Napoli vs Cagliari

5 May 2019 · Serie A · 2018/19 · Referee Daniele Chiffi

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

Dries Mertens 85’
Lorenzo Insigne 90+8’ (pen)

Leonardo Pavoletti 63’

Match summary

Napoli came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Cagliari, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. It was goalless at half-time.

Leonardo Pavoletti put Cagliari ahead in the 63rd minute, set up by Nicolò Barella, Dries Mertens equalised with a header in the 85th minute, set up by Faouzi Ghoulam, and Lorenzo Insigne won it from the penalty spot in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Napoli created 1.84 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Cagliari's 0.24 from 6. Cagliari had a player sent off.

Match stats

17 Shots 4

8 Shots on Target 2

6 Corners 2

2 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 1

1.84 xG 0.24

1.08 Non-penalty xG 0.24

13 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Napoli Cagliari

Kick-off

Half-time0-0

63’

Leonardo Pavoletti
Assist: Nicolò Barella

0-1

Dries Mertens
Assist: Faouzi Ghoulam

1-1

85’

Lorenzo Insigne
Penalty

2-1

90+8’

Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Napoli

Amin Younes
Lorenzo Insigne

Cagliari

Artur Ionita
Luca Cigarini
Nicolò Barella
Alberto Cerri

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.

Napoli 1.84 xGCagliari 0.24 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Cagliari attacking Napoli 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
Alex Meret	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Elseid Hysaj	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Kalidou Koulibaly	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Raúl Albiol	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Faouzi Ghoulam	DEF	90		1	1	0.01	0.38	5
Simone Verdi	MID	62			1	0.08	0.01	1
Piotr Zielinski	MID	90			2	0.04	0.33	4
Allan	MID	62			1	0.02	0.02	1
Amin Younes	MID	65			1	0.05	0.05	2
Dries Mertens	FWD	90	1		7	0.51	0.18	3
Lorenzo Insigne	FWD	90	1		4	0.92	0.02	1
José Callejón	Sub	28			0	0.00	0.02	1
Fabián	Sub	28			2	0.03	0.04	1
Arkadiusz Milik	Sub	25			3	0.17	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alessio Cragno	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fabrizio Cacciatore	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Filippo Romagna	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luca Ceppitelli	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Charalampos Lykogiannis	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Luca Cigarini	MID	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Artur Ionita	MID	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Alessandro Deiola	MID	71			1	0.02	0.00	0
Nicolò Barella	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.10	2
Leonardo Pavoletti	FWD	89	1		1	0.08	0.00	0
Alberto Cerri	FWD	75			1	0.05	0.00	0
Simone Padoin	Sub	19			1	0.04	0.00	0
João Pedro	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fabio Pisacane	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Napoli win 76% Bet365 odds 1.25

Draw 15% Bet365 odds 6.25

Cagliari win 9% Bet365 odds 11.00

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

Form going into the game

Napoli L D W L W

Cagliari L W D W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Cagliari 0-1 Napoli, 16 Dec 18 Next meeting: Napoli 0-1 Cagliari, 25 Sep 19 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.