Napoli vs Cagliari

26 September 2021 · Serie A · 2021/22 · Referee Marco Piccinini

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Victor Osimhen 11’
  • Lorenzo Insigne 57’ (pen)

Match summary

Napoli beat Cagliari 2-0. Napoli led 1-0 at half-time.

Victor Osimhen put Napoli ahead in the 11th minute, set up by Piotr Zielinski and Lorenzo Insigne made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in the 57th minute.

The chances backed that up: Napoli created 2.06 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Cagliari's 0.15 from 6.

Match stats

Napoli Cagliari
18 Shots 6
7 Shots on Target 1
6 Corners 4
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2.06 xG 0.15
1.30 Non-penalty xG 0.15
16 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Napoli Cagliari
Kick-off
Victor Osimhen
Assist: Piotr Zielinski1-0 (Napoli)
11’
Half-time1-0
Lorenzo Insigne
Penalty2-0 (Napoli)
57’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Napoli
  • Victor Osimhen
  • Eljif Elmas
Cagliari
  • Sebastian Walukiewicz

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.06 0.15 11’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), 1-0 11’ 57’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), 2-0 57’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.06 0.15 11’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), 1-0 Osimhen 11’ 57’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), 2-0 Insigne 57’
Napoli 2.06 xGCagliari 0.15 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Cagliari attacking Napoli attacking 
57’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 11’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), open play, 0.62 xG, goal 64’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 90’ Andrea Petagna (Napoli), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 24’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 84’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 29’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 19’ Martín Cáceres (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 51’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 77’ Charalampos Lykogiannis (Cagliari), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 33’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 61’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, saved 37’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 53’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 20’ Diego Godín (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 70’ Franck Zambo (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 27’ Fabián (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 62’ Alessandro Deiola (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 88’ Franck Zambo (Napoli), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 89’ Gastón Pereiro (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 44’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 49’ Charalampos Lykogiannis (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 52’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 57’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 11’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), open play, 0.62 xG, goal 64’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 90’ Andrea Petagna (Napoli), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 24’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 84’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 29’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 19’ Martín Cáceres (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 51’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 77’ Charalampos Lykogiannis (Cagliari), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 33’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 61’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, saved 53’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 37’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 20’ Diego Godín (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 70’ Franck Zambo (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 27’ Fabián (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 62’ Alessandro Deiola (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 88’ Franck Zambo (Napoli), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 89’ Gastón Pereiro (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 44’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 49’ Charalampos Lykogiannis (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 52’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
David Ospina GK900 0.000.000
Giovanni Di Lorenzo DEF900 0.000.021
Kalidou Koulibaly DEF900 0.000.000
Amir Rrahmani DEF900 0.000.000
Mário Rui DEF900 0.000.072
Franck Zambo MID902 0.040.000
Fabián MID881 0.020.152
Piotr Zielinski MID6912 0.140.652
Matteo Politano FWD692 0.030.061
Victor Osimhen FWD7714 0.780.021
Lorenzo Insigne FWD7714 0.860.163
Eljif Elmas Sub210 0.000.000
Hirving Lozano Sub211 0.070.000
Adam Ounas Sub130 0.000.111
Andrea Petagna Sub131 0.110.000
Diego Demme Sub20 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Napoli win 78% Avg odds 1.23
Draw 14% Avg odds 6.60
Cagliari win 8% Avg odds 12.38

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

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Napoli 1-1 Cagliari, 02 May 21 Next meeting: Cagliari 1-1 Napoli, 21 Feb 22  All Napoli 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.