Cagliari vs Napoli, 2024-25 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie ANapoli beat Cagliari for 3rd Serie A win in a row
Napoli went top of Serie A with 4-0 victory at Cagliari on Sunday, thanks to goals from Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Romelu Lukaku and Alessandro Buongiorno.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Gabriele Zappa (Cagliari).
- 1': Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 2': Delay in match because of an injury Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli).
- 2': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 3': Foul by Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari).
- 3': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 3': Attempt saved. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
- 6': Offside, Cagliari. Roberto Piccoli is caught offside.
- 7': Attempt blocked. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matteo Politano.
- 8': Foul by Yerry Mina (Cagliari).
- 8': Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 9': Alessandro Buongiorno (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 9': Foul by Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari).
- 10': Foul by Romelu Lukaku (Napoli).
- 10': Yerry Mina (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 10': Hand ball by Romelu Lukaku (Napoli).
- 11': Foul by Yerry Mina (Cagliari).
- 11': Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 12': Foul by Romelu Lukaku (Napoli).
- 12': Yerry Mina (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Attempt blocked. Matteo Politano (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
- 13': Attempt missed. Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
- 14': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Yerry Mina.
- 15': Offside, Napoli. Leonardo Spinazzola is caught offside.
- 16': Foul by Zito Luvumbo (Cagliari).
- 16': Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 18': Goal! Cagliari 0, Napoli 1. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
- 19': Attempt saved. Paulo Azzi (Cagliari) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gianluca Gaetano.
- 19': Corner, Cagliari. Conceded by Alex Meret.
- 20': Attempt blocked. Yerry Mina (Cagliari) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Razvan Marin with a cross.
- 21': Foul by Zito Luvumbo (Cagliari).
- 21': Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 22': Foul by Zito Luvumbo (Cagliari).
- 22': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 22': Foul by Yerry Mina (Cagliari).
- 22': Matteo Politano (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 23': Foul by Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari).
- 23': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 24': Offside, Napoli. Romelu Lukaku is caught offside.
- 25': Attempt blocked. Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) left footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Frank Anguissa.
- 25': Delay in match because of an injury Pasquale Mazzocchi (Napoli).
- 25': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 26': Delay in match (Napoli).
- 32': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 33': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
- 33': Zito Luvumbo (Cagliari) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 34': Corner, Cagliari. Conceded by Alessandro Buongiorno.
- 35': Attempt missed. Yerry Mina (Cagliari) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Razvan Marin with a cross following a corner.
- 35': Hand ball by Pasquale Mazzocchi (Napoli).
- 36': Attempt missed. Razvan Marin (Cagliari) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
- 36': Foul by Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari).
- 36': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 38': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Tommaso Augello.
- 39': Attempt blocked. Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia with a cross.
- 40': Attempt missed. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
- 41': Corner, Cagliari. Conceded by Pasquale Mazzocchi.
- 41': Attempt saved. Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tommaso Augello with a cross.
- 41': Corner, Cagliari. Conceded by Stanislav Lobotka.
- 41': Attempt missed. Paulo Azzi (Cagliari) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
- 42': Foul by Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli).
- 42': Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 42': Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 43': Attempt missed. Yerry Mina (Cagliari) header from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Razvan Marin following a set piece situation.
- 44': Attempt blocked. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matteo Politano.
- 44': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Gabriele Zappa.
- 45': Offside, Napoli. Matteo Politano is caught offside.
- 45'+2': Fourth official has announced 8 minutes of added time.
- 45'+4': Attempt missed. Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari) with an attempt from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right.
- 45'+6': Attempt missed. Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right.
- 45'+8': Attempt blocked. Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Zito Luvumbo.
- 45'+8': Corner, Cagliari. Conceded by Alessandro Buongiorno.
- 45'+9': Offside, Cagliari. Yerry Mina is caught offside.
- 45'+9': First Half ends, Cagliari 0, Napoli 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Cagliari 0, Napoli 1.
- 45': Substitution, Cagliari. Michel Adopo replaces Alessandro Deiola.
- 47': Attempt saved. Sebastiano Luperto (Cagliari) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Paulo Azzi with a cross.
- 47': Attempt missed. Zito Luvumbo (Cagliari) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right.
- 49': Delay in match because of an injury Amir Rrahmani (Napoli).
- 50': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 51': Hand ball by Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari).
- 53': Foul by Zito Luvumbo (Cagliari).
- 53': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 54': Attempt blocked. Gianluca Gaetano (Cagliari) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 54': Corner, Cagliari. Conceded by Leonardo Spinazzola.
- 54': Attempt saved. Yerry Mina (Cagliari) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Razvan Marin with a cross.
- 56': Attempt saved. Razvan Marin (Cagliari) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
- 57': Foul by Romelu Lukaku (Napoli).
- 57': Yerry Mina (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 59': Substitution, Cagliari. Nadir Zortea replaces Paulo Azzi.
