Sassuolo 2:1 Cagliari: xG & match report · Serie A

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Match report · Serie A

Sassuolo Home 0.47 xG · 9 shots

Cagliari Away 1.63 xG · 11 shots

21 The result went against the chances

Goals

31' Sebastiano Esposito (pen.) Cagliari · 0.82 xG chance 0–1
50' Ulisses Garcia Sassuolo · 0.06 xG chance 1–1
78' Andrea Pinamonti Sassuolo · 0.10 xG chance 2–1

The shots behind it

Sassuolo Cagliari

Shots: 9; 11
On target: 2; 3
Inside the box: 5; 8
xG per shot: 0.05; 0.15
Open play xG: 0.27; 0.67
Set-piece xG: 0.21; 0.20
Penalties: 0; 1

Shot-level xG may differ from the published match total

The provider publishes the match total separately from its shot-by-shot values. Those values are rounded to two decimals and, leaving out penalties and own goals, add up to its non-penalty xG: 0.47 for Sassuolo and 0.84 for Cagliari.

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All shots

20 shots · 2.17 xG

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Last 6 · xG per match

Sassuolo

1.10 xG created 1.60 xGA

W 1.37 created, 0.54 conceded against Udinese
W 2.00 created, 0.65 conceded against Hellas Verona
W 1.52 created, 2.98 conceded against Atalanta
L 0.67 created, 2.59 conceded against Lazio
L 0.54 created, 0.70 conceded against Bologna
D 0.48 created, 2.13 conceded against Juventus

Cagliari

0.72 xG created 1.35 xGA

L 1.01 created, 1.35 conceded against Lecce
D 0.67 created, 0.69 conceded against Lazio
D 0.52 created, 1.28 conceded against Parma
L 0.47 created, 0.55 conceded against Como
L 1.31 created, 2.47 conceded against Pisa
L 0.35 created, 1.77 conceded against Napoli

xG created xG conceded (xGA) W / D / L: the match result

Head to head

Sassuolo: 1 won · 0 drawn · 0 lost

Cagliari 1:2 Sassuolo 30/10/2025 xG 0.72 – 0.56

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