Napoli 3-0 Cagliari: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 1 October 2017
Result
Napoli 3-0 Cagliari
Serie A · Sunday 1 October 2017, 10:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
Napoli 3-0 Cagliari: match report
Napoli defeated Cagliari 3-0 in Serie A on Sunday 1 October 2017. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Marek Hamsik opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Napoli's goals came from Marek Hamsik (4'), Dries Mertens (40', penalty) and Kalidou Koulibaly (47'). Cagliari did not score.
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Napoli were 1st on 18 points from 6 and Cagliari 14th on 6 points from 6. Napoli went on to finish that season 2nd with 91 points, and Cagliari 16th with 39.
Napoli lined up in a 4-3-3 and Cagliari in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Dries Mertens of Napoli (9.7), ahead of Kalidou Koulibaly (8.6).
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-W-W-W-W and Cagliari's L-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Marek Hamsik
- 40'Penalty goal · Dries Mertens
- 47'Goal · Kalidou Koulibaly
Head-to-head
Team news
Napoli line-up (4-3-3)
Pepe Reina, Elseid Hysaj, Kalidou Koulibaly, Faouzi Ghoulam, Raúl Albiol, Allan, Jorginho, Marek Hamšík, Juanmi Callejón, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne
Cagliari line-up (4-3-1-2)
Alessio Cragno, Marco Andreolli, Filippo Romagna, Simone Padoin, Marco Capuano, Onur Cinel, João Pedro, Nicolò Barella, Artur Ioniță, Marco Sau, Leonardo Pavoletti