Cagliari 2-2 Sassuolo: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 26 August 2018

Result

Cagliari 2-2 Sassuolo

Serie A · Sunday 26 August 2018, 18:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

Cagliari · Sassuolo · Serie A predictions

Cagliari 2-2 Sassuolo: match report

Cagliari drew with Sassuolo 2-2 in Serie A on Sunday 26 August 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Leonardo Pavoletti opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Cagliari's goals came from Leonardo Pavoletti (10') and Leonardo Pavoletti (73'). Sassuolo scored through Domenico Berardi (53') and Kevin-Prince Boateng (90+9', penalty).

Discipline: Cagliari received 3 yellow cards; Sassuolo received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Cagliari went on to finish that season 15th with 41 points, and Sassuolo 11th with 43.

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 Leonardo Pavoletti of Cagliari (8.6), ahead of Nicolò Barella (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Cagliari win, 5 draws and 2 for Sassuolo.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Leonardo PavolettiCagliari · 1-0
  • 33'Yellow card · Manuel LocatelliSassuolo
  • 34'Yellow card · Nicolò BarellaCagliari
  • 53'Goal · Domenico BerardiSassuolo · 1-1
  • 61'Yellow card · Onur CinelCagliari
  • 62'Yellow card · MarlonSassuolo
  • 68'Yellow card · Artur IonitaCagliari
  • 70'Yellow card · Kevin-Prince BoatengSassuolo
  • 73'Goal · Leonardo PavolettiCagliari · 2-1
  • 90+2'Second yellow · MarlonSassuolo
  • 90+9'Penalty goal · Kevin-Prince BoatengSassuolo · 2-2

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Cagliari 1, draws 5, Sassuolo 2.

Team news

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

Alessio Cragno, Darijo Srna, Filippo Romagna, Ragnar Klavan, Simone Padoin, Daniele Dessena, Onur Cinel, Nicolò Barella, Artur Ioniță, Leonardo Pavoletti, Marco Sau

Sassuolo line-up (4-3-3)

Andrea Consigli, Pol Lirola, Marlon, Giangiacomo Magnani, Gianmarco Ferrari, Alfred Duncan, Manuel Locatelli, Stefano Sensi, Domenico Berardi, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Federico Di Francesco