Sassuolo 6-2 Cagliari: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 21 May 2017

Result

Sassuolo 6-2 Cagliari

Serie A · Sunday 21 May 2017, 13:00 UTC · half-time 4-1

Sassuolo · Cagliari · Serie A predictions

Sassuolo 6-2 Cagliari: match report

Sassuolo beat Cagliari 6-2 in Serie A on Sunday 21 May 2017. The half-time score was 4-1.

Francesco Magnanelli opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Sassuolo's goals came from Francesco Magnanelli (7'), Domenico Berardi (12'), Matteo Politano (13'), an own goal by Marco Borriello (34'), P. Iemmello (56', penalty) and Alessandro Matri (90'). Cagliari scored through Marco Sau (25') and Artur Ionita (60').

Discipline: Sassuolo received 1 yellow card; Cagliari received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sassuolo were 11th on 46 points from 36 and Cagliari 13th on 44 points from 36. Sassuolo went on to finish that season 10th with 49 points, and Cagliari 12th with 47.

Sassuolo lined up in a 4-3-3 and Cagliari in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Francesco Magnanelli of Sassuolo (8.5), ahead of Domenico Berardi (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sassuolo wins, 4 draws and 1 for Cagliari.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Francesco MagnanelliSassuolo · 1-0
  • 12'Goal · Domenico BerardiSassuolo · 2-0
  • 13'Goal · Matteo PolitanoSassuolo · 3-0
  • 25'Goal · Marco SauCagliari · 3-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Fabio PisacaneCagliari
  • 34'Own goal · Marco BorrielloSassuolo · 4-1
  • 36'Yellow card · Federico PelusoSassuolo
  • 54'Yellow card · Mikael StahreCagliari
  • 55'Yellow card · Marco BorrielloCagliari
  • 56'Penalty goal · P. IemmelloSassuolo · 5-1
  • 60'Goal · Artur IonitaCagliari · 5-2
  • 72'Yellow card · Mauricio IslaCagliari
  • 85'Yellow card · Marco SauCagliari
  • 90'Goal · Alessandro MatriSassuolo · 6-2

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Sassuolo 0, draws 4, Cagliari 1.

Team news

Sassuolo line-up (4-3-3)

Andrea Consigli, Luca Antei, Federico Peluso, Francesco Acerbi, Pol Lirola, Francesco Magnanelli, Stefano Sensi, Alberto Aquilani, Pietro Iemmello, Matteo Politano, Domenico Berardi

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

Rafael, Bruno Alves, Mauricio Isla, Fabio Pisacane, Nicola Murru, João Pedro, Diego Farias, Simone Padoin, Marco Sau, Panagiotis Tachtsidis, Marco Borriello