Venezia vs Cagliari

22 December 2024 · Serie A · 2024/25 · Referee Marco Guida

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Francesco Zampano 38’
  • Marin Sverko 67’
  • Leonardo Pavoletti 76’

Match summary

Venezia beat Cagliari 2-1. Venezia led 1-0 at half-time.

Francesco Zampano put Venezia ahead in the 38th minute, set up by Gaetano Oristanio, Marin Sverko made it 2-0 in the 67th minute, and Leonardo Pavoletti pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a header in the 76th minute, set up by Tommaso Augello.

Cagliari can feel hard done by, creating 2.70 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Venezia's 1.55 from 12.

Match stats

Venezia Cagliari
12 Shots 14
6 Shots on Target 7
4 Corners 8
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.55 xG 2.63
1.55 Non-penalty xG 2.63
4 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Venezia Cagliari
Kick-off
Francesco Zampano
Assist: Gaetano Oristanio1-0 (Venezia)
38’
Half-time1-0
Marin Sverko2-0 (Venezia)
67’
76’
Leonardo Pavoletti
Assist: Tommaso Augello2-1 (Cagliari)
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Venezia
  • Jay Idzes
Cagliari
  • Leonardo Pavoletti
  • Mateusz Wieteska

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 1.55 2.70 38’ Francesco Zampano (Venezia), 1-0 38’ 67’ Marin Sverko (Venezia), 2-0 67’ 76’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), 2-1 76’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.55 2.70 38’ Francesco Zampano (Venezia), 1-0 Zampano 38’ 67’ Marin Sverko (Venezia), 2-0 Sverko 67’ 76’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), 2-1 Pavoletti 76’
Venezia 1.55 xGCagliari 2.70 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Cagliari attacking Venezia attacking 
76’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), open play, 0.63 xG, goal 81’ Gianluca Lapadula (Cagliari), open play, 0.65 xG, saved 65’ Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari), open play, 0.55 xG, off target 38’ Francesco Zampano (Venezia), open play, 0.54 xG, goal 47’ Jay Idzes (Venezia), set piece, 0.54 xG, off target 90+3’ Mattia Felici (Cagliari), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 67’ Marin Sverko (Venezia), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 81’ Gianluca Lapadula (Cagliari), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 64’ Joel Pohjanpalo (Venezia), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 20’ Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 90+5’ Gabriele Zappa (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 31’ Yerry Mina (Cagliari), set piece, 0.08 xG, saved 5’ Gianluca Busio (Venezia), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 57’ Gaetano Oristanio (Venezia), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 32’ Ndary Adopo (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 44’ Nadir Zortea (Cagliari), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 49’ Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (Venezia), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 87’ Gianluca Lapadula (Cagliari), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 88’ Gianluca Lapadula (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 24’ Magnus Kofod Andersen (Venezia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 5’ Francesco Zampano (Venezia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 43’ Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ Magnus Kofod Andersen (Venezia), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 21’ Joel Pohjanpalo (Venezia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 60’ Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (Venezia), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 81’ Gabriele Zappa (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 81’ Gianluca Lapadula (Cagliari), open play, 0.65 xG, saved 76’ Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari), open play, 0.63 xG, goal 47’ Jay Idzes (Venezia), set piece, 0.54 xG, off target 65’ Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari), open play, 0.55 xG, off target 38’ Francesco Zampano (Venezia), open play, 0.54 xG, goal 90+3’ Mattia Felici (Cagliari), open play, 0.29 xG, saved 67’ Marin Sverko (Venezia), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 64’ Joel Pohjanpalo (Venezia), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 81’ Gianluca Lapadula (Cagliari), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 20’ Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 90+5’ Gabriele Zappa (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 31’ Yerry Mina (Cagliari), set piece, 0.08 xG, saved 5’ Gianluca Busio (Venezia), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 57’ Gaetano Oristanio (Venezia), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 32’ Ndary Adopo (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 44’ Nadir Zortea (Cagliari), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 88’ Gianluca Lapadula (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 49’ Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (Venezia), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 87’ Gianluca Lapadula (Cagliari), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 24’ Magnus Kofod Andersen (Venezia), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 43’ Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 5’ Francesco Zampano (Venezia), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ Magnus Kofod Andersen (Venezia), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 21’ Joel Pohjanpalo (Venezia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 60’ Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (Venezia), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 81’ Gabriele Zappa (Cagliari), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Filip Stankovic GK900 0.000.000
Marin Sverko DEF9011 0.130.000
Giorgio Altare DEF900 0.000.000
Jay Idzes DEF901 0.540.000
Francesco Zampano MID9012 0.560.162
Mikael Ellertsson MID900 0.000.000
Hans Nicolussi Caviglia MID902 0.050.000
Magnus Kofod Andersen MID712 0.050.021
Gianluca Busio MID901 0.050.021
Gaetano Oristanio MID8511 0.050.572
Joel Pohjanpalo FWD852 0.130.000
Domen Crnigoj Sub190 0.000.000
Christian Gytkjær Sub50 0.000.000
John Yeboah Sub50 0.000.000
Joël Schingtienne Sub10 0.000.000
Bjarki Steinn Bjarkason Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Venezia win 37% Avg odds 2.57
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.18
Cagliari win 33% Avg odds 2.89

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

Form going into the game

Venezia LLLDD
Cagliari DDWLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Venezia 0-0 Cagliari, 22 May 22 Next meeting: Cagliari 3-0 Venezia, 18 May 25  All Venezia 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.