Cagliari vs Empoli

20 September 2024 · Serie A · 2024/25 · Referee Simone Sozza

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Lorenzo Colombo 33’
  • Sebastiano Esposito 49’

Match summary

Empoli won 2-0 away at Cagliari. Empoli led 1-0 at half-time.

Lorenzo Colombo put Empoli ahead in the 33rd minute, set up by Faustino Anjorin and Sebastiano Esposito made it 0-2 in the 49th minute.

Cagliari can feel hard done by, creating 1.70 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Empoli's 1.03 from 9.

Match stats

Cagliari Empoli
21 Shots 9
2 Shots on Target 4
10 Corners 4
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.69 xG 1.03
1.69 Non-penalty xG 1.03
7 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Cagliari Empoli
Kick-off
33’
Lorenzo Colombo
Assist: Faustino Anjorin0-1 (Empoli)
Half-time0-1
49’
Sebastiano Esposito0-2 (Empoli)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Cagliari
  • Leonardo Pavoletti
Empoli
  • Emmanuel Gyasi
  • Lorenzo Colombo

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.70 1.03 33’ Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli), 0-1 33’ 49’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), 0-2 49’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.70 1.03 33’ Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli), 0-1 Colombo 33’ 49’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), 0-2 Esposito 49’
Cagliari 1.70 xGEmpoli 1.03 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Empoli attacking Cagliari attacking 
72’ Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari), open play, 0.55 xG, off target 49’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 33’ Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 85’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), open play, 0.25 xG, off target 90+3’ Gianluca Lapadula (Cagliari), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 90+6’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 18’ Alessandro Deiola (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 82’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 59’ Zito (Cagliari), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 90+2’ Pietro Pellegri (Empoli), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 18’ Sebastiano Luperto (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 63’ Razvan Marin (Cagliari), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90+3’ Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari), open play, 0.06 xG, hit the woodwork 36’ Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 85’ Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 7’ Giuseppe Pezzella (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 72’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 70’ Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 42’ Zito (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 49’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 90+4’ Paulo Azzi (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 62’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 90+4’ Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 86’ Yerry Mina (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 63’ Alessandro Deiola (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 39’ Sebastiano Luperto (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ Nadir Zortea (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Yerry Mina (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 70’ Ardian Ismajli (Empoli), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 78’ Paulo Azzi (Cagliari), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 72’ Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari), open play, 0.55 xG, off target 49’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 33’ Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 85’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), open play, 0.25 xG, off target 90+6’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 90+3’ Gianluca Lapadula (Cagliari), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 18’ Alessandro Deiola (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 82’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 59’ Zito (Cagliari), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 90+2’ Pietro Pellegri (Empoli), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 18’ Sebastiano Luperto (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 63’ Razvan Marin (Cagliari), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90+3’ Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari), open play, 0.06 xG, hit the woodwork 36’ Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 85’ Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 7’ Giuseppe Pezzella (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 72’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 70’ Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 42’ Zito (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 49’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 90+4’ Paulo Azzi (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 62’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 90+4’ Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 86’ Yerry Mina (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 63’ Alessandro Deiola (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 39’ Sebastiano Luperto (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 46’ Nadir Zortea (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 47’ Yerry Mina (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 70’ Ardian Ismajli (Empoli), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 78’ Paulo Azzi (Cagliari), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Simone Scuffet GK900 0.000.000
Yerry Mina DEF902 0.030.031
Gabriele Zappa DEF900 0.000.000
Sebastiano Luperto DEF902 0.090.000
Nadir Zortea MID901 0.020.224
Tommaso Augello MID610 0.000.081
Alessandro Deiola MID902 0.110.081
Razvan Marin MID721 0.070.032
Antoine Makoumbou MID470 0.000.000
Roberto Piccoli FWD760 0.000.000
Zito FWD612 0.110.000
Leonardo Pavoletti Sub434 0.430.121
Paulo Azzi Sub292 0.040.551
Nicolas Viola Sub290 0.000.142
Gianluca Gaetano Sub184 0.680.000
Gianluca Lapadula Sub141 0.120.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Cagliari win 46% Avg odds 2.08
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.29
Empoli win 25% Avg odds 3.84

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

Form going into the game

Cagliari LDDLL
Empoli WDWDD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Empoli 0-1 Cagliari, 03 Mar 24 Next meeting: Empoli 0-0 Cagliari, 06 Apr 25  All Cagliari vs Empoli 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.