Spezia vs Cagliari

12 March 2022 · Serie A · 2021/22 · Referee Daniele Orsato

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Martin Erlic 55’
  • Rey Manaj 74’

Match summary

Spezia saw off Cagliari 2-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Martin Erlic put Spezia ahead from a corner in the 55th minute, set up by Daniele Verde and Rey Manaj made it 2-0 in the 74th minute, set up by Viktor Kovalenko.

The chances backed that up: Spezia created 2.34 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Cagliari's 0.49 from 11. Daniele Verde had a penalty saved for Spezia.

Match stats

Spezia Cagliari
12 Shots 11
7 Shots on Target 1
8 Corners 7
1 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
2.30 xG 0.49
1.53 Non-penalty xG 0.49
5 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Spezia Cagliari
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Martin Erlic
Assist: Daniele Verde1-0 (Spezia)
55’
Rey Manaj
Assist: Viktor Kovalenko2-0 (Spezia)
74’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Spezia
  • Rey Manaj
Cagliari
  • Edoardo Goldaniga
  • João Pedro
  • Leonardo Pavoletti
  • Gabriele Zappa

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 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.34 0.49 55’ Martin Erlic (Spezia), 1-0 55’ 74’ Rey Manaj (Spezia), 2-0 74’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.34 0.49 55’ Martin Erlic (Spezia), 1-0 Erlic 55’ 74’ Rey Manaj (Spezia), 2-0 Manaj 74’
Spezia 2.34 xGCagliari 0.49 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Cagliari attacking Spezia attacking 
36’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 55’ Martin Erlic (Spezia), from a corner, 0.59 xG, goal 77’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), set piece, 0.33 xG, off target 74’ Rey Manaj (Spezia), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 90’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 39’ Jakub Kiwior (Spezia), set piece, 0.11 xG, saved 8’ Martin Erlic (Spezia), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 80’ Giorgio Altare (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 14’ Kevin Agudelo (Spezia), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 39’ Kevin Agudelo (Spezia), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 69’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 36’ Giulio Maggiore (Spezia), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 22’ Jakub Kiwior (Spezia), set piece, 0.05 xG, saved 61’ Simone Bastoni (Spezia), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 19’ Alessandro Deiola (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+1’ Raoul Bellanova (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 45’ Alberto Grassi (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 20’ Alberto Grassi (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 80’ Razvan Marin (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 84’ Raoul Bellanova (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 88’ Giorgio Altare (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 39’ Giulio Maggiore (Spezia), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 87’ Razvan Marin (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 36’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), penalty, 0.76 xG, saved 55’ Martin Erlic (Spezia), from a corner, 0.59 xG, goal 77’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Spezia), set piece, 0.33 xG, off target 74’ Rey Manaj (Spezia), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 90’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 39’ Jakub Kiwior (Spezia), set piece, 0.11 xG, saved 8’ Martin Erlic (Spezia), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 80’ Giorgio Altare (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.09 xG, saved 14’ Kevin Agudelo (Spezia), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 39’ Kevin Agudelo (Spezia), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 69’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 36’ Giulio Maggiore (Spezia), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 22’ Jakub Kiwior (Spezia), set piece, 0.05 xG, saved 61’ Simone Bastoni (Spezia), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 19’ Alessandro Deiola (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+1’ Raoul Bellanova (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 45’ Alberto Grassi (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 84’ Raoul Bellanova (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 20’ Alberto Grassi (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 80’ Razvan Marin (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 88’ Giorgio Altare (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 39’ Giulio Maggiore (Spezia), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 87’ Razvan Marin (Cagliari), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ivan Provedel GK900 0.000.000
Kelvin Adou DEF900 0.000.000
Martin Erlic DEF9012 0.690.000
Dimitris Nikolaou DEF900 0.000.000
Arkadiusz Reca DEF900 0.000.000
Giulio Maggiore MID902 0.070.000
Jakub Kiwior MID902 0.170.000
Simone Bastoni MID861 0.040.675
Daniele Verde FWD7111 0.760.591
Emmanuel Gyasi FWD901 0.330.071
Kevin Agudelo FWD712 0.150.000
Rey Manaj Sub1911 0.130.000
Viktor Kovalenko Sub1910 0.000.131
Petko Hristov Sub40 0.000.000
Salvador Ferrer Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Spezia win 34% Avg odds 2.80
Draw 31% Avg odds 3.09
Cagliari win 35% Avg odds 2.75

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

Form going into the game

Spezia DLLLL
Cagliari WDDWL

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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.