MILAN: Two goals from on-loan Donyell Malen dro­ve AS Roma to a 2-0 win over Cagliari on Monday, lifting them level with fou­rth-placed Juventus in Serie A.

A tight-angled shot found the roof of the Cagliari net on 25 minutes and Malen, who arrived at Roma on loan from Aston Villa , doubled the tally running onto a through ball to beat the keeper one-on-one on 65 minutes.

After Juventus dropped two points at home to Lazio they sit fourth on 46 points with Roma now on level, with 14 matches to go.

Inter Milan are the runaway leaders of Serie A with 58 points, eight ahead of city rivals AC Milan, while Napoli, who host Roma this weekend, have 49 in third.

Earlier on Monday, Atalanta beat struggling Cremonese 2-1 to consolidate a run of three wins and two draws over their last five Serie A games.

Nikola Krstovic and Davide Zappacosta put At­al­anta two up within 25 minutes, but a goal from Cremonese’s Morten Thor­sby in time added on forced Atalanta to sweat it out.

Atalanta sit two points behind sixth-placed Como in the UEFA Conference League spot.

Published in Dawn, February 11th, 2026