Sassuolo 2-1 Cagliari
Key numbers
- Possession 50% – 50%
- Shots 9 (2 on target) – 11 (3)
- Decisive moment: 78' Andrea Pinamonti, FN xPts +1.4
Ulisses Garcia 50'
Andrea Pinamonti 78'
Andrea Pinamonti 78'
HT 0:1
Sebastiano Esposito 30' (pen)
Sassuolo 10th · 42 pts|Cagliari 15th · 30 pts
Cagliari edged xG (0.51–1.63) but Sassuolo took the win.
Player of the matchUlisses GarciaDecisive moment78' Andrea Pinamonti+1.4
Player of the match
Ulisses Garcia Strong
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 7.7 (Strong)
Game state
Sassuolo ahead 12 min · level 58 min · Cagliari ahead 20 min
- Darryl Bakola — off the bench 21 min · 0G 1A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
30'
Sebastiano Esposito
Pen goal
+0.9
50'
Ulisses Garcia
Goal
+0.9
78'
Andrea Pinamonti
Goal · scorer +1.0 · assist Darryl Bakola +0.4
+1.4
Sassuolo
Expected (last two seasons) 1.5Own moments +2.3Opponent moments −0.8Time effect 0.0→ League points won 3
Cagliari
Expected (last two seasons) 1.2Own moments +0.9Opponent moments −1.9Time effect −0.2→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
SassuoloCagliari
50%Possession50%
0.51Expected goals (xG)1.63
0.06xG per shot0.15
9Shots11
2Shots on target3
22%Shots on target %27%
5Shots in box8
434Passes440
84%Pass accuracy83%
2Corners2
2Saves0
14Fouls11
1Yellow cards0
2Offsides1
Compared with usual
Sassuolo
32 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1.2 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1.3 | |
| xG | 0.51 | 0.99 | |
| xG against | 1.63 | 1.4 | |
| Shots | 9 | 10.7 | |
| On target | 2 | 3.7 | |
| Shots faced | 11 | 14.3 | |
| xG per shot | 0.06 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 50% | 44.3% | |
| Passes | 434 | 387.2 | |
| Pass accuracy | 84% | 81.4% | |
| Corners | 2 | 4.1 | |
| Fouls | 14 | 12.1 |
Cagliari
33 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 1.1 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.4 | |
| xG | 1.63 | 0.82 | |
| xG against | 0.51 | 1.3 | |
| Shots | 11 | 10.1 | |
| On target | 3 | 3.3 | |
| Shots faced | 9 | 13 | |
| xG per shot | 0.15 | 0.08 | |
| Possession | 50% | 46.2% | |
| Passes | 440 | 398.9 | |
| Pass accuracy | 83% | 80.3% | |
| Corners | 2 | 3.5 | |
| Fouls | 11 | 14.9 |
Timeline
- 28' VAR Sebastiano Esposito
- 30' Goal Sebastiano Esposito (pen) league goal #5
- 50' Goal Ulisses Garcia league goal #1
- 58' Sub Cristian Volpato → Nemanja Matić
- 58' Sub Filippo Romagna → Woyo Coulibaly
- 69' Sub Ismael Koné → Luca Lipani
- 69' Sub Armand Laurienté → Darryl Bakola
- 74' Sub Michael Folorunsho → Gennaro Borrelli
- 75' Sub Gianluca Gaetano → Ibrahim Sulemana
- 78' Goal Andrea Pinamonti league goal #8 assist Darryl Bakola
- 79' Yellow Andrea Pinamonti
- 82' Sub Andrea Pinamonti → M'Bala Nzola
- 83' Sub Zé Pedro → Semih Kılıçsoy
- 89' Sub Sebastiano Esposito → Paul Mendy
- 90' Sub Michel Adopo → Gabriele Zappa
Category leaders
- Key passesDarryl Bakola2
- Duels wonMarco Palestra12/20
- DribblesMarco Palestra4/10
- Defensive actionsUlisses Garcia4
- ShotsAlessandro Deiola3 (on target 1)
- Fouls wonKristian Thorstvedt6
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.