpens again. Evening midweek kick-offs are the ones domestic television leans on hardest, so the ground is dressed for the cameras and the club pushes for a full lower ring. Hospitality tends to move first, the standard seating in Tribuna Tevere second, the curve last.
Yes, though the route matters. Roma sell through a free supporter account rather than a paid membership, so there is no annual fee standing between a casual buyer and a seat. What stands in the way is timing.
Season ticket holders on the Plus, Classic Extra and Classic tiers hold their seats automatically. Their renewals come off the top of the ground before anyone else sees an inventory list.
For high-demand fixtures Roma run priority windows that favour long-standing supporters before general sale opens. A midweek Cagliari fixture is not usually one of those, but the sequence still applies: renewals first, priority windows second, open sale third. By the time the third stage arrives, the central blocks in Tribuna Monte Mario and the better rows of Tribuna Tevere have usually thinned out.
Season ticket holders on the upper tiers can also release seats they cannot use through the club's own resale app, which is why single seats appear and vanish in the days before kick-off. Those releases are unpredictable. They favour anyone able to sit alone and refresh a screen at odd hours, which is not most people planning a trip to Rome.
The marketplace exists for the buyers that sequence leaves behind. Groups who want four seats together in the same block, visitors whose travel dates were fixed months before the fixture list settled, supporters who simply want to know today that they have a seat rather than gamble on a release in late October. 1BoxOffice lists inventory from verified sellers across every stand, so the choice becomes where to sit rather than whether anything is left.
Five things move the price on a fixture like this. Where the seat sits in the bowl, how much of the ground the season ticket base has already absorbed, the midweek slot, the competition context in a season where Roma are also playing Champions League football at the same ground, plus the hospitality tier attached to the seat. A Wednesday night against a mid-table visitor sits at the calmer end of Roma's 2026/27 pricing, well below the derby or a European night.
| Ticket Type | Resale Price Range | Best For | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curva Nord and upper corners | £50 – £95 | Buyers who want the ground on a budget | Steep rake, distant from the halfway line, often the last sectors to sell |
| Tribuna Tevere lateral | £85 – £155 | Side-on viewing without the main stand premium | Prices climb sharply as you move towards the centre blocks |
| Curva Sud and Distinti | £65 – £140 | Supporters who want noise over comfort | Curva Sud sings throughout; Distinti offers a calmer corner view |
| Tribuna Monte Mario | £195 – £370+ | Neutral buyers and anyone wanting the clean camera-side view | Covered, elevated, the most consistently priced part of the ground |
| Hospitality and VIP | £430 – £900+ | Corporate guests and milestone trips | Includes lounge access and catering; released in limited numbers |
Prices reflect typical resale ranges and may change as demand and availability shift closer to the match.
Two patterns are worth holding onto. Midweek fixtures against non-marquee visitors tend to soften in the final week rather than spike, because the local demand that fills the ground on a Sunday is thinner on a Wednesday. The exception is the premium end, where a fixed number of seats meets steady corporate demand regardless of the opponent.
The Olimpico is a wide athletics bowl, which is the single most important thing to understand before spending money. A running track sits between the seats and the pitch, so distance from the action varies far more here than at a purpose-built football ground. Height helps as much as position. The difference between a low row in the corner and a mid row in the main stand is enormous.
The Stadio Olimpico seating plan is the quickest way to see how the four main stands relate to each other before committing. Anyone attending more than one fixture in Rome this season will also find the wider Stadio Olimpico tickets listings useful, since the ground hosts both Rome clubs plus international football.
| Area | What It Suits | Pricing Bracket | Guidance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curva Sud | Supporters who want the Roma end at full volume | Lower to mid | Standing in all but name for large stretches. Expect flags, smoke and limited sightlines from the front rows |
| Curva Nord | Value seats behind the opposite goal | Lower | Home supporters occupy this end for Roma fixtures. Higher rows give a far better view of the pitch than the front |
| Distinti Sud Est | Corner viewing with a calmer crowd | Lower to mid | A sensible compromise between price and angle, particularly in the upper rows |
| Distinti Nord Ovest | Cagliari supporters | Fixed away pricing | The visiting sector holds roughly 3,500. Segregated entry, photo ID matched to the name on the ticket, no home colours permitted |
| Tribuna Tevere | Families, mixed groups and first-time visitors | Mid to upper | Side-on view opposite the main camera. Central blocks command a premium over the laterals |
| Tribuna Monte Mario | Neutral buyers who want comfort and shelter | Upper to premium | Covered, the highest vantage point in the ground, with hospitality seating directly behind |
If you are undecided, the honest answer for a first visit is the Tribuna Tevere central blocks or a mid row in Tribuna Monte Mario. You lose some of the noise but you see the shape of the game, which on a wide pitch with a running track matters more than it would at a tighter ground. Neutral buyers should avoid the Curva Sud front rows entirely; the atmosphere is superb but the view is not what most visitors expect from the price.
