Cagliari 2-1 Sampdoria: result and report

Serie A · Monday 26 September 2016

Result

Cagliari 2-1 Sampdoria

Serie A · Monday 26 September 2016, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Cagliari 2-1 Sampdoria: match report

Cagliari won against Sampdoria 2-1 in Serie A on Monday 26 September 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

João Pedro opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Cagliari's goals came from João Pedro (37') and Federico Melchiorri (88'). Sampdoria scored through Bruno Fernandes (86').

Discipline: Cagliari received 2 yellow cards; Sampdoria received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cagliari were 17th on 4 points from 5 and Sampdoria 14th on 6 points from 5. Cagliari went on to finish that season 12th with 47 points, and Sampdoria 11th with 48.

Cagliari lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Sampdoria in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Karol Linetty of Sampdoria (8.0), ahead of Luca Ceppitelli (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Cagliari wins, 3 draws and 3 for Sampdoria.

Going into the match Cagliari's last five read L-W-L-D-L and Sampdoria's L-L-L-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · Luis MurielSampdoria
  • 37'Goal · João PedroCagliari · 1-0
  • 49'Yellow card · Milan SkriniarSampdoria
  • 65'Yellow card · Onur CinelSampdoria
  • 69'Yellow card · Mauricio IslaCagliari
  • 86'Goal · Bruno FernandesSampdoria · 1-1
  • 88'Goal · Federico MelchiorriCagliari · 2-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Simone PadoinCagliari

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cagliari 4, draws 3, Sampdoria 3.

Team news

Cagliari line-up (4-3-1-2)

Marco Storari, Bruno Alves, Fabio Pisacane, Luca Ceppitelli, Nicola Murru, Mauricio Isla, João Pedro, Simone Padoin, Panagiotis Tachtsidis, Marco Borriello, Marco Sau

Sampdoria line-up (4-3-1-2)

Emiliano Viviano, Pedro Pereira, Vasco Regini, Matías Silvestre, Milan Škriniar, Ricardo Álvarez, Karol Linetty, Dennis Praet, Onur Cinel, Luis Muriel, Fabio Quagliarella