Serie A · Sat, 4 Apr 2026 ·
Sassuolo vs Cagliari — 2 - 1
MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore · Referee: D. Chiffi
Match report
Sassuolo beat Cagliari 2-1
Cagliari were beaten 2-1 by Sassuolo at MAPEI Stadium - Città del Tricolore on Saturday, 4 April 2026 in Serie A matchday 31. U. Garcia (50') and A. Pinamonti (78') scored for Sassuolo, while S. Esposito (30' pen) found the net for Cagliari. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Sassuolo had 50% of the ball and 9 shots (2 on target) against Cagliari’s 11 (3 on target). Andrea Pinamonti (Sassuolo) was the top-rated player with 7.5. The result leaves Sassuolo 10th in the Serie A table on 7 points and Cagliari 4th on 12.
In the headlines this week
Form, table and head-to-head
Match events
- 28'VAR decisionSebastiano EspositoPenalty confirmed
- 30'penaltyS. EspositoPenalty
- 50'goalU. GarciaNormal Goal
- 58'substitutionC. VolpatoOff: N. Matic
- 58'substitutionF. RomagnaOff: W. Coulibaly
- 69'substitutionI. KoneOff: L. Lipani
- 69'substitutionA. LaurienteOff: D. Bakola
- 74'substitutionM. FolorunshoOff: G. Borrelli
- 75'substitutionG. GaetanoOff: I. Sulemana
- 78'goalA. PinamontiAssist: D. Bakola
- 79'yellow cardAndrea PinamontiYellow Card
- 82'substitutionA. PinamontiOff: M. Nzola
- 83'substitutionJ. PedroOff: S. Kilicsoy
- 89'substitutionS. EspositoOff: P. Mendy
- 90'substitutionM. AdopoOff: G. Zappa
Lineups
Sassuolo
Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Fabio Grosso
Starting XI
- 49A. MuricG
- 6S. WalukiewiczD
- 19F. RomagnaD
- 21J. IdzesD
- 23U. GarciaD
- 90I. KoneM
- 42K. ThorstvedtM
- 10D. BerardiM
- 7C. VolpatoM
- 45A. LaurienteM
- 99A. PinamontiF
Substitutes
- 13S. TuratiG
- 12G. SatalinoG
- 16G. ZacchiG
- 18N. MaticM
- 24L. MoroF
- 25W. CoulibalyD
- 20A. FaderaF
- 35L. LipaniM
- 66Pedro FelipeD
- 50D. BakolaM
- 8M. NzolaF
- 3J. DoigD
- 40A. VranckxM
- 44E. IannoniM
- 80T. MuharemovicD
Cagliari
Formation 3-5-2 · Coach Fabio Pisacane
Starting XI
- 1E. CaprileG
- 32J. PedroD
- 26Y. MinaD
- 15J. RodriguezD
- 2M. PalestraM
- 8M. AdopoM
- 10G. GaetanoM
- 14A. DeiolaM
- 33A. ObertM
- 94S. EspositoF
- 90M. FolorunshoF
Substitutes
- 24G. CiocciG
- 12A. SherriG
- 19A. BelottiF
- 4L. MazzitelliM
- 28G. ZappaD
- 25I. SulemanaM
- 27J. LitetaM
- 31P. MendyF
- 29G. BorrelliF
- 9S. KilicsoyF
- 18O. RaterinkD
- 20A. AlbarracinF
Match statistics
- 50%Possession50%
- 0.51Expected goals (xG)1.63
- 9Total shots11
- 2Shots on target3
- 5Shots off target5
- 2Blocked shots3
- 5Shots inside the box8
- 4Shots outside the box3
- 2Corners2
- 2Offsides1
- 14Fouls11
- 1Yellow cards0
- –Red cards–
- 2Goalkeeper saves0
- 434Passes440
- 365Accurate passes364
- 84%Pass accuracy83%
- -1.18Goals prevented-1.18
Player statistics
Sassuolo
| Player | Min | Rating | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49Arijanet MurićG | 90 | 6.3 | ||
| 6Sebastian WalukiewiczD | 90 | 6.5 | ||
| 19Filippo RomagnaD | 58 | 6.9 | ||
| 21Jay IdzesD | 90 | 6.3 | ||
| 23Ulisses GarciaD | 90 | 7.2 | 1 | |
| 7Cristian VolpatoM | 58 | 6.5 | ||
| 10Domenico BerardiM | 90 | 6.3 | ||
| 42Kristian ThorstvedtM | 90 | 7.5 | ||
| 45Armand LaurientéM | 69 | 6.7 | ||
| 90Ismael KonéM | 69 | 7.0 | ||
| 99Andrea PinamontiFTop rated | 82 | 7.5 | 1 | |
| 12Giacomo SatalinoG | – | – | ||
| 13Stefano TuratiG | – | – | ||
| 16Gioele ZacchiG | – | – | ||
| 3Josh DoigD | – | – | ||
| 25Woyo CoulibalyD | 32 | 6.6 | ||
| 66Pedro FelipeD | – | – | ||
| 80Tarik MuharemovićD | – | – | ||
| 18Nemanja MatićM | 32 | 6.6 | ||
| 35Luca LipaniM | 21 | 6.7 | ||
| 40Aster VranckxM | – | – | ||
| 44Edoardo IannoniM | – | – | ||
| 50Darryl BakolaM | 21 | 6.9 | 1 | |
| 8M'Bala NzolaF | 8 | 6.3 | ||
| 20Alieu FaderaF | – | – | ||
| 24Luca MoroF | – | – |
Cagliari
| Player | Min | Rating | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Elia CaprileG | 90 | 6.3 | ||
| 15Juan RodríguezD | 90 | 6.5 | ||
| 26Yerry MinaD | 90 | 6.9 | ||
| 32Zé PedroD | 83 | 6.5 | ||
| 2Marco PalestraM | 90 | 7.3 | ||
| 8Michel AdopoM | 89 | 6.3 | ||
| 10Gianluca GaetanoM | 75 | 7.0 | ||
| 14Alessandro DeiolaM | 90 | 6.2 | ||
| 33Adam ObertM | 90 | 6.6 | ||
| 90Michael FolorunshoF | 74 | 6.9 | ||
| 94Sebastiano EspositoF | 89 | 7.2 | 1 | |
| 12Alen SherriG | – | – | ||
| 24Giuseppe CiocciG | – | – | ||
| 18Othniël RaterinkD | – | – | ||
| 28Gabriele ZappaD | 8 | 6.9 | ||
| 4Luca MazzitelliM | – | – | ||
| 25Ibrahim SulemanaM | 15 | 6.2 | ||
| 27Joseph LitetaM | – | – | ||
| 9Semih KılıçsoyF | 15 | 6.3 | ||
| 19Andrea BelottiF | – | – | ||
| 20Agustín AlbarracínF | – | – | ||
| 29Gennaro BorrelliF | 16 | 6.3 | ||
| 31Paul MendyF | 9 | 6.7 |