Cagliari vs Napoli

16 February 2020 · Serie A · 2019/20 · Referee Daniele Doveri

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Dries Mertens 65’

Match summary

Napoli won 1-0 away at Cagliari. It was goalless at half-time.

Dries Mertens put Napoli ahead in the 65th minute, set up by Elseid Hysaj.

The chances backed that up: Napoli created 1.12 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Cagliari's 0.29 from 10.

Match stats

Cagliari Napoli
10 Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 4
2 Corners 3
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.29 xG 1.12
0.29 Non-penalty xG 1.12
3 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Cagliari Napoli
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
65’
Dries Mertens
Assist: Elseid Hysaj0-1 (Napoli)
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Cagliari
  • Sebastian Walukiewicz
  • Nahitan Nández
  • João Pedro
Napoli
  • Piotr Zielinski

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.29 1.12 65’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), 0-1 65’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.29 1.12 65’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), 0-1 Mertens 65’
Cagliari 0.29 xGNapoli 1.12 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Napoli attacking Cagliari attacking 
24’ Kostas Manolas (Napoli), set piece, 0.34 xG, off target 53’ Eljif Elmas (Napoli), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 31’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), direct free kick, 0.10 xG, off target 35’ Gastón Pereiro (Cagliari), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 90’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 73’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 65’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 90+2’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 36’ Eljif Elmas (Napoli), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 4’ Fabián (Napoli), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 26’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 54’ Gastón Pereiro (Cagliari), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 18’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 47’ Eljif Elmas (Napoli), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 56’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 20’ Gastón Pereiro (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 82’ Alberto Paloschi (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 85’ Luca Pellegrini (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 59’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 84’ Ragnar Klavan (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Valter Birsa (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 69’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 72’ Luca Pellegrini (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 24’ Kostas Manolas (Napoli), set piece, 0.34 xG, off target 53’ Eljif Elmas (Napoli), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 31’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), direct free kick, 0.10 xG, off target 35’ Gastón Pereiro (Cagliari), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 90’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 73’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 65’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 90+2’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 36’ Eljif Elmas (Napoli), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 4’ Fabián (Napoli), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 26’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 54’ Gastón Pereiro (Cagliari), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 18’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 47’ Eljif Elmas (Napoli), set piece, 0.04 xG, off target 56’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 20’ Gastón Pereiro (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 82’ Alberto Paloschi (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 85’ Luca Pellegrini (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 59’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 84’ Ragnar Klavan (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 86’ Valter Birsa (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 72’ Luca Pellegrini (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 69’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alessio Cragno GK900 0.000.000
Fabio Pisacane DEF900 0.000.122
Ragnar Klavan DEF901 0.020.011
Sebastian Walukiewicz DEF700 0.000.000
Luca Pellegrini DEF902 0.030.000
Artur Ionita MID900 0.000.032
Nahitan Nández MID900 0.000.000
Luca Cigarini MID830 0.000.021
João Pedro MID900 0.000.000
Gastón Pereiro MID673 0.150.000
Giovanni Simeone FWD902 0.050.000
Alberto Paloschi Sub231 0.020.000
Federico Mattiello Sub200 0.000.021
Valter Birsa Sub71 0.010.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Cagliari win 23% Avg odds 4.10
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.60
Napoli win 50% Avg odds 1.89

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

Form going into the game

Cagliari LDDDL
Napoli LLWWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Napoli 0-1 Cagliari, 25 Sep 19 Next meeting: Cagliari 1-4 Napoli, 03 Jan 21  All Cagliari vs Napoli 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.