Cagliari 0-1 Sassuolo: result and report

Serie A · Wednesday 20 September 2017

Result

Cagliari 0-1 Sassuolo

Serie A · Wednesday 20 September 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Cagliari · Sassuolo · Serie A predictions

Cagliari 0-1 Sassuolo: match report

Cagliari were beaten by Sassuolo 0-1 in Serie A on Wednesday 20 September 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Alessandro Matri of Sassuolo in the 59th minute, from the penalty spot.

Discipline: Cagliari received 3 yellow cards; Sassuolo received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cagliari were 10th on 6 points from 4 and Sassuolo 17th on 1 point from 4. Cagliari went on to finish that season 16th with 39 points, and Sassuolo 11th with 43.

Cagliari lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Sassuolo in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Francesco Acerbi of Sassuolo (8.0), ahead of Alessio Cragno (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Cagliari win, 4 draws and 1 for Sassuolo.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Nicolò BarellaCagliari
  • 29'Yellow card · Luca CeppitelliCagliari
  • 31'Missed penalty · Alessandro MatriSassuolo
  • 59'Penalty goal · Alessandro MatriSassuolo · 0-1
  • 71'Yellow card · Francesco MagnanelliSassuolo
  • 82'Yellow card · Paolo CannavaroSassuolo
  • 84'Yellow card · Pol LirolaSassuolo
  • 90+3'Yellow card · N. GiannettiCagliari

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Cagliari 1, draws 4, Sassuolo 1.

Team news

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

Alessio Cragno, Fabio Pisacane, Simone Padoin, Luca Ceppitelli, Marco Capuano, Onur Cinel, João Pedro, Nicolò Barella, Artur Ioniță, Diego Farias, Leonardo Pavoletti

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

Andrea Consigli, Francesco Acerbi, Paolo Cannavaro, Timo Letschert, Francesco Magnanelli, Simone Missiroli, Pol Lirola, Alfred Duncan, Claud Adjapong, Alessandro Matri, Matteo Politano