Cagliari vs Monza

30 March 2025 · Serie A · 2024/25 · Referee Francesco Fourneau

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Nicolas Viola 49’
  • Gianluca Gaetano 73’
  • Zito 90+2’

Match summary

Cagliari won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Monza. It was goalless at half-time.

Nicolas Viola put Cagliari ahead with a header in the 49th minute, set up by Tommaso Augello, Gianluca Gaetano made it 2-0 with a direct free kick in the 73rd minute, and Zito made it 3-0 in stoppage time, set up by Gianluca Gaetano.

The chances backed that up: Cagliari created 2.26 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Monza's 0.96 from 12.

Match stats

Cagliari Monza
11 Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 3
4 Corners 6
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.96 xG 0.96
1.96 Non-penalty xG 0.96
5 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Cagliari Monza
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Nicolas Viola
Assist: Tommaso Augello1-0 (Cagliari)
49’
Gianluca Gaetano2-0 (Cagliari)
73’
Zito
Assist: Gianluca Gaetano3-0 (Cagliari)
90+2’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Cagliari
  • Sebastiano Luperto
  • Roberto Piccoli
Monza
  • Armando Izzo
  • Keita

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 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.26 0.96 49’ Nicolas Viola (Cagliari), 1-0 49’ 73’ Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari), 2-0 73’ 90+2’ Zito (Cagliari), 3-0 90+2’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.26 0.96 49’ Nicolas Viola (Cagliari), 1-0 Viola 49’ 73’ Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari), 2-0 Gaetano 73’ 90+2’ Zito (Cagliari), 3-0 Zito 90+2’
Cagliari 2.26 xGMonza 0.96 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Monza attacking Cagliari attacking 
7’ Nicolas Viola (Cagliari), open play, 0.64 xG, off target 88’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), open play, 0.56 xG, off target 87’ Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari), open play, 0.53 xG, saved 11’ Dany Mota (Monza), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 29’ Danilo D'Ambrosio (Monza), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 90+2’ Zito (Cagliari), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 73’ Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, goal 13’ Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Monza), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 18’ Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 42’ Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 42’ Nicolas Viola (Cagliari), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 41’ Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Monza), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 51’ Danilo D'Ambrosio (Monza), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 67’ Keita (Monza), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 49’ Nicolas Viola (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 51’ Gaetano Castrovilli (Monza), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+1’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 40’ Nicolas Viola (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 36’ Alessandro Bianco (Monza), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 7’ Alessandro Bianco (Monza), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 14’ Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Monza), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 89’ Gianluca Caprari (Monza), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 86’ Patrick Ciurria (Monza), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 7’ Nicolas Viola (Cagliari), open play, 0.64 xG, off target 88’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), open play, 0.56 xG, off target 87’ Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari), open play, 0.53 xG, saved 11’ Dany Mota (Monza), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 29’ Danilo D'Ambrosio (Monza), open play, 0.31 xG, saved 90+2’ Zito (Cagliari), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 73’ Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari), direct free kick, 0.09 xG, goal 13’ Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Monza), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 18’ Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 42’ Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 42’ Nicolas Viola (Cagliari), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 41’ Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Monza), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 51’ Danilo D'Ambrosio (Monza), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 67’ Keita (Monza), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 49’ Nicolas Viola (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 51’ Gaetano Castrovilli (Monza), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+1’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 40’ Nicolas Viola (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 36’ Alessandro Bianco (Monza), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 7’ Alessandro Bianco (Monza), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 14’ Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Monza), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 89’ Gianluca Caprari (Monza), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 86’ Patrick Ciurria (Monza), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Elia Caprile GK900 0.000.000
José Luis Palomino DEF900 0.000.000
Yerry Mina DEF900 0.000.000
Sebastiano Luperto DEF900 0.000.000
Nadir Zortea MID900 0.000.722
Tommaso Augello MID9010 0.000.031
Ndary Adopo MID900 0.000.531
Matteo Prati MID770 0.000.031
Mattia Felici MID620 0.000.000
Nicolas Viola MID6114 0.780.071
Roberto Piccoli FWD772 0.150.000
Gianluca Gaetano Sub29112 0.630.152
Zito Sub2811 0.110.000
Antoine Makoumbou Sub130 0.000.000
Leonardo Pavoletti Sub132 0.590.000
Gabriele Zappa Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Cagliari win 54% Avg odds 1.79
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.50
Monza win 19% Avg odds 4.95

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

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Monza 1-2 Cagliari, 05 Jan 25 Next meeting: Monza vs Cagliari, 19 Oct 26 (upcoming)  All Cagliari vs Monza 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.