Udinese vs Cagliari

Match summary

Cagliari won 1-0 away at Udinese. It was goalless at half-time.

Daniel Maldini put Cagliari ahead in the 54th minute.

Udinese can feel hard done by, creating 1.89 expected goals (xG) from 26 shots to Cagliari's 0.64 from 5.

Udinese dominated the Serie A matchday five fixture against Cagliari on territory and possession, controlling sixty-five percent of the ball and registering twenty-six shots to their opponents' five. Despite finishing with sixteen corners to one, eighty-four attacks to thirty-two, and an expected goals figure of 1.89 compared to Cagliari's 0.64, the home side failed to convert their numerous chances. Udinese completed 615 passes with a ninety-one percent accuracy and hit five shots on target, but discipline also proved costly as they received two yellow cards while Cagliari picked up none.

The first half ended goalless after a tight opening forty-five minutes that featured early yellow cards for Udinese players Nicolò Zaniolo in the fourth minute and Jesper Karlström in the twenty-second minute, alongside an enforced Udinese substitution when Idrissa Gueye was replaced by Keinan Davis due to injury in the thirty-seventh minute. The breakthrough arrived shortly after the interval when Daniel Maldini scored with a left-footed shot in the fifty-fourth minute following an expected goals chance of 0.42, giving Cagliari a 0-1 lead they successfully defended until the final whistle.