Parma
Cagliari
Match summary
Cagliari took a 1-0 win at Parma. It was goalless at half-time.
Alessandro Romano put Cagliari ahead in the 79th minute, set up by Ndary Adopo.
There was little between the sides on chances: Parma created 1.03 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots, Cagliari 1.26 from 14.
Parma hosted Cagliari in a Serie A fixture on matchday one that concluded with a narrow away victory. Cagliari edged the overall contest, registering fifty-three percent possession and forty-nine passes compared to Parma's forty-seven percent and four hundred and forty-three passes. The visitors also created more dangerous attacks at forty-five to thirty-three and recorded five shots on target from a total of fourteen attempts, while Parma mustered two shots on target from thirteen attempts. Expected goals reflected the closeness of the encounter, with Parma finishing on one point zero three against Cagliari's one point two six, in a match characterised by twenty fouls committed by Cagliari and six by Parma.
The opening half remained goalless despite notable early chances, including an off-target effort by Parma player Niakhate Ndiaye in the sixth minute with an expected goals value of zero point four five, followed by missed opportunities from Cagliari players Zé Pedro and Alessandro Deiola. The first discipline of the match arrived in the tenth minute when Zé Pedro received a yellow card for a foul, before a second yellow card was issued to Jacopo Fazzini in the fifty-seventh minute. The decisive breakthrough occurred in the seventy-ninth minute when Alessandro Romano scored with a left-footed shot to put Cagliari ahead. Multiple substitutions were made by both teams throughout the second half before the match ended with a final score of zero to one.
