Cagliari 0-5 Napoli: result and report

Serie A · Monday 26 February 2018

Result

Cagliari 0-5 Napoli

Serie A · Monday 26 February 2018, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-2

Cagliari · Napoli · Serie A predictions

Cagliari 0-5 Napoli: match report

Cagliari were beaten by Napoli 0-5 in Serie A on Monday 26 February 2018. It was 0-2 at half-time.

José Callejón opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Cagliari did not score. Napoli scored through José Callejón (29'), Dries Mertens (42'), Marek Hamsik (61'), Lorenzo Insigne (72', penalty) and Mário Rui (90').

Discipline: Cagliari received 2 yellow cards; Napoli received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Cagliari were 14th on 25 points from 25 and Napoli 1st on 66 points from 25. Cagliari went on to finish that season 16th with 39 points, and Napoli 2nd with 91.

Cagliari lined up in a 3-5-2 and Napoli in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lorenzo Insigne of Napoli (9.0), ahead of Allan (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Cagliari wins, 2 draws and 8 for Napoli.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · José CallejónNapoli · 0-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Kalidou KoulibalyNapoli
  • 35'Yellow card · Nicolò BarellaCagliari
  • 42'Goal · Dries MertensNapoli · 0-2
  • 61'Goal · Marek HamsikNapoli · 0-3
  • 71'Yellow card · Leandro CastánCagliari
  • 72'Penalty goal · Lorenzo InsigneNapoli · 0-4
  • 90'Goal · Mário RuiNapoli · 0-5

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cagliari 0, draws 2, Napoli 8.

Team news

Cagliari line-up (3-5-2)

Alessio Cragno, Filippo Romagna, Leandro Castán, Luca Ceppitelli, João Pedro, Paolo Faragò, Nicolò Barella, Simone Padoin, Charalampos Lykogiannis, Leonardo Pavoletti, Han Kwang-Sŏng

Napoli line-up (4-3-3)

Pepe Reina, Mário Rui, Elseid Hysaj, Kalidou Koulibaly, Raúl Albiol, Allan, Jorginho, Marek Hamšík, Juanmi Callejón, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne