Lazio vs Cagliari

22 December 2018 · Serie A · 2018/19 · Referee Gianluca Manganiello

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic 12’
Francesco Acerbi 23’
Senad Lulic 67’

João Pedro 90+3’ (pen)

Match summary

Lazio won 3-1 at home to Cagliari. Lazio led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic put Lazio ahead in the 12th minute and Francesco Acerbi made it 2-0 from a corner in the 23rd minute. In the second half, Senad Lulic made it 3-0 in the 67th minute, set up by Ciro Immobile and João Pedro pulled one back to make it 3-1 from the penalty spot in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Lazio created 2.62 expected goals (xG) from 24 shots to Cagliari's 1.81 from 11.

Match stats

15 Shots 9

10 Shots on Target 5

7 Corners 5

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

2.59 xG 1.81

2.59 Non-penalty xG 1.05

14 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Lazio Cagliari

Kick-off

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic

1-0

12’

Francesco Acerbi

2-0

23’

Half-time2-0

Senad Lulic
Assist: Ciro Immobile

3-0

67’

90+3’

João Pedro
Penalty

3-1

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Lazio

Ciro Immobile
Bastos

Cagliari

Paolo Faragò

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.

Lazio 2.62 xGCagliari 1.81 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Cagliari attacking Lazio attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Thomas Strakosha	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luiz Felipe	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Francesco Acerbi	DEF	90	1		3	0.72	0.00	0
Stefan Radu	DEF	81			1	0.04	0.00	0
Adam Marusic	MID	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Marco Parolo	MID	90			1	0.09	0.00	0
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic	MID	70	1		4	0.27	0.69	3
Senad Lulic	MID	90	1		2	0.36	0.42	2
Luis Alberto	MID	78			2	0.11	0.39	7
Joaquín Correa	FWD	90			6	0.33	0.26	3
Ciro Immobile	FWD	90		1	4	0.64	0.40	3
Lucas Leiva	Sub	20			0	0.00	0.10	1
Jordan Lukaku	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
Bastos	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alessio Cragno	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Fabio Pisacane	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Filippo Romagna	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Ragnar Klavan	DEF	47		0	0.00	0.00	0
Simone Padoin	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Filip Bradaric	MID	90		1	0.01	0.01	1
Paolo Faragò	MID	90		3	0.11	0.43	1
Artur Ionita	MID	90		2	0.44	0.00	0
Nicolò Barella	MID	74		0	0.00	0.02	1
João Pedro	FWD	90	1	2	0.87	0.05	2
Alberto Cerri	FWD	47		2	0.06	0.05	1
Diego Farias	Sub	43		0	0.00	0.00	0
Marko Pajac	Sub	43		0	0.00	0.11	1
Daniele Dessena	Sub	16		1	0.32	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Lazio win 71% Bet365 odds 1.33

Draw 19% Bet365 odds 5.00

Cagliari win 10% Bet365 odds 9.00

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

Form going into the game

Lazio D D D D L

Cagliari D D D D L

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Cagliari 1-2 Lazio, 11 May 19 All Lazio 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.