- 59': Substitution, Cagliari. Kingstone Mutandwa replaces Gianluca Gaetano.
- 60': Attempt blocked. Kingstone Mutandwa (Cagliari) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Roberto Piccoli.
- 60': Corner, Cagliari. Conceded by Pasquale Mazzocchi.
- 61': Alex Meret (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Foul by Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari).
- 63': Attempt missed. Nadir Zortea (Cagliari) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Zito Luvumbo.
- 64': Substitution, Napoli. Mathías Olivera replaces Leonardo Spinazzola.
- 66': Goal! Cagliari 0, Napoli 2. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku with a through ball.
- 68': Attempt missed. Kingstone Mutandwa (Cagliari) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sebastiano Luperto.
- 70': Offside, Napoli. Giovanni Di Lorenzo is caught offside.
- 70': Goal! Cagliari 0, Napoli 3. Romelu Lukaku (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
- 72': Foul by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli).
- 72': Gabriele Zappa (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Foul by Tommaso Augello (Cagliari).
- 73': Matteo Politano (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 74': Substitution, Napoli. Scott McTominay replaces Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
- 74': Substitution, Napoli. Giovanni Simeone replaces Romelu Lukaku.
- 74': Substitution, Napoli. Billy Gilmour replaces Stanislav Lobotka.
- 75': Foul by Yerry Mina (Cagliari).
- 75': Giovanni Simeone (Napoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 75': Yerry Mina (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 76': Attempt missed. Amir Rrahmani (Napoli) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right following a set piece situation.
- 77': Foul by Razvan Marin (Cagliari).
- 77': Matteo Politano (Napoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 77': Substitution, Cagliari. Antoine Makoumbou replaces Razvan Marin.
- 77': Substitution, Cagliari. Leonardo Pavoletti replaces Roberto Piccoli.
- 81': Foul by Kingstone Mutandwa (Cagliari).
- 81': Scott McTominay (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 81': Substitution, Napoli. David Neres replaces Matteo Politano.
- 82': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli).
- 82': Zito Luvumbo (Cagliari) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 83': Billy Gilmour (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 83': Foul by Kingstone Mutandwa (Cagliari).
- 85': Attempt missed. Kingstone Mutandwa (Cagliari) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Leonardo Pavoletti with a headed pass.
- 86': Foul by Giovanni Simeone (Napoli).
- 86': Nadir Zortea (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 88': Foul by Yerry Mina (Cagliari).
- 88': Giovanni Simeone (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 89': Foul by Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari).
- 89': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1': Foul by Frank Anguissa (Napoli).
- 90'+1': Michel Adopo (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1': Foul by Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari).
- 90'+1': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Corner, Napoli. Conceded by Sebastiano Luperto.
- 90'+3': Goal! Cagliari 0, Napoli 4. Alessandro Buongiorno (Napoli) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by David Neres with a cross following a corner.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Cagliari 0, Napoli 4.
- 0': Match ends, Cagliari 0, Napoli 4.
Statistics
 NAP |
CAG |
|
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Fouls | 22 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 4 | Offsides | 2 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
| 5 | Saves | 1 |
| 48.4 | Possession | 51.6 |
| 13 | SHOTS | 19 |
| 5 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 336 | Accurate Passes | 341 |
| 415 | Passes | 423 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 9 |
| 13 | Crosses | 32 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 37 | Long Balls | 49 |
| 12 | Accurate Long Balls | 21 |
| 0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 5 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 15 | Effective Tackles | 10 |
| 24 | Tackles | 19 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 10 | Interceptions | 5 |
| 34 | Effective Clearances | 18 |
| 34 | Clearances | 18 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Unipol Domus
Location: Cagliari, Italy
Attendance: 15,733
Venue: Unipol Domus
Location: Cagliari, Italy
Attendance: 15,733
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internazionale | 28 | +36 | 61 |
| 2 | Napoli | 28 | +22 | 60 |
| 3 | Atalanta | 28 | +37 | 58 |
| 4 | Juventus | 28 | +20 | 52 |
Line-Ups
Cagliari (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 22 | Simone Scuffet (GK) |
| 26 | Yerry Mina  |
| 6 | Sebastiano Luperto |
| 28 | Gabriele Zappa |
| 14 | Alessandro Deiola |
| 18 | Razvan Marin |
| 3 | Tommaso Augello |
| 37 | Paulo Azzi |
| 91 | Roberto Piccoli |
| 70 | Gianluca Gaetano |
| 77 | Zito Luvumbo |
Napoli (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Meret (GK) |
| 13 | Amir Rrahmani |
| 4 | Alessandro Buongiorno |
| 22 | Giovanni Di Lorenzo |
| 68 | Stanislav Lobotka |
| 99 | André-Frank Zambo Anguissa |
| 37 | Leonardo Spinazzola |
| 30 | Pasquale Mazzocchi |
| 11 | Romelu Lukaku |
| 77 | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia |
| 21 | Matteo Politano |
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