Cagliari 1-2 Hellas Verona: Mulattieri's late goal settles it
Short review AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- 39% possession, yet Verona won away
- Shots on target 56% vs 29%: Verona were sharper
- 87' winner worth +1.7 FN xPts
Cagliari had the ball, Verona the accuracy
Hellas Verona won away at Cagliari despite seeing far less of the ball. The hosts had 61% possession, but only 29% of their shots were on target, compared with 56% for Verona.
A half-time substitute broke the deadlock
Verona went ahead first, and Paul Mendy levelled for Cagliari in the 57th minute. Mulattieri's 87th-minute winner was the goal that decided it. Brought on at half-time, Samuele Mulattieri scored a goal worth +1.7 FN xPts.
Player of the match
Abdou Harroui 7.8Strong
He scored the opener in the 23rd minute, put both his shots on target and completed 33 of 34 passes.
Abdou Harroui hit the target with both of his shots and was almost flawless in possession. He was substituted in the 58th minute, but his opener provided the lead that stood until Cagliari levelled in the 57th.
Game state
0-11-11-2
Cagliari ahead 0 min · level 53 min · Hellas Verona ahead 37 min
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.
23'
Abdou Harroui
Goal
+0.8
57'
Paul Mendy
Goal · scorer +0.7 · assist Alieu Fadera +0.3
+1.0
87'
Samuele Mulattieri
Goal
+1.7
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
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Match stats
CagliariHellas Verona
The data provider has no xG (expected goals) for this match.
Compared with usual
Cagliari
3 matches this season, all competitions baseline
Timeline
- 23'
Goal
Abdou Harroui
- 45'
Sub
Giuseppe Aurelio → Adam Obert
- 45'
Sub
Joseph Liteta → Alessandro Romano
- 45'
Sub
Amin Sarr → Samuele Mulattieri
- 57'
Goal
Paul Mendy competition goal #1 assist Alieu Fadera
- 58'
Sub
Grīgorīs Kastanos → Antoine Bernede
- 58'
Sub
Abdou Harroui → Edoardo Iannoni
- 63'
Sub
Mattia Felici → Daniel Maldini
- 63'
Sub
Jacopo Fazzini → Michel Adopo
- 64'
Sub
N. Lella → Andrea Le Borgne
- 66'
Yellow
Edoardo Iannoni
- 68'
Yellow
Michel Adopo
- 68'
Sub
Davide De Battisti → Gabriele Zappa
- 73'
Yellow
Seid Korać
- 84'
Sub
Harry Winks → Alessandro Deiola
- 87'
Goal
Samuele Mulattieri
Category leaders
- Key passesAlieu Fadera3
- Duels wonSeid Korać9/13
- DribblesJacopo Fazzini4/5
- Defensive actionsSeid Korać7
- ShotsJuan Rodríguez3 (on target 1)
- Fouls wonAlieu Fadera4
#Coppa Italia#Cagliari#Hellas Verona#Abdou Harroui#Samuele Mulattieri#Round of 32
This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.