Napoli 2-1 Cagliari: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 20 March 2011

Result

Napoli 2-1 Cagliari

Serie A · Sunday 20 March 2011, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Napoli · Cagliari · Serie A predictions

Napoli 2-1 Cagliari: match report

Napoli won against Cagliari 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 20 March 2011. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Edinson Cavani opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Napoli's goals came from Edinson Cavani (49', penalty) and Edinson Cavani (61'). Cagliari scored through Robert Acquafresca (57').

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

Going into the game Napoli were 4th on 56 points from 29 and Cagliari 11th on 39 points from 29. Napoli went on to finish that season 3rd with 70 points, and Cagliari 14th with 45.

Napoli lined up in a 3-4-3 and Cagliari in a 4-3-2-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Napoli win, 3 draws and 3 for Cagliari.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · Daniele ContiCagliari
  • 48'Yellow card · Lorenzo AriaudoCagliari
  • 49'Penalty goal · Edinson CavaniNapoli · 1-0
  • 57'Goal · Robert AcquafrescaCagliari · 1-1
  • 61'Goal · Edinson CavaniNapoli · 2-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Davide BiondiniCagliari
  • 87'Yellow card · Ezequiel LavezziNapoli

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Napoli 1, draws 3, Cagliari 3.

Team news

Napoli line-up (3-4-3)

Morgan De Sanctis, Víctor Ruiz, Andrea Dossena, Fabiano Santacroce, Camilo Zúñiga, Paolo Cannavaro, Marek Hamšík, Hassan Yebda, Edinson Cavani, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Michele Pazienza

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

Michael Agazzi, Lorenzo Ariaudo, Michele Canini, Gabriele Perico, Alessandro Agostini, Radja Nainggolan, Daniele Conti, Andrea Cossu, Davide Biondini, Simone Missiroli, Robert Acquafresca