Napoli vs Cagliari

25 September 2019 · Serie A · 2019/20 · Referee Marco Di Bello

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Lucas Castro 87’

Match summary

Cagliari beat Napoli 1-0 on the road, with a late winner. It was goalless at half-time.

Lucas Castro put Cagliari ahead with a header in the 87th minute, set up by Nahitan Nández.

Napoli can feel hard done by, creating 1.89 expected goals (xG) from 30 shots to Cagliari's 0.53 from 5. Napoli had a player sent off.

Match stats

Napoli Cagliari
17 Shots 5
8 Shots on Target 1
13 Corners 1
1 Yellow Cards 1
1 Red Cards 0
1.89 xG 0.53
1.89 Non-penalty xG 0.53
7 Deep Completions 0

Key events

Napoli Cagliari
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
87’
Lucas Castro
Assist: Nahitan Nández0-1 (Cagliari)
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Napoli
  • Kalidou Koulibaly
  • Allan
Cagliari
  • Marko Rog

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 1.89 0.53 87’ Lucas Castro (Cagliari), 0-1 87’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.89 0.53 87’ Lucas Castro (Cagliari), 0-1 Castro 87’
Napoli 1.89 xGCagliari 0.53 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Cagliari attacking Napoli attacking 
42’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), open play, 0.41 xG, saved 87’ Lucas Castro (Cagliari), open play, 0.42 xG, goal 43’ José Callejón (Napoli), open play, 0.27 xG, off target 85’ Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli), from a corner, 0.17 xG, off target 83’ Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 14’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 62’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.08 xG, hit the woodwork 59’ Kostas Manolas (Napoli), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 90+5’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 50’ Artur Ionita (Cagliari), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 59’ Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 86’ Fernando Llorente (Napoli), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 19’ Mário Rui (Napoli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 57’ José Callejón (Napoli), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 77’ Fernando Llorente (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 65’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 71’ Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 70’ Fernando Llorente (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 36’ Nahitan Nández (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 89’ Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 33’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 53’ Kostas Manolas (Napoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 90+5’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 38’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 58’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+2’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 14’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 54’ Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 66’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 85’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+5’ Fernando Llorente (Napoli), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 11’ Artur Ionita (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 16’ Artur Ionita (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 71’ Mário Rui (Napoli), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 90+2’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 87’ Lucas Castro (Cagliari), open play, 0.42 xG, goal 42’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), open play, 0.41 xG, saved 43’ José Callejón (Napoli), open play, 0.27 xG, off target 85’ Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli), from a corner, 0.17 xG, off target 83’ Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 14’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 62’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.08 xG, hit the woodwork 59’ Kostas Manolas (Napoli), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 86’ Fernando Llorente (Napoli), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 90+5’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 50’ Artur Ionita (Cagliari), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 59’ Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli), from a corner, 0.07 xG, saved 19’ Mário Rui (Napoli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 57’ José Callejón (Napoli), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 77’ Fernando Llorente (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 65’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 71’ Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 70’ Fernando Llorente (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 36’ Nahitan Nández (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 33’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 89’ Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+5’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 53’ Kostas Manolas (Napoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 38’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 54’ Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 58’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90+2’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 14’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 66’ Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 85’ Dries Mertens (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+5’ Fernando Llorente (Napoli), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 11’ Artur Ionita (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 71’ Mário Rui (Napoli), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 90+2’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 16’ Artur Ionita (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alex Meret GK900 0.000.000
Kostas Manolas DEF902 0.090.041
Giovanni Di Lorenzo DEF901 0.020.081
Nikola Maksimovic DEF470 0.000.000
José Callejón MID902 0.320.267
Mário Rui MID902 0.060.294
Allan MID900 0.000.031
Piotr Zielinski MID907 0.170.042
Lorenzo Insigne MID752 0.420.000
Hirving Lozano MID671 0.090.271
Dries Mertens FWD904 0.160.553
Kalidou Koulibaly Sub423 0.270.000
Fernando Llorente Sub234 0.150.000
Arkadiusz Milik Sub152 0.130.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Napoli win 81% Avg odds 1.18
Draw 12% Avg odds 7.73
Cagliari win 7% Avg odds 14.79

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

Form going into the game

Napoli LWLWW
Cagliari LLLWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Napoli 2-1 Cagliari, 05 May 19 Next meeting: Cagliari 0-1 Napoli, 16 Feb 20  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.