Serie A · Matchweek 31 · Apr 4

Sassuolo - Cagliari

Sassuolo beat Cagliari 2-1 in Serie A (Matchweek 31). Goals: U. Garcia 50'; A. Pinamonti 78'; S. Esposito (P) 30'.

SassuoloHOME

2 - 1

CagliariAWAY

U. Garcia 50'A. Pinamonti 78'

⚽

S. Esposito (P) 30'

🏟 MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore Reggio Emilia 👤 Referee: D. Chiffi

Key events

30' ⚽ S. Esposito (P)(0 - 1) Cagliari

50' ⚽ U. Garcia(1 - 1) Sassuolo

78' ⚽ A. Pinamonti(2 - 1) · Assist: D. Bakola Sassuolo

79' 🟨 A. PinamontiYellow card Sassuolo

Quick stats

%50 Possession %50

1.19 Pre-match xG 1.11

8 Total shots 10

2 Shots on target 3

4 Shots off target 4

2 Blocked shots 3

4 Shots inside box 7

4 Shots outside box 3

2 Saves 0

Match timeline

First half

30'

⚽S. Esposito (P)(0 - 1)

HT 0 - 1

U. Garcia(1 - 1)⚽

50'

C. Volpato ↔ N. MaticSubstitution🔁

58'

F. Romagna ↔ W. CoulibalySubstitution🔁

58'

I. Kone ↔ L. LipaniSubstitution🔁

69'

A. Lauriente ↔ D. BakolaSubstitution🔁

69'

75'

🔁M. Folorunsho ↔ G. BorrelliSubstitution

75'

🔁G. Gaetano ↔ I. SulemanaSubstitution

A. Pinamonti(2 - 1) · Assist: D. Bakola⚽

78'

A. PinamontiYellow card🟨

79'

A. Pinamonti ↔ M. NzolaSubstitution🔁

82'

83'

🔁J. Pedro ↔ S. KilicsoySubstitution

89'

🔁M. Adopo ↔ G. ZappaSubstitution

89'

🔁S. Esposito ↔ P. MendySubstitution

FT 2 - 1

Match statsSassuolo · Cagliari

Key stats

%50 Possession %50

1.19 Pre-match xG 1.11

Shots

8 Total shots 10

2 Shots on target 3

4 Shots off target 4

2 Blocked shots 3

4 Shots inside box 7

4 Shots outside box 3

2 Saves 0

Attacking

0 Attacks 0

0 Dangerous attacks 0

Passing

417 Total passes 415

351 Accurate passes 344

%84 Pass accuracy %83

Set pieces & discipline

2 Corners 2

2 Offsides 1

13 Fouls 10

Cards

1 Yellow cards 0

By half

0 1st-half goals 1

2 2nd-half goals 0

Penalties

0 Penalties won 0

0 Penalty goals 0

Momentum

0'▲ Sassuolo▼ Cagliari90'

