Spezia vs Cagliari

20 March 2021 · Serie A · 2020/21 · Referee Maurizio Mariani

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Roberto Piccoli 49’
  • Giulio Maggiore 80’
  • Gastón Pereiro 83’

Match summary

Spezia won 2-1 at home to Cagliari. It was goalless at half-time.

Roberto Piccoli put Spezia ahead with a header in the 49th minute, set up by Emmanuel Gyasi, Giulio Maggiore made it 2-0 in the 80th minute, set up by Simone Bastoni, and Gastón Pereiro pulled one back to make it 2-1 from a corner in the 83rd minute, set up by Daniele Rugani.

Cagliari can feel hard done by, creating 2.95 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Spezia's 1.04 from 12.

Match stats

Spezia Cagliari
12 Shots 11
6 Shots on Target 7
4 Corners 4
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.04 xG 2.95
1.04 Non-penalty xG 2.95
6 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Spezia Cagliari
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Roberto Piccoli
Assist: Emmanuel Gyasi
1-0 (Spezia)
49’
Giulio Maggiore
Assist: Simone Bastoni
2-0 (Spezia)
80’
83’
Gastón Pereiro
Assist: Daniele Rugani
2-1 (Cagliari)
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Spezia
  • Diego Farias
Cagliari
  • Radja Nainggolan
  • João Pedro

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 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.04 2.95 49’ Roberto Piccoli (Spezia), 1-0 49’ 80’ Giulio Maggiore (Spezia), 2-0 80’ 83’ Gastón Pereiro (Cagliari), 2-1 83’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.04 2.95 49’ Roberto Piccoli (Spezia), 1-0 Piccoli 49’ 80’ Giulio Maggiore (Spezia), 2-0 Maggiore 80’ 83’ Gastón Pereiro (Cagliari), 2-1 Pereiro 83’
Spezia 1.04 xGCagliari 2.95 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Cagliari attacking Spezia attacking 
73’ Gastón Pereiro (Cagliari), open play, 0.55 xG, saved 83’ Gastón Pereiro (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.55 xG, goal 87’ Nahitan Nández (Cagliari), open play, 0.44 xG, saved 75’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), open play, 0.41 xG, off target 90+5’ Diego Farias (Spezia), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 83’ Gastón Pereiro (Cagliari), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 37’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 49’ Roberto Piccoli (Spezia), open play, 0.19 xG, goal 49’ Roberto Piccoli (Spezia), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 2’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 80’ Giulio Maggiore (Spezia), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 83’ Alberto Cerri (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 66’ Charalampos Lykogiannis (Cagliari), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, saved 24’ Tommaso Pobega (Spezia), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 13’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 21’ Diego Farias (Spezia), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 80’ Simone Bastoni (Spezia), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 86’ Gennaro Acampora (Spezia), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 28’ Charalampos Lykogiannis (Cagliari), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 33’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 17’ Diego Farias (Spezia), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 40’ Roberto Piccoli (Spezia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 87’ Radja Nainggolan (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 16’ Diego Farias (Spezia), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 24’ Matteo Ricci (Spezia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 73’ Gastón Pereiro (Cagliari), open play, 0.55 xG, saved 83’ Gastón Pereiro (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.55 xG, goal 87’ Nahitan Nández (Cagliari), open play, 0.44 xG, saved 75’ Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari), open play, 0.41 xG, off target 90+5’ Diego Farias (Spezia), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 83’ Gastón Pereiro (Cagliari), open play, 0.29 xG, off target 37’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.28 xG, saved 49’ Roberto Piccoli (Spezia), open play, 0.19 xG, goal 49’ Roberto Piccoli (Spezia), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 2’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 80’ Giulio Maggiore (Spezia), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 83’ Alberto Cerri (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 66’ Charalampos Lykogiannis (Cagliari), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, saved 24’ Tommaso Pobega (Spezia), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 13’ João Pedro (Cagliari), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 21’ Diego Farias (Spezia), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 80’ Simone Bastoni (Spezia), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 86’ Gennaro Acampora (Spezia), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 28’ Charalampos Lykogiannis (Cagliari), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 33’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 17’ Diego Farias (Spezia), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 87’ Radja Nainggolan (Cagliari), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 40’ Roberto Piccoli (Spezia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 16’ Diego Farias (Spezia), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 24’ Matteo Ricci (Spezia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jeroen Zoet GK900 0.000.000
Salvador Ferrer DEF900 0.000.061
Ardian Ismajli DEF900 0.000.000
Martin Erlic DEF830 0.000.000
Riccardo Marchizza DEF480 0.000.000
Matteo Ricci MID901 0.020.133
Giulio Maggiore MID8411 0.090.121
Tommaso Pobega MID581 0.060.000
Emmanuel Gyasi FWD9010 0.000.522
Roberto Piccoli FWD6913 0.330.000
Diego Farias FWD904 0.440.052
Simone Bastoni Sub4211 0.050.091
Léo Sena Sub320 0.000.000
M'Bala Nzola Sub210 0.000.000
Claudio Terzi Sub70 0.000.000
Gennaro Acampora Sub61 0.050.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Spezia win 34% Avg odds 2.78
Draw 31% Avg odds 3.13
Cagliari win 35% Avg odds 2.70

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

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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.