Cagliari vs SPAL

7 April 2019 · Serie A · 2018/19 · Referee Luca Banti

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Paolo Faragò 3’
  • Leonardo Pavoletti 60’
  • Mirco Antenucci 18’ (pen)

Match summary

Cagliari won 2-1 at home to SPAL. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Paolo Faragò put Cagliari ahead in the 3rd minute, Mirco Antenucci equalised from the penalty spot in the 18th minute, and Leonardo Pavoletti won it with a header in the 60th minute.

The chances backed that up: Cagliari created 2.64 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to SPAL's 1.31 from 7.

Match stats

Cagliari SPAL
14 Shots 5
11 Shots on Target 2
9 Corners 4
4 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
2.32 xG 1.31
2.32 Non-penalty xG 0.55
12 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Cagliari SPAL
Kick-off
Paolo Faragò1-0 (Cagliari)
3’
18’
Mirco Antenucci
Penalty1-1 (SPAL)
Half-time1-1
Leonardo Pavoletti2-1 (Cagliari)
60’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Cagliari
  • Fabrizio Cacciatore
  • Luca Ceppitelli
  • Luca Cigarini
  • Leonardo Pavoletti
SPAL
  • Felipe
  • Lorenzo Dickmann
  • Mohamed Fares

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 2.64 1.31 3’ Paolo Faragò (Cagliari), 1-0 3’ 18’ Mirco Antenucci (SPAL), 1-1 18’ 60’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), 2-1 60’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.64 1.31 3’ Paolo Faragò (Cagliari), 1-0 Faragò 3’ 18’ Mirco Antenucci (SPAL), 1-1 Antenucci 18’ 60’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), 2-1 Pavoletti 60’
Cagliari 2.64 xGSPAL 1.31 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 SPAL attacking Cagliari attacking 
18’ Mirco Antenucci (SPAL), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 60’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), set piece, 0.63 xG, goal 3’ Paolo Faragò (Cagliari), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 60’ Luca Ceppitelli (Cagliari), set piece, 0.50 xG, hit the woodwork 72’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 49’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 90’ Paolo Faragò (Cagliari), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 80’ Paolo Faragò (Cagliari), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 80’ Valter Birsa (Cagliari), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 50’ Paolo Faragò (Cagliari), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 90+1’ Valter Birsa (Cagliari), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 57’ Nicolò Barella (Cagliari), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 81’ Fabrizio Cacciatore (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 65’ Artur Ionita (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 27’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 74’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 78’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 14’ Simone Missiroli (SPAL), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 11’ Luca Cigarini (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+2’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 68’ Filippo Costa (SPAL), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 3’ Nicolò Barella (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 45’ Artur Ionita (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 18’ Mirco Antenucci (SPAL), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 60’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), set piece, 0.63 xG, goal 3’ Paolo Faragò (Cagliari), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 60’ Luca Ceppitelli (Cagliari), set piece, 0.50 xG, hit the woodwork 72’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 49’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), open play, 0.14 xG, off target 90’ Paolo Faragò (Cagliari), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 80’ Paolo Faragò (Cagliari), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 80’ Valter Birsa (Cagliari), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 50’ Paolo Faragò (Cagliari), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 90+1’ Valter Birsa (Cagliari), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 57’ Nicolò Barella (Cagliari), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 81’ Fabrizio Cacciatore (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 65’ Artur Ionita (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 27’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 74’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 78’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 14’ Simone Missiroli (SPAL), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 11’ Luca Cigarini (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 68’ Filippo Costa (SPAL), set piece, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+2’ Andrea Petagna (SPAL), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 3’ Nicolò Barella (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 45’ Artur Ionita (Cagliari), 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
Fabrizio Cacciatore DEF901 0.080.212
Filippo Romagna DEF900 0.000.000
Luca Ceppitelli DEF901 0.500.000
Luca Pellegrini DEF900 0.000.222
Paolo Faragò MID9014 0.830.081
Artur Ionita MID902 0.080.000
Luca Cigarini MID771 0.020.654
Nicolò Barella MID902 0.090.162
Leonardo Pavoletti FWD9012 0.770.021
João Pedro FWD811 0.070.000
Filip Bradaric Sub130 0.000.000
Valter Birsa Sub92 0.200.081
Simone Padoin Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Cagliari win 44% Bet365 odds 2.15
Draw 30% Bet365 odds 3.20
SPAL win 26% Bet365 odds 3.60

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Cagliari WLWWL
SPAL LLWWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: SPAL 2-2 Cagliari, 10 Nov 18 Next meeting: Cagliari 2-0 SPAL, 20 Oct 19  All Cagliari vs SPAL 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.