LineupsSassuolo 4-2-3-1Cagliari 3-5-1-1

Murić 23

Garcia 19

Romagna 21

Idzes 6

Walukiewicz 42

Thorstvedt 90

Koné 45

Laurienté 7

Volpato 10

Berardi 99

Pinamonti 1

Caprile 15

Rodríguez 26

Mina 32

Pedro 33

Obert 14

Deiola 10

Gaetano 8

Adopo 2

Palestra 94

Esposito 90

Folorunsho

Sassuolo · Bench

66Pedro Felipe66

18Nemanja Matić18

25Woyo Coulibaly25

35Luca Lipani35

12Giacomo Satalino12

16Gioele Zacchi16

50Darryl Bakola50

3Josh Doig3

44Edoardo Iannoni44

Coach: Fabio Grosso

Cagliari · Bench

9Semih Kılıçsoy9

20Agustín Albarracín20

25Ibrahim Sulemana25

18Othniël Raterink18

29Gennaro Borrelli29

12Alen Sherri12

19Andrea Belotti19

28Gabriele Zappa28

31Paul Mendy31

Coach: Fabio Pisacane

Shot map20 shots

Sassuolo Cagliari Filled = goal · size = xG

HEAD TO HEAD8 meetings · 2020–2025

Sassuolo 2

Sep 20who was on topOct 30

Cagliari 3

2 Sassuolo 3 draw 3 Cagliari

GOALS IN THIS FIXTURE

2.2goals / match

8–10total goals

1/2clean sheets

2-1Sassuolo best win · Oct 30

2-0Cagliari best win · May 19

Over 1.5 6/8

Over 2.5 3/8

Over 3.5 1/8

BTTS 5/8

DOES THE VENUE MATTER

Sassuolo at home4 matches

1W 2D 1L 4:5

Cagliari at home4 matches

2W 1D 1L 5:4

Results are read from the side that hosted the match.

FORM COMPARISON

Last 5Last 10

Sassuolo2W 1D 2L Cagliari2W 1D 2L

1.40 1.40 Points per game

6 5 Goals scored

5 7 Goals conceded

1.38 1.14 xG average

1.58 1.33 xGA average

%40 %40 Clean sheets

%60 %40 BTTS

%60 %60 Over 2.5

3.8 4.6 Corners

3.0 0.8 Cards

Sassuolo4W 2D 4L Cagliari2W 3D 5L

1.40 0.90 Points per game

12 8 Goals scored

11 14 Goals conceded

1.17 1.11 xG average

1.76 1.35 xGA average

%20 %30 Clean sheets

%70 %50 BTTS

%60 %50 Over 2.5

4.1 3.8 Corners

2.7 2.0 Cards

SEASON COMPARISON

11Sassuoloin the table49pts

38matches 14-7-17W-D-L 46:50goals -4diff

LLLWD

14Cagliariin the table43pts

38matches 11-10-17W-D-L 40:53goals -13diff

WWLDW

Season profile · 2025/2026 · 24 matches

1.21 1.17 Points per game

1.23 1.08 xG average

1.63 1.57 xGA average

%21 %21 Clean sheets

%46 %50 BTTS

%50 %50 Over 2.5

3.6 3.3 Corners

2.2 2.4 Cards

PREVIOUS MEETINGS

Oct 30

Cagliari 1-2 Sassuolo

Serie A

May 19

Sassuolo 0-2 Cagliari

Serie A

Dec 11

Cagliari 2-1 Sassuolo

Serie A

Apr 16

Cagliari 1-0 Sassuolo

Serie A

Jan 19

Sassuolo 1-0 Cagliari

Coppa Italia

Nov 21

Sassuolo 2-2 Cagliari

Serie A

Jan 31

Cagliari 1-1 Sassuolo

Serie A

Sep 20

Sassuolo 1-1 Cagliari

Serie A

THE REFEREE26 matches on record

Daniele Chiffi

Strictness46 TEMPO51

Cards: LenientFouls: ModeratePenalties: ModerateGoals: ModerateOver 2.5: Moderate

This match vs his average

Cards 13.1 -2.1

Fouls 2321.6 +1.4

Goals 32.5 +0.5

Corners 47.4 -3.4

THIS MATCH VS SEASON AVERAGE

SassuoloCagliari

Goals 2.01.2 +0.8

Shots 8.010.4 -2.4

On target 2.03.7 -1.7

Possession %50%46 +4.1

Corners 2.03.5 -1.5

Cards 1.03.0 -2.0

Conceded 1.01.3 -0.3

this matchseason average · 37 matches

Goals 1.01.1 -0.1

Shots 10.010.4 -0.4

On target 3.03.3 -0.3

Possession %50%45 +4.7

Corners 2.03.7 -1.7

Cards 0.02.8 -2.8

Conceded 2.01.4 +0.6

this matchseason average · 37 matches

PLAYER RATINGS★ Kristian Thorstvedt 7.50

Sassuolo6.78Cagliari6.64

Starting XI

42 Kristian Thorstvedt M · 92' 7.50

Dribbles1/3Tackles3Duels won10/15Fouls won5Passes50 · %43

99 Andrea Pinamonti F · 82' 7.50

Goals1On target1/1Duels won2/8Fouls won2Fouls1Passes11 · %10

23 Ulisses Garcia D · 92' 7.30

Goals1On target1/1Dribbles1/1Tackles3Interceptions1Duels won4/9Fouls3Passes48 · %37

