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Matchday

Serie A 26/27 · 12 Sep 2026

Atalanta 1–2 Cagliari

Expected and what happened

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

Expected xG
2.2 – 0.8
Actual xG
1.3 – 1.1
Goals
1 – 2

Footybot made Atalanta favourites at 68%.

Cagliari won a close one on the chances: 1.1 xG to 1.3.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Daniel Maldini, 60.0 in 79′.

Well above their usual level: Daniel Maldini +13.7, Paul Mendy +10.4, Zé Pedro +10.3.

Well below it: Charles De Ketelaere −16.4, Jacopo Fazzini −15.3, Marco Carnesecchi −14.1.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Atalanta

5 Sep 2026L 1–2at AS Roma Serie A
31 Aug 2026W 1–0v Bologna Serie A
27 Aug 2026W 1–0at Hapoel Tel Aviv Conference League
23 Aug 2026W 2–1v Sassuolo Serie A
20 Aug 2026D 0–0v Hapoel Tel Aviv Conference League

Cagliari

7 Sep 2026W 1–0v Lecce Serie A
3 Sep 2026L 1–2v Hellas Verona Coppa Italia
30 Aug 2026L 0–1v Inter Serie A
22 Aug 2026W 1–0at Parma Serie A
14 Aug 2026W 1–0v Arezzo Coppa Italia

Head to head

27 Apr 2026Cagliari 3–2 Atalanta Serie A
13 Dec 2025Atalanta 2–1 Cagliari Serie A

Atalanta

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Giacomo Raspadori Forward20000.1072.4–
Mario Pašalić Midfielder1000–57.6–
Gianluca Scamacca Forward68100.1753.1+5.6
Franck Kessié Midfielder86000.2952.4+3.8
Giorgio Scalvini Defender9600–48.8−0.9
Lazar Samardžić Midfielder76000.3548.6−6.9
Odilon Kossounou Defender9600–48.0−0.8
Éderson Midfielder96000.0143.5−2.4
Marco Carnesecchi Goalkeeper9600–40.9−14.1
Jonathan Rowe Forward96000.0840.6−9.7
Raoul Bellanova Midfielder96000.0440.0−11.4
Sead Kolašinac Defender68000.0139.1−7.2
Lorenzo Bernasconi Midfielder28000.0339.1–
Nikola Krstović Forward28000.1739.0–
Charles De Ketelaere Forward9601–38.2−16.4

Cagliari

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Raphael Kofler Defender1700–76.1–
Daniel Maldini Forward79100.8160.0+13.7
Elia Caprile Goalkeeper9600–56.2+4.3
Paul Mendy Forward79100.2452.6+10.4
Juan Rodríguez Defender9600–50.9+5.2
Alessandro Deiola Midfielder9600–48.7+9.3
Harry Winks Midfielder9600–48.1+3.9
Kevin Carlos Omoruyi Forward1700–45.9–
Zé Pedro Defender6800–45.6+10.3
Michel Adopo Midfielder9601–45.4+1.9
Alessandro Romano Midfielder96000.0344.5−1.4
Alieu Fadera Forward3900–43.0–
Yukinari Sugawara Defender2800–37.0–
Adam Obert Defender96000.0336.5−4.7
Jacopo Fazzini Midfielder5700–28.7−15.3