Napoli 3-1 Cagliari: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 6 May 2017

Result

Napoli 3-1 Cagliari

Serie A · Saturday 6 May 2017, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Napoli · Cagliari · Serie A predictions

Napoli 3-1 Cagliari: match report

Napoli beat Cagliari 3-1 in Serie A on Saturday 6 May 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.

Dries Mertens opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Napoli's goals came from Dries Mertens (2'), Dries Mertens (49') and Lorenzo Insigne (67'). Cagliari scored through Diego Farias (90+2').

Discipline: Napoli received 1 yellow card; Cagliari received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Napoli were 3rd on 74 points from 34 and Cagliari 14th on 41 points from 34. Napoli went on to finish that season 3rd with 86 points, and Cagliari 12th with 47.

Napoli lined up in a 4-3-3 and Cagliari in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dries Mertens of Napoli (10.0), ahead of Lorenzo Insigne (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Napoli wins, 3 draws and 0 for Cagliari.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Dries MertensNapoli · 1-0
  • 49'Goal · Dries MertensNapoli · 2-0
  • 55'Yellow card · Piotr ZielinskiNapoli
  • 67'Goal · Lorenzo InsigneNapoli · 3-0
  • 90+2'Goal · Diego FariasCagliari · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Napoli 7, draws 3, Cagliari 0.

Team news

Napoli line-up (4-3-3)

Pepe Reina, Elseid Hysaj, Vlad Chiricheș, Faouzi Ghoulam, Raúl Albiol, Jorginho, Marek Hamšík, Piotr Zielinski, Juanmi Callejón, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne

Cagliari line-up (4-5-1)

Rafael, Bruno Alves, Fabio Pisacane, Nicola Murru, Bartosz Salamon, Mauricio Isla, Nicolò Barella, Simone Padoin, Artur Ioniță, Marco Sau, Marco Borriello