Roma's hospitality sits mainly behind the Tribuna Monte Mario, which is both the better-appointed side of the ground and the one with covered access from the concourse. Packages are sold in limited numbers per fixture, so midweek games with a smaller travelling contingent often have better availability than a weekend headline match at the same price point.
| Hospitality Option | Typical Buyer | Main Appeal |
|---|---|---|
| Premium seat with lounge access | Couples and small groups upgrading a normal matchday | Padded central seating in the main stand plus a warm indoor base before kick-off and at half time |
| Restaurant package | Visitors making the match the centrepiece of a trip to Rome | Seated dining ahead of the game, table service, a slower and more comfortable arrival |
| Private box | Companies hosting clients or families marking an occasion | A self-contained room with its own viewing seats, catering and privacy for the group |
| Premium lounge with pre-match programme | Corporate guests who want the full evening | Extended access either side of the match, host presence and a longer post-match window before leaving |
The practical advantage of hospitality at the Olimpico is not the food. It is the exit. The ground sits in the Foro Italico complex north of the city centre, the walk back over the Ponte Duca d'Aosta is congested after a full house. A package that lets you stay inside for forty minutes after the whistle turns a slow departure into an easy one.
Hospitality inventory is also the least elastic part of the ground. There is a fixed number of premium seats regardless of who Roma are playing, so the pricing gap between a Cagliari midweek fixture and a marquee weekend game narrows considerably at the top end. If the budget stretches, this is the fixture where it goes furthest.
Serie A ticketing in Italy is nominative. Each ticket carries the name of the person using it, entry is matched against photo ID at the turnstile. Those rules are enforced properly rather than loosely. That single fact shapes every delivery decision on this fixture.
| Delivery Type | What to Look For |
|---|---|
| Mobile transfer to a wallet | The most common method for Roma home fixtures. Confirm the listing states the name on the ticket can be updated to yours before you buy |
| Electronic ticket by email | Print it or keep a clear offline copy. Screenshots of barcodes sometimes fail to scan at Italian turnstiles |
| Collection in Rome | Handover at an agreed point on matchday. Allow time; the Foro Italico approach roads close to traffic well before kick-off |
| Courier delivery | Rare for Serie A now. If offered, confirm the delivery window sits comfortably ahead of your travel dates |
Read the listing notes before buying rather than after. They tell you whether the seats are together, whether the name can be changed, whether the sector has any restriction attached. Bring valid photo ID that matches the ticket, charge your phone properly if entry is digital. Arrive earlier than you would at a British ground because the outer security ring at the Olimpico is genuinely slow on a busy night.
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Step1
Open the fixture listing
Go to the Roma versus Cagliari listing and set the date to 28 October 2026 so you are looking at inventory for this fixture rather than another Olimpico match.
Step2
Set up your details
You can create an account in under a minute. It stores your delivery details so the name on the ticket can be handled quickly once the order is placed.
Step3
Filter by quantity first
Set the number of seats before anything else. Filtering by price first hides listings that only release as pairs or fours, which is where most of the good value sits on a midweek fixture.
Step4
Pick your stand
Decide between atmosphere and sightline before you compare prices. Curva Sud for noise, Tribuna Tevere for a balanced view, Tribuna Monte Mario for cover and comfort.
Step5
Read the listing notes
Seats together, name change rules, restricted view flags and delivery method all sit in the notes. Two listings at the same price can be very different purchases.
Step6
Confirm the total
The final figure at the last stage includes fees and delivery. Compare that number across listings rather than the headline price shown in the grid.
Step7
Complete the purchase
Payment is processed securely and your confirmation arrives by email straight away with the seller's delivery timeline attached.
Step8
Follow your order
Use track order to see the delivery status at any point. Most Serie A tickets land in the week of the fixture rather than immediately after purchase.
Overseas buyers should favour listings with mobile transfer or electronic delivery over anything requiring collection in Rome. Digital tickets reach you wherever you are, which removes the single biggest failure point for a trip built around one fixture. If a listing offers collection only, confirm the handover location and window before booking flights around it, because the Foro Italico is not a convenient place to be improvising two hours before kick-off.
Groups should request seats together at the point of purchase rather than assuming it. Italian nominative ticketing means each seat is issued against a named person, so supplying the full list of names early is what keeps a group in the same block. Serie A kick-off times also move for broadcast, sometimes within a few weeks of the fixture, so leave a night either side of 28 October rather than booking a return flight for the following morning. Rome's Olimpico sits well north of the centre, the tram and bus links back into the city run heavily loaded after a full house, so a hotel within walking distance of Flaminio or Ottaviano saves an hour on the night.
Roma against Cagliari is not a rivalry in the way the Rome derby is a rivalry. It is something quieter and, for a buyer, more useful to understand: a fixture Roma expect to win at home, punctuated by occasional collapses that are still talked about decades later. The Serie A meetings in Rome go back to September 1964. The balance of them has been comfortable for the hosts.
