Atalanta vs Cagliari

4 October 2020 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Fabrizio Pasqua

Full time 5 – 2

Half-time: 4–1

Luis Muriel 7’
Alejandro Gomez 29’
Mario Pasalic 37’
Duván Zapata 42’
Sam Lammers 81’

Diego Godín 24’
João Pedro 52’

Match summary

Atalanta won comfortably, 5-2 at home to Cagliari. Atalanta led 4-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Luis Muriel put Atalanta ahead in the 7th minute, set up by José Luis Palomino, Diego Godín equalised with a header in the 24th minute, set up by Razvan Marin, Alejandro Gomez put Atalanta back in front in the 29th minute, set up by Duván Zapata, Mario Pasalic made it 3-1 in the 37th minute, set up by Robin Gosens, and Duván Zapata made it 4-1 in the 42nd minute, set up by José Luis Palomino. In the second half, João Pedro pulled one back to make it 4-2 in the 52nd minute, set up by Charalampos Lykogiannis and Sam Lammers made it 5-2 in the 81st minute, set up by Mario Pasalic.

The chances backed that up: Atalanta created 3.80 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Cagliari's 0.66 from 12.

Match stats

19 Shots 7

14 Shots on Target 3

3 Corners 9

0 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

3.61 xG 0.66

3.61 Non-penalty xG 0.66

15 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Atalanta Cagliari

Kick-off

Luis Muriel
Assist: José Luis Palomino

1-0

7’

24’

Diego Godín
Assist: Razvan Marin

1-1

Alejandro Gomez
Assist: Duván Zapata

2-1

29’

Mario Pasalic
Assist: Robin Gosens

3-1

37’

Duván Zapata
Assist: José Luis Palomino

4-1

42’

Half-time4-1

52’

João Pedro
Assist: Charalampos Lykogiannis

4-2

Sam Lammers
Assist: Mario Pasalic

5-2

81’

Full-time5-2

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Atalanta 3.80 xGCagliari 0.66 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Cagliari attacking Atalanta attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Marco Sportiello	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Berat Gjimshiti	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cristian Romero	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
José Luis Palomino	DEF	85		2	0	0.00	0.58	3
Hans Hateboer	MID	90			1	0.01	0.02	1
Mario Pasalic	MID	90	1	1	2	0.58	1.25	6
Marten de Roon	MID	90			2	0.11	0.00	0
Robin Gosens	MID	74		1	0	0.00	0.50	1
Alejandro Gomez	MID	65	1		1	0.03	0.08	2
Luis Muriel	FWD	74	1		4	1.28	0.00	0
Duván Zapata	FWD	65	1	1	5	1.15	0.19	4
Sam Lammers	Sub	25	1		1	0.31	0.00	0
Ruslan Malinovskiy	Sub	25			3	0.16	0.00	0
Johan Mojica	Sub	16			0	0.00	0.00	0
Remo Freuler	Sub	16			1	0.12	0.00	0
Bosko Sutalo	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alessio Cragno	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gabriele Zappa	DEF	85			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sebastian Walukiewicz	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Diego Godín	DEF	85	1		2	0.05	0.00	0
Charalampos Lykogiannis	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.11	1
Riccardo Sottil	MID	78			1	0.04	0.15	2
Marko Rog	MID	90			0	0.00	0.06	2
Razvan Marin	MID	66		1	1	0.05	0.04	2
Nahitan Nández	MID	90			1	0.05	0.05	1
Giovanni Simeone	FWD	90			2	0.14	0.09	1
João Pedro	FWD	86	1		3	0.20	0.05	1
Matteo Tramoni	Sub	24			1	0.03	0.00	0
Fabrizio Caligara	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ragnar Klavan	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0
Paolo Faragò	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0
Leonardo Pavoletti	Sub	4			1	0.09	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Atalanta win 75% Avg odds 1.27

Draw 15% Avg odds 6.29

Cagliari win 10% Avg odds 9.64

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Atalanta D W L W W

Cagliari L W L D L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Cagliari 0-1 Atalanta, 05 Jul 20 Next meeting: Cagliari 0-1 Atalanta, 14 Feb 21 All Atalanta vs Cagliari meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.