Cagliari 1-4 Napoli: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 3 January 2021

Result

Cagliari 1-4 Napoli

Serie A · Sunday 3 January 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Cagliari 1-4 Napoli: match report

Cagliari were beaten by Napoli 1-4 in Serie A on Sunday 3 January 2021. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Piotr Zielinski opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Cagliari's goal came from João Pedro (60'). Napoli scored through Piotr Zielinski (25'), Piotr Zielinski (62'), Hirving Lozano (74') and Lorenzo Insigne (86', penalty).

Discipline: Cagliari received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Napoli received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Cagliari were 15th on 14 points from 14 and Napoli 5th on 25 points from 13. Cagliari went on to finish that season 16th with 37 points, and Napoli 5th with 77.

Cagliari lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Napoli in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Piotr Zielinski of Napoli (9.1), level with Lorenzo Insigne (9.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Cagliari win, 1 draw and 8 for Napoli.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

25'Goal · Piotr ZielinskiNapoli · 0-1
31'Yellow card · Charalampos LykogiannisCagliari
53'Yellow card · Riccardo SottilCagliari
60'Goal · João PedroCagliari · 1-1
62'Goal · Piotr ZielinskiNapoli · 1-2
65'Second yellow · Charalampos LykogiannisCagliari
71'Yellow card · Piotr ZielinskiNapoli
74'Goal · Hirving LozanoNapoli · 1-3
84'Yellow card · Fabrizio CaligaraCagliari
86'Penalty goal · Lorenzo InsigneNapoli · 1-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cagliari 1, draws 1, Napoli 8.

Cagliari 0-1 NapoliSerie A · 16 Feb 2020
Napoli 0-1 CagliariSerie A · 25 Sep 2019
Napoli 2-1 CagliariSerie A · 5 May 2019
Cagliari 0-1 NapoliSerie A · 16 Dec 2018
Cagliari 0-5 NapoliSerie A · 26 Feb 2018
Napoli 3-0 CagliariSerie A · 1 Oct 2017

Team news

Unavailable

Karim ZedadkaNapoli · injury (Unknown Injury)
Kalidou KoulibalyNapoli · injury (Muscle Injury)
Marko RogCagliari · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Daniele RuganiCagliari · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Paolo FaragòCagliari · injury (Thigh Problems)
Victor OsimhenNapoli · injury (COVID 19)
Andrea CarboniCagliari · injury (COVID 19)
Ragnar KlavanCagliari · injury (COVID 19)
Giuseppe CiocciCagliari · injury (Shoulder Injury)
Dries MertensNapoli · injury (Distortion of the ankle)
Diego GodínCagliari · injury (Muscle Fatigue)
Adam OunasCagliari · injury (Adductor problems)
Kévin MalcuitNapoli · injury (Calf Problems)

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

Alessio Cragno, Gabriele Zappa, Sebastian Walukiewicz, Luca Ceppitelli, Charalampos Lykogiannis, Nahitan Nández, Răzvan Marin, Gastón Pereiro, João Pedro, Riccardo Sottil, Giovanni Simeone

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

David Ospina, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Konstantinos Manolas, Nikola Maksimović, Mário Rui, Fabián Ruiz, Tiemoué Bakayoko, Hirving Lozano, Piotr Zielinski, Lorenzo Insigne, Andrea Petagna