Cagliari 4-3 Sassuolo: result and report
Serie A · Thursday 22 December 2016
Result
Cagliari 4-3 Sassuolo
Serie A · Thursday 22 December 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-2
Cagliari 4-3 Sassuolo: match report
Cagliari defeated Sassuolo 4-3 in Serie A on Thursday 22 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-2.
Marco Sau opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Cagliari's goals came from Marco Sau (14'), Marco Borriello (62'), Diego Farias (73') and Diego Farias (75'). Sassuolo scored through Claud Adjapong (29'), Lorenzo Pellegrini (33') and Francesco Acerbi (58', penalty).
Discipline: Cagliari received 3 yellow cards; Sassuolo received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Cagliari were 16th on 20 points from 17 and Sassuolo 14th on 20 points from 17. Cagliari went on to finish that season 12th with 47 points, and Sassuolo 10th with 49.
Cagliari lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Sassuolo in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Diego Farias of Cagliari (9.2), ahead of Davide Di Gennaro (8.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Cagliari wins, 4 draws and 0 for Sassuolo.
Key events
- 2'Yellow card · Antonino Ragusa
- 14'Goal · Marco Sau
- 18'Yellow card · Claud Adjapong
- 29'Goal · Claud Adjapong
- 33'Goal · Lorenzo Pellegrini
- 34'Red card · Lorenzo Pellegrini
- 45'Yellow card · Diego Farias
- 49'Yellow card · Davide Di Gennaro
- 58'Penalty goal · Francesco Acerbi
- 62'Goal · Marco Borriello
- 67'Yellow card · Simone Padoin
- 73'Goal · Diego Farias
- 75'Goal · Diego Farias
- 77'Yellow card · Luca Mazzitelli
Head-to-head
Team news
Cagliari line-up (4-3-1-2)
Rafael, Bruno Alves, Fabio Pisacane, Marco Capuano, Bartosz Salamon, Daniele Dessena, Davide Di Gennaro, Nicolò Barella, Simone Padoin, Diego Farias, Marco Sau
Sassuolo line-up (4-3-3)
Andrea Consigli, Luca Antei, Federico Peluso, Francesco Acerbi, Pol Lirola, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Stefano Sensi, Luca Mazzitelli, Grégoire Defrel, Antonino Ragusa, Claud Adjapong