Cagliari vs Genoa

20 September 2019 · Serie A · 2019/20 · Referee Gianluca Manganiello

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Giovanni Simeone 46’
  • Cristian Zapata 84’ (og)
  • João Pedro 87’
  • Christian Kouamé 83’

Match summary

Cagliari beat Genoa 3-1. It was goalless at half-time.

Giovanni Simeone put Cagliari ahead with a header in the 46th minute, set up by Artur Ionita, Christian Kouamé equalised in the 83rd minute, set up by Antonio Sanabria, Zapata's own goal put Cagliari back in front in the 84th minute, and João Pedro made it 3-1 in the 87th minute.

Genoa can feel hard done by, creating 1.61 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Cagliari's 1.25 from 13.

Match stats

Cagliari Genoa
8 Shots 7
4 Shots on Target 2
4 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.25 xG 1.61
1.25 Non-penalty xG 1.61
3 Deep Completions 11

Key events

Cagliari Genoa
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Giovanni Simeone
Assist: Artur Ionita1-0 (Cagliari)
46’
83’
Christian Kouamé
Assist: Antonio Sanabria1-1 (Genoa)
Cristian Zapata
Own goal2-1 (Cagliari)
84’
João Pedro3-1 (Cagliari)
87’
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Cagliari
  • João Pedro
Genoa
  • Riccardo Saponara

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 1.25 1.61 46’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), 1-0 46’ 83’ Christian Kouamé (Genoa), 1-1 83’ 84’ Cristian Zapata (Cagliari) own goal, 2-1 84’ 87’ João Pedro (Cagliari), 3-1 87’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.25 1.61 46’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), 1-0 Simeone 46’ 83’ Christian Kouamé (Genoa), 1-1 Kouamé 83’ 84’ Cristian Zapata (Cagliari) own goal, 2-1 Zapata 84’ 87’ João Pedro (Cagliari), 3-1 Pedro 87’
Cagliari 1.25 xGGenoa 1.61 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Genoa attacking Cagliari attacking 
33’ Christian Kouamé (Genoa), open play, 0.49 xG, saved 62’ Andrea Favilli (Genoa), from a corner, 0.39 xG, off target 31’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), open play, 0.35 xG, off target 20’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.27 xG, saved 45’ Lasse Schöne (Genoa), open play, 0.24 xG, off target 11’ Fabio Pisacane (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.18 xG, off target 87’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.16 xG, goal 7’ Riccardo Saponara (Genoa), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 33’ Peter Ankersen (Genoa), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 14’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 22’ Riccardo Saponara (Genoa), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 66’ Lasse Schöne (Genoa), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 83’ Christian Kouamé (Genoa), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 30’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 19’ Christian Kouamé (Genoa), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+4’ Christian Kouamé (Genoa), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 69’ Artur Ionita (Cagliari), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 21’ Lucas Castro (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 46’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 2’ Peter Ankersen (Genoa), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 11’ Luca Pellegrini (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 31’ Artur Ionita (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 72’ Luca Pellegrini (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 18’ Lucas Castro (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 84’ Cristian Zapata (Genoa), own goal 33’ Christian Kouamé (Genoa), open play, 0.49 xG, saved 62’ Andrea Favilli (Genoa), from a corner, 0.39 xG, off target 31’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), open play, 0.35 xG, off target 20’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.27 xG, saved 45’ Lasse Schöne (Genoa), open play, 0.24 xG, off target 11’ Fabio Pisacane (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.18 xG, off target 87’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.16 xG, goal 7’ Riccardo Saponara (Genoa), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 33’ Peter Ankersen (Genoa), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 14’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 66’ Lasse Schöne (Genoa), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 22’ Riccardo Saponara (Genoa), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 83’ Christian Kouamé (Genoa), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 30’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 19’ Christian Kouamé (Genoa), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+4’ Christian Kouamé (Genoa), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 69’ Artur Ionita (Cagliari), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 46’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 21’ Lucas Castro (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 2’ Peter Ankersen (Genoa), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 11’ Luca Pellegrini (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 31’ Artur Ionita (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 72’ Luca Pellegrini (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 18’ Lucas Castro (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 84’ Cristian Zapata (Genoa), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Robin Olsen GK900 0.000.000
Fabrizio Cacciatore DEF900 0.000.000
Luca Ceppitelli DEF900 0.000.000
Fabio Pisacane DEF901 0.180.000
Luca Pellegrini DEF902 0.030.021
Artur Ionita MID9012 0.060.413
Nahitan Nández MID900 0.000.312
Luca Cigarini MID560 0.000.202
Lucas Castro MID792 0.040.132
João Pedro FWD9014 0.550.000
Giovanni Simeone FWD8312 0.380.000
Christian Oliva Sub340 0.000.000
Marko Rog Sub110 0.000.000
Valter Birsa Sub70 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Cagliari win 32% Avg odds 2.98
Draw 29% Avg odds 3.28
Genoa win 39% Avg odds 2.45

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

Form going into the game

Cagliari DLLLW
Genoa DDDWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Genoa 1-1 Cagliari, 18 May 19 Next meeting: Genoa 1-0 Cagliari, 09 Feb 20  All Cagliari vs Genoa 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.