Monza vs Cagliari

5 January 2025 · Serie A · 2024/25 · Referee Marco Di Bello

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

  • Gianluca Caprari 6’ (pen)
  • Nadir Zortea 22’
  • Roberto Piccoli 56’

Match summary

Cagliari came from behind to win 2-1 away at Monza. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Gianluca Caprari put Monza ahead from the penalty spot in the 6th minute, Nadir Zortea equalised in the 22nd minute, set up by Mattia Felici, and Roberto Piccoli won it in the 56th minute, set up by Adam Obert.

Monza can feel hard done by, creating 1.56 expected goals (xG) from 6 shots to Cagliari's 0.78 from 13. Monza had a player sent off.

Match stats

Monza Cagliari
6 Shots 13
2 Shots on Target 4
1 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 2
1 Red Cards 0
1.56 xG 0.78
0.80 Non-penalty xG 0.78
7 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Monza Cagliari
Kick-off
Gianluca Caprari
Penalty1-0 (Monza)
6’
22’
Nadir Zortea
Assist: Mattia Felici1-1 (Cagliari)
Half-time1-1
56’
Roberto Piccoli
Assist: Adam Obert1-2 (Cagliari)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Monza
  • Danilo D'Ambrosio
  • Warren Bondo
  • Alessandro Bianco
Cagliari
  • Yerry Mina
  • Roberto Piccoli

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 1.56 0.78 6’ Gianluca Caprari (Monza), 1-0 6’ 22’ Nadir Zortea (Cagliari), 1-1 22’ 56’ Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari), 1-2 56’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.56 0.78 6’ Gianluca Caprari (Monza), 1-0 Caprari 6’ 22’ Nadir Zortea (Cagliari), 1-1 Zortea 22’ 56’ Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari), 1-2 Piccoli 56’
Monza 1.56 xGCagliari 0.78 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Cagliari attacking Monza attacking 
6’ Gianluca Caprari (Monza), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 61’ Pedro Pereira (Monza), open play, 0.54 xG, saved 3’ Patrick Ciurria (Monza), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 33’ Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 14’ Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 2’ Mattia Felici (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 56’ Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 70’ Nicolas Viola (Cagliari), set piece, 0.08 xG, blocked 90+4’ Gianluca Lapadula (Cagliari), open play, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 42’ Ndary Adopo (Cagliari), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 90+5’ Milan Djuric (Monza), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 8’ Nadir Zortea (Cagliari), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 22’ Nadir Zortea (Cagliari), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 15’ Nicolas Viola (Cagliari), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 40’ Warren Bondo (Monza), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 15’ Adam Obert (Cagliari), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 31’ Sebastiano Luperto (Cagliari), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 49’ Stefano Sensi (Monza), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 57’ Nicolas Viola (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 6’ Gianluca Caprari (Monza), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 61’ Pedro Pereira (Monza), open play, 0.54 xG, saved 3’ Patrick Ciurria (Monza), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 33’ Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 14’ Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 2’ Mattia Felici (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 70’ Nicolas Viola (Cagliari), set piece, 0.08 xG, blocked 56’ Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 90+4’ Gianluca Lapadula (Cagliari), open play, 0.07 xG, hit the woodwork 42’ Ndary Adopo (Cagliari), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 90+5’ Milan Djuric (Monza), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 8’ Nadir Zortea (Cagliari), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 22’ Nadir Zortea (Cagliari), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 15’ Nicolas Viola (Cagliari), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 40’ Warren Bondo (Monza), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 15’ Adam Obert (Cagliari), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 49’ Stefano Sensi (Monza), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 31’ Sebastiano Luperto (Cagliari), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 57’ Nicolas Viola (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Stefano Turati GK900 0.000.000
Armando Izzo DEF900 0.000.541
Luca Caldirola DEF900 0.000.000
Danilo D'Ambrosio DEF660 0.000.000
Samuele Birindelli MID900 0.000.000
Pedro Pereira MID781 0.540.000
Warren Bondo MID781 0.040.000
Stefano Sensi MID581 0.030.000
Patrick Ciurria MID901 0.130.000
Gianluca Caprari MID8811 0.760.072
Dany Mota FWD580 0.000.131
Milan Djuric Sub321 0.050.000
Alessandro Bianco Sub320 0.000.000
Daniel Maldini Sub120 0.000.000
Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro Sub120 0.000.051
Kevin Martins Sub20 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Monza win 39% Avg odds 2.42
Draw 31% Avg odds 3.13
Cagliari win 30% Avg odds 3.15

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

Form going into the game

Monza DLLLL
Cagliari WLLLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Monza 1-0 Cagliari, 16 Mar 24 Next meeting: Cagliari 3-0 Monza, 30 Mar 25  All Monza 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.