Sassuolo vs Cagliari

26 January 2019 · Serie A · 2018/19 · Referee Massimiliano Irrati

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Manuel Locatelli 9’
  • Khouma Babacar 45+4’ (pen)
  • Alessandro Matri 87’

Match summary

Sassuolo won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Cagliari. Sassuolo led 2-0 at half-time.

Manuel Locatelli put Sassuolo ahead in the 9th minute, Khouma Babacar made it 2-0 from the penalty spot in first-half stoppage time, and Alessandro Matri made it 3-0 in the 87th minute, set up by Alfred Duncan.

The chances backed that up: Sassuolo created 4.37 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Cagliari's 0.43 from 10.

Match stats

Sassuolo Cagliari
11 Shots 7
9 Shots on Target 3
4 Corners 12
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
4.31 xG 0.42
3.55 Non-penalty xG 0.42
3 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Sassuolo Cagliari
Kick-off
Manuel Locatelli1-0 (Sassuolo)
9’
Khouma Babacar
Penalty2-0 (Sassuolo)
45+4’
Half-time2-0
Alessandro Matri
Assist: Alfred Duncan3-0 (Sassuolo)
87’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Sassuolo
  • Federico Peluso
Cagliari
  • Nicolò Barella

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 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 4.37 0.43 9’ Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), 1-0 9’ 45+4’ Khouma Babacar (Sassuolo), 2-0 45+4’ 87’ Alessandro Matri (Sassuolo), 3-0 87’ 0 1 2 3 4 5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 4.37 0.43 9’ Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), 1-0 Locatelli 9’ 45+4’ Khouma Babacar (Sassuolo), 2-0 Babacar 45+4’ 87’ Alessandro Matri (Sassuolo), 3-0 Matri 87’
Sassuolo 4.37 xGCagliari 0.43 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Cagliari attacking Sassuolo attacking 
49’ Khouma Babacar (Sassuolo), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 9’ Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), open play, 0.65 xG, goal 43’ Khouma Babacar (Sassuolo), open play, 0.63 xG, saved 62’ Rogerio (Sassuolo), open play, 0.54 xG, off target 87’ Alessandro Matri (Sassuolo), open play, 0.53 xG, goal 51’ Pol Lirola (Sassuolo), open play, 0.51 xG, saved 85’ Jeremie Boga (Sassuolo), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 38’ Khouma Babacar (Sassuolo), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 51’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 71’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 90+3’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 15’ Mehdi Bourabia (Sassuolo), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 27’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 27’ Nicolò Barella (Cagliari), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+3’ Paolo Faragò (Cagliari), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 13’ Filip Djuricic (Sassuolo), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 17’ Fabio Pisacane (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 4’ Paolo Faragò (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 75’ Jeremie Boga (Sassuolo), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 55’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+5’ Nicolò Barella (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 90+2’ Valter Birsa (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 9’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 16’ Mehdi Bourabia (Sassuolo), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 67’ Valter Birsa (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 49’ Khouma Babacar (Sassuolo), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 9’ Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), open play, 0.65 xG, goal 43’ Khouma Babacar (Sassuolo), open play, 0.63 xG, saved 62’ Rogerio (Sassuolo), open play, 0.54 xG, off target 87’ Alessandro Matri (Sassuolo), open play, 0.53 xG, goal 51’ Pol Lirola (Sassuolo), open play, 0.51 xG, saved 85’ Jeremie Boga (Sassuolo), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 51’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 38’ Khouma Babacar (Sassuolo), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 71’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 90+3’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 15’ Mehdi Bourabia (Sassuolo), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, saved 27’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 27’ Nicolò Barella (Cagliari), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+3’ Paolo Faragò (Cagliari), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 13’ Filip Djuricic (Sassuolo), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 17’ Fabio Pisacane (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 4’ Paolo Faragò (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 75’ Jeremie Boga (Sassuolo), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 55’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+5’ Nicolò Barella (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 90+2’ Valter Birsa (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 9’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 16’ Mehdi Bourabia (Sassuolo), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 67’ Valter Birsa (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
Andrea Consigli GK900 0.000.000
Pol Lirola DEF901 0.510.631
Federico Peluso DEF900 0.000.000
Giangiacomo Magnani DEF900 0.000.000
Rogerio DEF901 0.540.000
Mehdi Bourabia MID902 0.080.541
Manuel Locatelli MID9011 0.650.051
Francesco Magnanelli MID790 0.000.021
Domenico Berardi FWD903 0.200.812
Khouma Babacar FWD7413 1.480.000
Filip Djuricic FWD691 0.050.000
Jeremie Boga Sub212 0.340.000
Alessandro Matri Sub1611 0.530.041
Alfred Duncan Sub1110 0.000.531

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Sassuolo win 47% Bet365 odds 2.00
Draw 29% Bet365 odds 3.30
Cagliari win 24% Bet365 odds 4.00

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

Form going into the game

Sassuolo WDLLD
Cagliari LLWLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Cagliari 2-2 Sassuolo, 26 Aug 18 Next meeting: Sassuolo 2-2 Cagliari, 08 Dec 19  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.