Sassuolo vs Cagliari

20 September 2020 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Livio Marinelli

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

Mehdi Bourabia 87’

Giovanni Simeone 77’

Match summary

The points were shared as Sassuolo and Cagliari drew 1-1. It was goalless at half-time.

Giovanni Simeone put Cagliari ahead with a header in the 77th minute, set up by João Pedro and Mehdi Bourabia equalised with a direct free kick in the 87th minute.

Sassuolo had the better of the chances, with 2.04 expected goals (xG) from 33 shots to Cagliari's 0.96 from 8.

Match stats

21 Shots 8

10 Shots on Target 4

7 Corners 3

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

2.03 xG 0.96

2.03 Non-penalty xG 0.96

15 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Sassuolo Cagliari

Kick-off

Half-time0-0

77’

Giovanni Simeone
Assist: João Pedro

0-1

Mehdi Bourabia

1-1

87’

Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Sassuolo

Vlad Chiriches

Cagliari

Paolo Faragò
Nahitan Nández
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.

Sassuolo 2.04 xGCagliari 0.96 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Cagliari attacking Sassuolo attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Andrea Consigli	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jeremy Toljan	DEF	77		1	0.07	0.11	1
Gianmarco Ferrari	DEF	90		2	0.08	0.00	0
Vlad Chiriches	DEF	90		1	0.03	0.00	0
Rogerio	DEF	64		4	0.08	0.00	0
Manuel Locatelli	MID	90		5	0.14	0.06	2
Pedro Obiang	MID	65		1	0.02	0.03	1
Domenico Berardi	MID	90		6	0.21	0.29	5
Filip Djuricic	MID	90		0	0.00	0.72	6
Lukas Haraslin	MID	65		4	0.34	0.21	4
Francesco Caputo	FWD	90		6	0.97	0.05	1
Georgios Kyriakopoulos	Sub	26		0	0.00	0.10	2
Gregoire Defrel	Sub	25		1	0.02	0.03	1
Mehdi Bourabia	Sub	25	1	1	0.05	0.00	0
Mert Müldür	Sub	13		1	0.03	0.00	0
Kaan Ayhan	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alessio Cragno	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Paolo Faragò	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.12	1
Sebastian Walukiewicz	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ragnar Klavan	DEF	48			0	0.00	0.03	1
Charalampos Lykogiannis	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Razvan Marin	MID	78			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nahitan Nández	MID	90			2	0.08	0.00	0
Marko Rog	MID	78			0	0.00	0.03	1
Fabrizio Caligara	MID	64			0	0.00	0.00	0
João Pedro	MID	90		1	1	0.03	0.67	2
Giovanni Simeone	FWD	90	1		3	0.76	0.00	0
Fabio Pisacane	Sub	42			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gabriele Zappa	Sub	26			0	0.00	0.00	0
Riccardo Sottil	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
Christian Oliva	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.06	1
Alessandro Tripaldelli	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Sassuolo win 57% Avg odds 1.67

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.16

Cagliari win 20% Avg odds 4.83

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

Form going into the game

Sassuolo D L L W L

Cagliari D L L W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Cagliari 1-1 Sassuolo, 18 Jul 20 Next meeting: Cagliari 1-1 Sassuolo, 31 Jan 21 All Sassuolo 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.