90 Ismael Koné M · 69' 7.00

Tackles2Interceptions1Duels won3/6Fouls won1Passes45 · %41

19 Filippo Romagna D · 58' 6.90

Blocks2Passes34 · %33

45 Armand Laurienté M · 69' 6.60

Dribbles3/5Tackles1Duels won4/10Fouls1Passes24 · %21

49 Arijanet Murić G · 92' 6.60

Saves2Passes21 · %15

7 Cristian Volpato M · 58' 6.30

Key pass1Dribbles1/2Duels won1/5Fouls1Passes28 · %19

21 Jay Idzes D · 92' 6.30

Tackles2Duels won2/3Fouls1Passes57 · %54

6 Sebastian Walukiewicz D · 92' 6.30

Dribbles1/1Interceptions1Duels won3/6Fouls2Offside1Passes30 · %24

10 Domenico Berardi M · 92' · K 6.30

Dribbles1/1Interceptions1Duels won2/5Fouls won1Fouls1Passes25 · %18

Substitutes

50 Darryl Bakola M · 23' 6.70

Assist1Key pass1Tackles2Duels won2/4Fouls1Passes13 · %8

25 Woyo Coulibaly D · 34' 6.60

Tackles1Duels won1/3Fouls1Passes5 · %5

8 M'Bala Nzola F · 10' 6.30

Fouls1Passes6 · %6

35 Luca Lipani M · 23' 6.30

Tackles1Interceptions1Duels won1/1Offside1Passes5 · %3

18 Nemanja Matić M · 34' 6.30

Passes15 · %14

Unused: Gioele ZacchiJosh DoigEdoardo IannoniLuca MoroAster VranckxPedro FelipeStefano TuratiAlieu FaderaTarik MuharemovićGiacomo Satalino

Starting XI

94 Sebastiano Esposito F · 89' 7.50

Goals1Pen goal1On target1/2Key pass2Tackles1Interceptions1Duels won3/7Fouls won2Fouls1Passes30 · %21

2 Marco Palestra M · 92' 7.20

Key pass1Dribbles4/10Tackles2Interceptions1Duels won12/20Fouls won5Fouls1Passes22 · %17

10 Gianluca Gaetano M · 75' 7.00

Key pass2Tackles2Interceptions1Duels won2/5Fouls2Passes41 · %32

90 Michael Folorunsho F · 74' 6.90

Dribbles1/1Tackles1Blocks1Duels won4/5Fouls won1Offside1Passes17 · %11

33 Adam Obert M · 92' 6.60

Tackles3Duels won3/4Passes21 · %17

26 Yerry Mina D · 92' 6.60

Tackles2Interceptions1Duels won7/9Fouls won2Fouls1Passes79 · %74

32 Zé Pedro D · 83' 6.50

Tackles2Blocks1Duels won2/5Passes47 · %43

1 Elia Caprile G · 92' 6.30

Passes26 · %18

8 Michel Adopo M · 90' 6.30

On target1/1Key pass1Dribbles1/4Duels won2/7Fouls1Passes36 · %29

15 Juan Rodríguez D · 92' 6.20

Tackles3Duels won3/6Fouls3Passes51 · %46

14 Alessandro Deiola M · 92' · K 5.90

On target1/3Tackles1Duels won2/6Fouls won1Fouls1Passes28 · %22

Substitutes

29 Gennaro Borrelli F · 18' 6.70

Duels won1/1Fouls won1Passes2 · %1

9 Semih Kılıçsoy F · 9' 6.30

Dribbles1/2Duels won1/2Passes2 · %2

25 Ibrahim Sulemana M · 17' 6.20

Passes10 · %10

28 Gabriele Zappa D · 2'

Passes2 · %1

31 Paul Mendy F · 3'

Duels won1/1Passes1

Unused: Othniël RaterinkAlen SherriAndrea BelottiGiuseppe CiocciLuca MazzitelliJoseph LitetaAgustín Albarracín

Win probabilityModel: 1 (%56) ✓

Sassuolo %56 Draw %19 Cagliari %25

1.87Sassuolo xPuan

0.94Cagliari xPuan

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