Napoli 1–0 Cagliari — Serie A 2025/26 Match Stats

Serie A · 2025Sat, 30 Aug 2025, 18:45 UTCStadio Diego Armando Maradona

Napoli

1–0Historical match

Cagliari

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Napoli won 1–0.

Shots: 2010
Shots on target: 61
Expected goals: 1.580.53
Possession: 67%33%

Full time

What the match recorded

Napoli beat Cagliari 1–0. Recorded in this match (Napoli – Cagliari): shots 20–10, shots on target 6–1, expected goals 1.58–0.53, possession 67%–33%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots20 shots10 shotsNapoli 20 shots, Cagliari 10 shots
Shots on target6 shots1 shotNapoli 6 shots, Cagliari 1 shot
Expected goals1.58 xG0.53 xGNapoli 1.58 xG, Cagliari 0.53 xG
Possession67%33%Napoli 67%, Cagliari 33%
Corners13 corners0 cornersNapoli 13 corners, Cagliari 0 corners
Fouls16 fouls12 foulsNapoli 16 fouls, Cagliari 12 fouls
Yellow cards2 cards1 cardNapoli 2 cards, Cagliari 1 card

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Napoli: 20 shots, 6 on target, 1.58 xG. Cagliari: 10 shots, 1 on target, 0.53 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Napoli 1.58 xG · Cagliari 0.53 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

3Napoli

2Draws

0Cagliari

23 May 2025Napoli — Cagliari · Serie A2–0

15 Sept 2024Cagliari — Napoli · Serie A0–4

25 Feb 2024Cagliari — Napoli · Serie A1–1

16 Dec 2023Napoli — Cagliari · Serie A2–1

21 Feb 2022Cagliari — Napoli · Serie A1–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

7.09 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/16.09 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 30 Aug 2025, 22:45 UTC · analysis-v4