Fiorentina vs Cagliari

24 October 2021 · Serie A · 2021/22 · Referee Antonio Rapuano

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Cristiano Biraghi 21’ (pen)
  • Nicolás González 42’
  • Dusan Vlahovic 49’

Match summary

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

Cristiano Biraghi put Fiorentina ahead from the penalty spot in the 21st minute, Nicolás González made it 2-0 in the 42nd minute, set up by Riccardo Saponara, and Dusan Vlahovic made it 3-0 with a direct free kick in the 49th minute.

The chances backed that up: Fiorentina created 3.12 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Cagliari's 0.12 from 3.

Match stats

Fiorentina Cagliari
21 Shots 3
5 Shots on Target 1
4 Corners 1
0 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
3.12 xG 0.12
2.36 Non-penalty xG 0.12
8 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Fiorentina Cagliari
Kick-off
Cristiano Biraghi
Penalty1-0 (Fiorentina)
21’
Nicolás González
Assist: Riccardo Saponara2-0 (Fiorentina)
42’
Half-time2-0
Dusan Vlahovic3-0 (Fiorentina)
49’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Cagliari
  • Razvan Marin
  • 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 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.12 0.12 21’ Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), 1-0 21’ 42’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), 2-0 42’ 49’ Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina), 3-0 49’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.12 0.12 21’ Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), 1-0 Biraghi 21’ 42’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), 2-0 González 42’ 49’ Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina), 3-0 Vlahovic 49’
Fiorentina 3.12 xGCagliari 0.12 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Cagliari attacking Fiorentina attacking 
21’ Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 42’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.71 xG, goal 85’ José Callejón (Fiorentina), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 15’ Lucas Martínez Quarta (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.25 xG, off target 32’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.25 xG, off target 72’ Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 72’ Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 10’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 50’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 18’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 71’ Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 30’ Riccardo Saponara (Fiorentina), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 49’ Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, goal 57’ Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 87’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 39’ Youssef Maleh (Fiorentina), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 45’ Youssef Maleh (Fiorentina), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 37’ Nahitan Nández (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 37’ Riccardo Saponara (Fiorentina), open play, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 52’ Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 35’ Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 40’ Lucas Martínez Quarta (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 2’ Nahitan Nández (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 1’ Riccardo Saponara (Fiorentina), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 21’ Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 42’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.71 xG, goal 85’ José Callejón (Fiorentina), open play, 0.31 xG, off target 15’ Lucas Martínez Quarta (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.25 xG, off target 32’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.25 xG, off target 72’ Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 72’ Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 10’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 50’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 18’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 30’ Riccardo Saponara (Fiorentina), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 71’ Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 49’ Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, goal 57’ Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 87’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 39’ Youssef Maleh (Fiorentina), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 45’ Youssef Maleh (Fiorentina), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 37’ Riccardo Saponara (Fiorentina), open play, 0.03 xG, hit the woodwork 37’ Nahitan Nández (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 52’ Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 35’ Giacomo Bonaventura (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 40’ Lucas Martínez Quarta (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 2’ Nahitan Nández (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 1’ Riccardo Saponara (Fiorentina), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Pietro Terracciano GK900 0.000.000
Lorenzo Venuti DEF900 0.000.000
Lucas Martínez Quarta DEF902 0.260.021
Nikola Milenkovic DEF900 0.000.000
Cristiano Biraghi DEF7011 0.760.333
Giacomo Bonaventura MID841 0.020.162
Lucas Torreira MID840 0.000.052
Youssef Maleh MID702 0.060.000
Nicolás González FWD9015 1.160.413
Dusan Vlahovic FWD9016 0.440.031
Riccardo Saponara FWD7613 0.100.962
Gaetano Castrovilli Sub200 0.000.000
Aleksa Terzic Sub200 0.000.131
José Callejón Sub141 0.310.000
Alfred Duncan Sub60 0.000.041
Sofyan Amrabat Sub60 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Fiorentina win 61% Avg odds 1.57
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.14
Cagliari win 16% Avg odds 5.82

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

Form going into the game

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Cagliari DLLDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Cagliari 0-0 Fiorentina, 12 May 21 Next meeting: Cagliari 1-1 Fiorentina, 23 Jan 22  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.