Fiorentina vs Cagliari

2 October 2023 · Serie A · 2023/24 · Referee Marco Di Bello

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Nicolás González 3’
  • Alberto Dossena 21’ (og)
  • M'Bala Nzola 90+4’

Match summary

Fiorentina won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Cagliari. Fiorentina led 2-0 at half-time.

Nicolás González put Fiorentina ahead in the 3rd minute, set up by Lucas Beltrán, Dossena's own goal made it 2-0 in the 21st minute, and M'Bala Nzola made it 3-0 in stoppage time, set up by Rolando Mandragora.

The chances backed that up: Fiorentina created 1.53 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Cagliari's 0.81 from 6.

Match stats

Fiorentina Cagliari
14 Shots 6
2 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 2
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.53 xG 0.81
1.53 Non-penalty xG 0.81
8 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Fiorentina Cagliari
Kick-off
Nicolás González
Assist: Lucas Beltrán1-0 (Fiorentina)
3’
Alberto Dossena
Own goal2-0 (Fiorentina)
21’
Half-time2-0
M'Bala Nzola
Assist: Rolando Mandragora3-0 (Fiorentina)
90+4’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Fiorentina
  • Gino Infantino
Cagliari
  • Leonardo Pavoletti

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 1.53 0.81 3’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), 1-0 3’ 21’ Alberto Dossena (Fiorentina) own goal, 2-0 21’ 90+4’ M'Bala Nzola (Fiorentina), 3-0 90+4’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.53 0.81 3’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), 1-0 González 3’ 21’ Alberto Dossena (Fiorentina) own goal, 2-0 Dossena 21’ 90+4’ M'Bala Nzola (Fiorentina), 3-0 Nzola 90+4’
Fiorentina 1.53 xGCagliari 0.81 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Cagliari attacking Fiorentina attacking 
8’ Nahitan Nández (Cagliari), open play, 0.56 xG, blocked 3’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.49 xG, goal 90+4’ M'Bala Nzola (Fiorentina), open play, 0.31 xG, goal 40’ Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 13’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 80’ Jonathan Ikone (Fiorentina), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 81’ Christian Kouamé (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 83’ Fabiano Parisi (Fiorentina), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 47’ Lucas Beltrán (Fiorentina), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 29’ Eldor Shomurodov (Cagliari), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 47’ Alberto Dossena (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 55’ Gaetano Oristanio (Cagliari), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 18’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 27’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 27’ Andrea Petagna (Cagliari), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 44’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 30’ Lucas Beltrán (Fiorentina), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 23’ Tommaso Augello (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 85’ Jonathan Ikone (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 8’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 21’ Alberto Dossena (Cagliari), own goal 8’ Nahitan Nández (Cagliari), open play, 0.56 xG, blocked 3’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.49 xG, goal 90+4’ M'Bala Nzola (Fiorentina), open play, 0.31 xG, goal 40’ Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 13’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 80’ Jonathan Ikone (Fiorentina), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 81’ Christian Kouamé (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 83’ Fabiano Parisi (Fiorentina), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 47’ Lucas Beltrán (Fiorentina), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 29’ Eldor Shomurodov (Cagliari), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 47’ Alberto Dossena (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 55’ Gaetano Oristanio (Cagliari), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 18’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 27’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 27’ Andrea Petagna (Cagliari), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 44’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 30’ Lucas Beltrán (Fiorentina), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 85’ Jonathan Ikone (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 23’ Tommaso Augello (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 8’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 21’ Alberto Dossena (Cagliari), own goal
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Pietro Terracciano GK900 0.000.000
Michael Kayode DEF900 0.000.051
Lucas Martínez Quarta DEF900 0.000.021
Nikola Milenkovic DEF900 0.000.000
Fabiano Parisi DEF901 0.080.000
Arthur MID900 0.000.091
Alfred Duncan MID900 0.000.112
Nicolás González MID6816 0.740.071
Giacomo Bonaventura MID681 0.110.082
Josip Brekalo MID670 0.000.000
Lucas Beltrán FWD7812 0.110.592
Christian Kouamé Sub231 0.080.000
Gino Infantino Sub220 0.000.081
Jonathan Ikone Sub222 0.110.000
M'Bala Nzola Sub1211 0.310.000
Rolando Mandragora Sub110 0.000.311

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Fiorentina win 62% Avg odds 1.55
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.12
Cagliari win 15% Avg odds 6.45

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

Form going into the game

Fiorentina DLWWD
Cagliari LLDLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Cagliari 1-1 Fiorentina, 23 Jan 22 Next meeting: Cagliari 2-3 Fiorentina, 23 May 24  All Fiorentina vs Cagliari 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.