Napoli win 1-0 at Cagliari

Match report

Napoli beat Cagliari 1-0 in Serie A matchday 30 on Friday, 20 March 2026 at Unipol Domus. S. McTominay scored the only goal of the game for Napoli in the 2nd minute. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Cagliari had 33% of the ball and 7 shots (0 on target) against Napoli’s 17 (5 on target). Sam Beukema (Napoli) was the top-rated player with 7.6. The result leaves Cagliari 4th in the Serie A table on 12 points and Napoli 9th on 7.

In the headlines this week

Form, table and head-to-head

Cagliari

4th · 12 points · P 5 W 4 D 0 L 1

Form

Napoli

9th · 7 points · P 5 W 2 D 1 L 2

Form

Serie A table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
3	Lazio	5	+5	13
4	Cagliari	5	+3	12
5	AC Milan	5	+6	11
8	Como	5	+3	10
9	Napoli	5	+1	7
10	Sassuolo	5	0	7

Full Serie A table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Wed, 6 Jan 2027, Napoli – Cagliari

Full Cagliari vs Napoli head-to-head

Match events

2'goalS. McTominayNormal Goal
17'yellow cardStanislav LobotkaYellow Card
35'yellow cardZé PedroYellow Card
55'substitutionS. LobotkaOff: Alisson Santos
65'substitutionM. FolorunshoOff: S. Kilicsoy
69'yellow cardMathías OliveraYellow Card
73'substitutionJ. PedroOff: P. Mendy
73'substitutionM. AdopoOff: A. Deiola
77'substitutionM. PolitanoOff: L. Spinazzola
77'substitutionB. GilmourOff: F. Anguissa
84'substitutionS. EspositoOff: Y. Trepy
84'substitutionJ. RodriguezOff: O. Raterink
84'substitutionM. OliveraOff: Juan Jesus
90+4'yellow cardAlberto DossenaYellow Card

Lineups

Cagliari

Formation 3-5-2 · Coach Fabio Pisacane

Starting XI

Substitutes

Napoli

Formation 3-4-2-1 · Coach Antonio Conte

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

33%Possession67%
0.33Expected goals (xG)1.74
7Total shots17
0Shots on target5
7Shots off target4
0Blocked shots8
4Shots inside the box8
3Shots outside the box9
2Corners7
0Offsides2
12Fouls16
2Yellow cards2
–Red cards–
4Goalkeeper saves0
324Passes682
256Accurate passes613
79%Pass accuracy90%
0.00Goals prevented0.00

Player statistics

Cagliari

Cagliari player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Elia CaprileG	90	7.5		30 · 57%
22Alberto DossenaD	90	6.9		36 · 89%		1	3/7
26Yerry MinaD	90	7.5		44 · 84%	3	2	4/8
32Zé PedroD	73	6.7		31 · 77%		3	5/7
2Marco PalestraM	90	6.6		20 · 90%		1	5/11
8Michel AdopoM	73	6.3		22 · 82%		1	1/3
10Gianluca GaetanoM	90	7.0	1 (0)	46 · 78%		1	2/2
15Juan RodríguezM	84	6.9		20 · 60%		3	3/3
25Ibrahim SulemanaM	90	7.2		28 · 93%		2	4/6
90Michael FolorunshoF	65	6.5	1 (0)	6 · 33%			4/10
94Sebastiano EspositoF	84	6.9	3 (0)	20 · 80%		1	3/8
12Alen SherriG	–	–
24Giuseppe CiocciG	–	–
18Othniël RaterinkD	12	6.7		6 · 83%
28Gabriele ZappaD	–	–
4Luca MazzitelliM	–	–
14Alessandro DeiolaM	17	6.7		6 · 83%		1	1/2
27Joseph LitetaM	–	–
9Semih KılıçsoyF	25	6.5		4 · 100%	1	1	1/5
20Agustín AlbarracínF	–	–
30Leonardo PavolettiF	–	–
31Paul MendyF	17	6.6	2 (0)	4 · 75%			3/4
36Nicola GranduF	–	–
37Yael TrepyF	12	6.3		1 · 100%

Napoli

Napoli player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
32Vanja Milinković-SavićG	90	6.9			46 · 78%			1/1
4Alessandro BuongiornoD	90	7.2		1 (1)	75 · 95%		2	4/7
17Mathías OliveraD	84	6.9			78 · 95%		2	6/12
31Sam BeukemaDTop rated	90	7.6			74 · 96%	1	1	7/10
3Miguel GutiérrezM	90	7.0			46 · 91%	1	2	4/8
6Billy GilmourM	77	6.6			89 · 92%		1	1/2
21Matteo PolitanoM	77	7.3		3 (2)	51 · 86%	3		1/4
68Stanislav LobotkaM	55	6.3			50 · 94%			0/2
8Scott McTominayF	90	7.2	1	3 (1)	64 · 91%	1		4/10
11Kevin De BruyneF	90	6.5		2 (1)	57 · 81%	4		1/3
19Rasmus HøjlundF	90	5.9			19 · 74%	1		2/7
1Alex MeretG	–	–
14Nikita ContiniG	–	–
5Juan JesusD	12	6.7			4 · 75%			0/1
30Pasquale MazzocchiD	–	–
37Leonardo SpinazzolaD	13	6.9			8 · 88%
20Eljif ElmasM	–	–
99Frank AnguissaM	13	6.7			8 · 100%	1		1/2
9Romelu LukakuF	–	–
23GiovaneF	–	–
27Alisson SantosF	35	6.9			13 · 77%		1	5/7