Cagliari vs Sassuolo 2025-26 Italian Serie A

Cagliari

73': Sebastiano Esposito

FT
1 - 2

Sassuolo

54': Armand Laurienté
65': Andrea Pinamonti

Introduction

Cagliari are hosting Sassuolo at Unipol Domus, Cagliari, Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the Italian Serie A.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
12': Michael Folorunsho (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
37': Kristian Thorstvedt (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+3': First Half ends, Cagliari 0, Sassuolo 0.
54': Goal! Cagliari 0, Sassuolo 1. Armand Laurienté (Sassuolo) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
58': Adam Obert (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
62': Substitution, Cagliari. Gianluca Gaetano replaces Michael Folorunsho.
62': Substitution, Cagliari. Mattia Felici replaces Gabriele Zappa.
65': Goal! Cagliari 0, Sassuolo 2. Andrea Pinamonti (Sassuolo) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Cristian Volpato.
73': Goal! Cagliari 1, Sassuolo 2. Sebastiano Esposito (Cagliari) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mattia Felici with a cross following a fast break.
74': Substitution, Sassuolo. Aster Vranckx replaces Kristian Thorstvedt.
74': Substitution, Sassuolo. Luca Moro replaces Andrea Pinamonti.
74': Substitution, Sassuolo. Alieu Fadera replaces Armand Laurienté.
76': Substitution, Cagliari. Leonardo Pavoletti replaces Gennaro Borrelli.
83': Substitution, Cagliari. Zito Luvumbo replaces Sebastiano Esposito.
83': Substitution, Cagliari. Luca Mazzitelli replaces Michel Adopo.
85': Substitution, Sassuolo. Edoardo Iannoni replaces Ismaël Koné.
85': Substitution, Sassuolo. Walid Cheddira replaces Cristian Volpato.
86': Alieu Fadera (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
89': Riyad Idrissi (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90': Sebastian Walukiewicz (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+6': Edoardo Iannoni (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+7': Elia Caprile (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card.
90'+9': Second Half ends, Cagliari 1, Sassuolo 2.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Unipol Domus
Location: Cagliari, Italy
Attendance: 15,563

Italian Serie A Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+8	Napoli	9	21	2
+6	AS Roma	9	21	2
+11	Internazionale	9	18	3
+7	AC Milan	9	18	1

Full Table

Statistics

SAS		CAG
21	Fouls	20
4	Yellow Cards	4
0	Red Cards	0
3	Offsides	2
7	Corner Kicks	3
0	Saves	2
54.4	Possession	45.6
12	SHOTS	8
4	ON GOAL	1
0.3	On Target %	0.1
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
345	Accurate Passes	264
404	Passes	337
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	7
18	Crosses	20
0.2	Cross %	0.4
32	Long Balls	57
11	Accurate Long Balls	26
0.3	Long Balls %	0.5
3	Blocked Shots	4
6	Effective Tackles	11
6	Tackles	18
1.0	Tackle %	0.6
5	Interceptions	7
20	Effective Clearances	30
20	Clearances	30

Line-Ups

Cagliari (3-5-2)

No.	Name
1	Elia Caprile (GK)
32	Zé Pedro
33	Adam Obert
28	Gabriele Zappa
90	Michael Folorunsho
8	Michel Adopo
16	Matteo Prati
3	Riyad Idrissi
2	Marco Palestra
94	Sebastiano Esposito
29	Gennaro Borrelli

Substitutes:

Gianluca Gaetano, Nicolò Cavuoti, Luca Mazzitelli, Leonardo Pavoletti, Giuseppe Ciocci, Sebastiano Luperto, Joseph Liteta, Juan Rodríguez, Vincenzo Sarno, Zito Luvumbo, Mattia Felici, Alessandro Di Pardo, Yerry Mina, Semih Kiliçsoy.

Sassuolo (4-3-3)

No.	Name
49	Aro Muric (GK)
5	Fali Candé
21	Jay Idzes
25	Woyo Coulibaly
6	Sebastian Walukiewicz
18	Nemanja Matic
90	Ismaël Koné
42	Kristian Thorstvedt
99	Andrea Pinamonti
45	Armand Laurienté
7	Cristian Volpato

Substitutes:

Josh Doig, Nicholas Pierini, Cas Odenthal, Luca Lipani, Yeferson Paz, Edoardo Iannoni, Stefano Turati, Aster Vranckx, Alieu Fadera, Tarik Muharemovic, Walid Cheddira, Luca Moro, Gioele Zacchi.