Matchday

Serie A 25/26 · 30 Aug 2025

SSC Napoli 1–0 Cagliari

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Jul 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
2.0 – 0.6
Actual xG
1.6 – 0.5
Goals
1 – 0

Footybot made SSC Napoli favourites at 70%.

SSC Napoli won and made the better chances: 1.6 xG to 0.5.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Marco Palestra, 59.5 in 83′.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

SSC Napoli

23 Aug 2025W 2–0at Sassuolo Serie A

Cagliari

24 Aug 2025D 1–1v Fiorentina Serie A
16 Aug 2025D 1–1v Virtus Entella Coppa Italia

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

SSC Napoli

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Alessandro Buongiorno Defender22010.4978.9–
Amir Rrahmani Defender90000.0356.4–
Juan Jesus Defender68000.0355.1–
Matteo Politano Midfielder90000.0453.3–
Frank Anguissa Midfielder90100.1951.8–
Alex Meret Goalkeeper9000–50.9–
Kevin De Bruyne Midfielder81000.0450.4–
Stanislav Lobotka Midfielder9000–46.4–
Noa Lang Forward9000.0945.6–
Lorenzo Lucca Forward75000.1139.9–
Mathías Olivera Defender900–38.6–
Giuseppe Ambrosino Forward1500–38.5–
Scott McTominay Midfielder90000.5337.7–
Leonardo Spinazzola Defender81000.0333.0–
Giovanni Di Lorenzo Defender9000–31.4–

Cagliari

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Zito Luvumbo Forward32000.0366.9–
Gennaro Borrelli Forward2400–60.0–
Marco Palestra Midfielder8300–59.5–
Matteo Prati Midfielder65000.1458.6–
Elia Caprile Goalkeeper9000–57.9–
Michel Adopo Midfielder9000–53.4–
Yerry Mina Defender9000–51.8–
Gabriele Zappa Defender5800–51.5–
Michael Folorunsho Midfielder83000.2448.4–
Sebastiano Esposito Forward66000.0145.1–
Adam Obert Defender90000.0545.1–
Alessandro Deiola Midfielder9000–45.0–
Alessandro Di Pardo Defender1400–41.0–
Gianluca Gaetano Midfielder25000.0639.9–
Sebastiano Luperto Defender9000–39.7–
Riyad Idrissi Defender1400–35.3–