Cagliari vs Atalanta, 2024-25 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A

Cagliari

FT
0 - 1

Atalanta

66': Nicolò Zaniolo

Atalanta set club record with 1-0 win at Cagliari

Atalanta set a club record with their 10th consecutive Serie A win when they beat Cagliari 1-0 on Saturday and extended their advantage at the top of the standings thanks to Niccolo Zaniolo's goal and their keeper's heroics.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Attempt missed. Éderson (Atalanta) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
2': Antoine Makoumbou (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
2': Foul by Marco Brescianini (Atalanta).
3': Attempt missed. Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alen Sherri.
5': Foul by Zito Luvumbo (Cagliari).
5': Isak Hien (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
6': Foul by Alessandro Deiola (Cagliari).
6': Isak Hien (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
9': Corner, Atalanta. Conceded by Sebastiano Luperto.
10': Corner, Atalanta. Conceded by Michel Adopo.
12': Offside, Atalanta. Marco Brescianini is caught offside.
17': Hand ball by Raoul Bellanova (Atalanta).
20': Attempt missed. Marco Brescianini (Atalanta) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mario Pasalic.
21': Corner, Atalanta. Conceded by Yerry Mina.
22': Offside, Atalanta. Charles De Ketelaere is caught offside.
25': Foul by Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari).
25': Marco Brescianini (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
25': Foul by Marco Brescianini (Atalanta).
25': Nadir Zortea (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
28': Foul by Alessandro Deiola (Cagliari).
28': Raoul Bellanova (Atalanta) wins a free kick on the right wing.
32': Foul by Mateo Retegui (Atalanta).
32': Yerry Mina (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
35': Foul by Zito Luvumbo (Cagliari).
35': Odilon Kossounou (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
39': Attempt saved. Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner.
39': Attempt saved. Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Antoine Makoumbou with a through ball.
39': Attempt saved. Nadir Zortea (Cagliari) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
39': Corner, Cagliari. Conceded by Marco Carnesecchi.
40': Offside, Atalanta. Mateo Retegui is caught offside.
42': Attempt saved. Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yerry Mina with a headed pass.
42': Foul by Sebastiano Luperto (Cagliari).
42': Mateo Retegui (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43': Delay in match because of an injury Isak Hien (Atalanta).
43': Sebastiano Luperto (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
43': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
44': Offside, Cagliari. Nadir Zortea is caught offside.
45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
45'+1': Delay in match (Atalanta).
45'+2': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
45'+2': First Half ends, Cagliari 0, Atalanta 0.
45': Second Half begins Cagliari 0, Atalanta 0.
45': Substitution, Atalanta. Ademola Lookman replaces Mateo Retegui.
45': Substitution, Atalanta. Berat Djimsiti replaces Isak Hien because of an injury.
45': Substitution, Atalanta. Marten de Roon replaces Marco Brescianini.
46': Foul by Zito Luvumbo (Cagliari).
46': Odilon Kossounou (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
47': Attempt missed. Mario Pasalic (Atalanta) right footed shot from very close range is too high.
48': Foul by Antoine Makoumbou (Cagliari).
48': Marten de Roon (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
49': Foul by Marten de Roon (Atalanta).
49': Zito Luvumbo (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
49': Marten de Roon (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
49': Delay in match because of an injury Zito Luvumbo (Cagliari).
51': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
52': Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta) wins a free kick on the right wing.
52': Foul by Tommaso Augello (Cagliari).
52': Tommaso Augello (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
53': Substitution, Cagliari. Mattia Felici replaces Zito Luvumbo because of an injury.
53': Attempt missed. Berat Djimsiti (Atalanta) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Charles De Ketelaere with a cross following a set piece situation.
54': Foul by Mattia Felici (Cagliari).
54': Raoul Bellanova (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
55': Attempt missed. Mario Pasalic (Atalanta) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Matteo Ruggeri with a cross.
56': Corner, Cagliari. Conceded by Marten de Roon.
57': Attempt missed. Yerry Mina (Cagliari) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Gabriele Zappa with a cross following a corner.
57': Foul by Alessandro Deiola (Cagliari).
57': Éderson (Atalanta) wins a free kick on the right wing.
58': Attempt blocked. Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sead Kolasinac.
58': Corner, Atalanta. Conceded by Sebastiano Luperto.
58': Attempt blocked. Berat Djimsiti (Atalanta) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Raoul Bellanova with a cross.
59': Attempt saved. Odilon Kossounou (Atalanta) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mario Pasalic.
59': Corner, Atalanta. Conceded by Alen Sherri.
59': Foul by Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta).
59': Yerry Mina (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
60': Attempt blocked. Michel Adopo (Cagliari) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mattia Felici.
63': Attempt saved. Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Gabriele Zappa with a cross.
64': Substitution, Atalanta. Lazar Samardzic replaces Mario Pasalic.
64': Substitution, Atalanta. Nicolò Zaniolo replaces Charles De Ketelaere.
66': Goal! Cagliari 0, Atalanta 1. Nicolò Zaniolo (Atalanta) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Raoul Bellanova.
66': Nicolò Zaniolo (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
67': Foul by Ademola Lookman (Atalanta).
67': Yerry Mina (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
68': Ademola Lookman (Atalanta) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Marten de Roon.
68': Attempt missed. Raoul Bellanova (Atalanta) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.
69': Delay in match (Atalanta).
69': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
70': Foul by Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari).
70': Sead Kolasinac (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
71': Substitution, Cagliari. Adam Obert replaces Tommaso Augello.
71': Substitution, Cagliari. Gianluca Gaetano replaces Alessandro Deiola.
74': Delay in match because of an injury Berat Djimsiti (Atalanta).
74': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
75': Attempt missed. Nicolò Zaniolo (Atalanta) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Marten de Roon.
76': Foul by Ademola Lookman (Atalanta).
76': Yerry Mina (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
77': Substitution, Cagliari. Razvan Marin replaces Antoine Makoumbou.
77': Substitution, Cagliari. Leonardo Pavoletti replaces Nadir Zortea.
83': Offside, Atalanta. Ademola Lookman is caught offside.
83': Attempt blocked. Razvan Marin (Cagliari) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Adam Obert.
84': Attempt saved. Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
85': Attempt saved. Yerry Mina (Cagliari) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gabriele Zappa with a cross.
86': Foul by Adam Obert (Cagliari).
86': Nicolò Zaniolo (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
86': Adam Obert (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
86': Foul by Michel Adopo (Cagliari).
86': Lazar Samardzic (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
87': Foul by Odilon Kossounou (Atalanta).
87': Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
90'+1': Foul by Lazar Samardzic (Atalanta).
90'+1': Razvan Marin (Cagliari) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+1': Lazar Samardzic (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card.
90'+1': Attempt saved. Sebastiano Luperto (Cagliari) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Razvan Marin.
90'+3': Foul by Roberto Piccoli (Cagliari).
90'+3': Sead Kolasinac (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+4': Ademola Lookman (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+4': Foul by Razvan Marin (Cagliari).
90'+5': Second Half ends, Cagliari 0, Atalanta 1.
0': Match ends, Cagliari 0, Atalanta 1.

