Atalanta
Cagliari
Match summary
Cagliari took a 2-1 win at Atalanta. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Paul Mendy put Cagliari ahead in the 19th minute, set up by Ndary Adopo, Gianluca Scamacca equalised in the 41st minute, set up by Charles De Ketelaere, and Daniel Maldini won it from the penalty spot in the 61st minute.
There was little between the sides on chances: Atalanta created 1.48 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots, Cagliari 1.31 from 5.
Atalanta dominated the Serie A matchday four fixture against Cagliari on territory and shot volume, recording sixty-one percent possession, one hundred and fifty-three attacks, and twenty-two total shots compared to their opponents' five. Despite controlling the game and accumulating an expected goals figure of 1.48 against 1.31, Atalanta were unable to turn their territorial superiority into a victory. They completed six hundred and ninety-six passes at an accuracy of ninety-one percent, forced three corners, and registered eight blocked shots. However, Cagliari made the most of their five shots on target to secure the away win.
The scoring opened in the eighteenth minute when Paul Mendy found the net with a left-footed shot for Cagliari, recording a notable chance with an expected goals value of 0.44. Atalanta responded before the interval when Gianluca Scamacca scored with a right-footed shot in the forty-first minute, leaving the half-time score level at one goal apiece. Following changes by both sides, including a substitution for an injury to Yukinari Sugawara, Cagliari regained the lead in the sixty-first minute through a penalty goal scored by Daniel Maldini from a chance valued at 0.76 expected goals. Franck Kessié hit an on-target shot for Atalanta in the eighty-second minute, but the visitors held on to claim the final score of Atalanta one, Cagliari two.
