Matchday

Serie A 25/26 · 20 Mar 2026

Cagliari 0–1 SSC Napoli

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Feb 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.0 – 1.1
Actual xG
0.3 – 1.8
Goals
0 – 1

Footybot saw it as open: Cagliari 31%, the draw 30%, SSC Napoli 39%.

SSC Napoli won and made the better chances: 1.8 xG to 0.3.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Sam Beukema, 65.1 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Sam Beukema +18.5, Elia Caprile +8.7.

Well below it: Juan Rodríguez −15.7, Gianluca Gaetano −13.4, Kevin De Bruyne −13.1.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Cagliari

15 Mar 2026L 1–3at Pisa Serie A
7 Mar 2026L 1–2v Como Serie A
27 Feb 2026D 1–1at Parma Serie A
21 Feb 2026D 0–0v Lazio Serie A
16 Feb 2026L 0–2v Lecce Serie A

SSC Napoli

14 Mar 2026W 2–1v Lecce Serie A
6 Mar 2026W 2–1v Torino Serie A
28 Feb 2026W 2–1at Hellas Verona Serie A
22 Feb 2026L 1–2at Atalanta Serie A
15 Feb 2026D 2–2v AS Roma Serie A

Head to head

30 Aug 2025SSC Napoli 1–0 Cagliari Serie A

Cagliari

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Elia Caprile Goalkeeper9000–56.9+8.7
Paul Mendy Forward17000.0956.5–
Yerry Mina Defender9000–44.8−5.0
Marco Palestra Midfielder9000–41.8−7.0
Sebastiano Esposito Forward84000.0741.7−9.3
Alberto Dossena Defender9000–41.7−4.1
Semih Kılıçsoy Forward2500–41.5–
Ibrahim Sulemana Midfielder9000–40.3−6.9
Alessandro Deiola Midfielder1700–40.1–
Zé Pedro Defender7300–39.4−5.1
Yael Trepy Forward1200–39.3–
Michel Adopo Midfielder7300–39.1−4.6
Gianluca Gaetano Midfielder90000.0338.1−13.4
Michael Folorunsho Midfielder65000.1635.9−10.6
Juan Rodríguez Defender8400–34.1−15.7
Othniël Raterink Defender1200–32.4–

SSC Napoli

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Sam Beukema Defender9000–65.1+18.5
Frank Anguissa Midfielder1300–58.2–
Scott McTominay Midfielder90101.2158.1+4.8
Matteo Politano Midfielder77000.3657.7+7.7
Vanja Milinković-Savić Goalkeeper9000–54.9+4.6
Kevin De Bruyne Midfielder90000.1252.8−13.1
Mathías Olivera Defender8400–50.0+0.0
Billy Gilmour Midfielder77000.0448.4+0.0
Alessandro Buongiorno Defender90000.0948.1−7.8
Alisson Santos Forward3500–47.5–
Leonardo Spinazzola Defender1300–44.9–
Miguel Gutiérrez Defender9000–42.6−1.9
Stanislav Lobotka Midfielder5500–42.5−6.9
Rasmus Højlund Forward90000.0340.5−9.2
Juan Jesus Defender1200–29.5–