Statistics

ATA		CAG
10	Fouls	16
3	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
4	Offsides	1
5	Corner Kicks	2
8	Saves	1
56.2	Possession	43.8
12	SHOTS	12
2	ON GOAL	8
0.2	On Target %	0.7
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
436	Accurate Passes	309
511	Passes	393
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	5
17	Crosses	21
0.2	Cross %	0.2
43	Long Balls	57
19	Accurate Long Balls	21
0.4	Long Balls %	0.4
2	Blocked Shots	2
12	Effective Tackles	10
20	Tackles	19
0.6	Tackle %	0.5
11	Interceptions	6
30	Effective Clearances	15
30	Clearances	15

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Unipol Domus
Location: Cagliari, Italy
Attendance: 15,985

Serie A Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Napoli	21	+21	50
2	Internazionale	20	+33	47
3	Atalanta	21	+22	43
4	Lazio	21	+9	39

Full Table

Line-Ups

Cagliari (3-5-2)

No.	Name
71	Alen Sherri (GK)
26	Yerry Mina
6	Sebastiano Luperto
28	Gabriele Zappa
14	Alessandro Deiola
8	Michel Adopo
29	Antoine Makoumbou
3	Tommaso Augello
19	Nadir Zortea
91	Roberto Piccoli
77	Zito Luvumbo

Cagliari Substitutes:

Leonardo Pavoletti, Gianluca Gaetano, Razvan Marin, José Palomino, Gianluca Lapadula, Mattia Felici, Giuseppe Ciocci, Mateusz Wieteska, Kingstone Mutandwa, Nicolas Viola, Jakub Jankto, Paulo Azzi, Matteo Prati, Adam Obert, Simone Scuffet.

Atalanta (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
29	Marco Carnesecchi (GK)
4	Isak Hien
23	Sead Kolasinac
3	Odilon Kossounou
13	Éderson
8	Mario Pasalic
22	Matteo Ruggeri
16	Raoul Bellanova
32	Mateo Retegui
44	Marco Brescianini
17	Charles De Ketelaere

Atalanta Substitutes:

Nicolò Zaniolo, Marten de Roon, Davide Zappacosta, Francesco Rossi, Lazar Samardzic, Berat Djimsiti, Marco Palestra, Ademola Lookman, Rafael Tolói, Rui Patrício, Sulemana, Juan Cuadrado, Ben Godfrey.

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