The exceptions are what give the fixture its edge. In November 1968 the Cagliari side that would win the Scudetto eighteen months later came to the Olimpico and won 4-1, a result that still appears in Sardinian club archives as the night the island announced itself in the capital. Forty-five years later, in February 2013, Cagliari repeated the trick with a 4-2 win in Rome that remains their last victory at the ground in the league. Between and around those nights, Roma have piled up the goals: 5-1 in 2004, 4-0 in 2024, a steady run of narrow wins in the seasons since.
What makes the fixture distinctive is that gap between expectation and volatility. Roma have not lost this game at home in the league since 2013, which sets the tone in the stands, yet the scoreline history says a flat evening can turn into a chaotic one quickly. For a buyer that translates into a ground that starts quiet, warms fast on the first goal, then rewards anyone who chose a stand with a view of both penalty areas.
All figures below cover Serie A meetings at the Stadio Olimpico with Roma as the home side, from September 1964 to February 2026. Cup ties, neutral venues and the reverse fixture in Sardinia are excluded.
| Metric | Total |
|---|---|
| Matches played | 45 |
| AS Roma wins | 25 |
| Cagliari wins | 4 |
| Draws | 16 |
| AS Roma goals | 74 |
| Cagliari goals | 38 |
| Biggest AS Roma win | 5-1 |
| Biggest Cagliari win | 1-4 |
| First Serie A meeting in scope | 13 September 1964 |
| Most recent meeting in scope | 9 February 2026 |
Totals are calculated from the match-by-match record below, cross-referenced against archived Serie A results, ESPN match reports, worldfootball.net records and Italian match reports from Sportmediaset, RomaToday and TuttoMercatoWeb.
Every Serie A fixture between the sides at the Stadio Olimpico with Roma hosting, newest first. Scores are given as Roma first.
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 09 Feb 2026 | 2-0 |
| 16 Mar 2025 | 1-0 |
| 05 Feb 2024 | 4-0 |
| 16 Jan 2022 | 1-0 |
| 23 Dec 2020 | 3-2 |
| 06 Oct 2019 | 1-1 |
| 27 Apr 2019 | 3-0 |
| 16 Dec 2017 | 1-0 |
| 22 Jan 2017 | 1-0 |
| 21 Sep 2014 | 2-0 |
| 25 Nov 2013 | 0-0 |
| 01 Feb 2013 | 2-4 |
| 11 Sep 2011 | 1-2 |
| 22 Jan 2011 | 3-0 |
| 09 May 2010 | 2-1 |
| 14 Dec 2008 | 3-2 |
| 05 Dec 2007 | 2-0 |
| 23 Dec 2006 | 2-0 |
| 08 Feb 2006 | 4-3 |
| 31 Oct 2004 | 5-1 |
| 31 Oct 1999 | 2-2 |
| 16 May 1999 | 3-1 |
| 17 Nov 1996 | 3-1 |
| 10 Mar 1996 | 1-1 |
| 23 Oct 1994 | 1-1 |
| 02 Apr 1994 | 2-0 |
| 07 Mar 1993 | 1-1 |
| 09 Feb 1992 | 0-0 |
| 06 Jan 1991 | 0-0 |
| 16 Jan 1983 | 1-0 |
| 27 Sep 1981 | 2-1 |
| 29 Mar 1981 | 1-0 |
| 04 May 1980 | 1-1 |
| 05 Oct 1975 | 1-1 |
| 31 Mar 1975 | 1-1 |
| 19 May 1974 | 2-0 |
| 04 Mar 1973 | 0-0 |
| 05 Dec 1971 | 2-2 |
| 13 Dec 1970 | 0-0 |
| 08 Mar 1970 | 1-1 |
| 17 Nov 1968 | 1-4 |
| 03 Dec 1967 | 2-3 |
| 16 Oct 1966 | 0-0 |
| 15 May 1966 | 1-0 |
| 13 Sep 1964 | 2-1 |
Results compiled from archived Serie A records and cross-referenced against ESPN match reports, worldfootball.net archive records and Italian match archives.
No. Roma sell through a free supporter account, so a paid membership is not required for a Serie A fixture like this. The constraint is timing rather than status, because renewals and priority windows take the strongest seats first.
For a Wednesday fixture against a mid-table visitor, the final seven to ten days usually bring more listings rather than fewer. Buyers who need four or more seats together should move earlier, since large blocks disappear first.
Visiting supporters are placed in the Distinti Nord Ovest, a segregated sector holding roughly 3,500. Colours from the visiting club should not be worn in home areas of the ground. Entry is matched to photo ID.
Most Serie A seats now arrive digitally, either transferred to a mobile wallet or sent as an electronic ticket. Italian tickets are issued in a named person's details, so the name on the ticket has to match the ID presented at the turnstile.
Yes, provided the request is made at the point of purchase with the full list of names supplied. Listings that state seats are sold together are the safest option for groups travelling from abroad.
Sources: AS Roma official ticketing information and match reports, Lega Serie A fixture listings, ESPN match reports, worldfootball.net archive records, Sportmediaset, RomaToday, Forzaroma, TuttoMercatoWeb archives and Parma Calcio 1913 visiting-sector announcements.