Napoli 2-1 Cagliari: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 5 May 2019

Result

Napoli 2-1 Cagliari

Serie A · Sunday 5 May 2019, 18:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

Napoli · Cagliari · Serie A predictions

Napoli 2-1 Cagliari: match report

Napoli beat Cagliari 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 5 May 2019. The half-time score was 0-0.

Leonardo Pavoletti opened the scoring in the 63rd minute. Napoli's goals came from Dries Mertens (85') and Lorenzo Insigne (90+8', penalty). Cagliari scored through Leonardo Pavoletti (63').

Discipline: Napoli received 2 yellow cards; Cagliari received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Napoli were 2nd on 70 points from 34 and Cagliari 13th on 40 points from 34. Napoli went on to finish that season 2nd with 79 points, and Cagliari 15th with 41.

Napoli lined up in a 4-4-2 and Cagliari in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Dries Mertens of Napoli (8.3), ahead of Faouzi Ghoulam (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 61'Yellow card · Amin YounesNapoli
  • 63'Goal · Leonardo PavolettiCagliari · 0-1
  • 72'Yellow card · Alberto CerriCagliari
  • 85'Goal · Dries MertensNapoli · 1-1
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Onur CinelCagliari
  • 90+7'Red card · Artur IonitaCagliari
  • 90+8'Penalty goal · Lorenzo InsigneNapoli · 2-1
  • 90+9'Yellow card · Lorenzo InsigneNapoli
  • 90+11'Yellow card · Nicolò BarellaCagliari

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Napoli line-up (4-4-2)

Alex Meret, Elseid Hysaj, Raúl Albiol, Kalidou Koulibaly, Faouzi Ghoulam, Mike van Dijk, Allan, Piotr Zielinski, Ahmad Nurosadi, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne

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

Alessio Cragno, Fabrizio Cacciatore, Luca Ceppitelli, Filippo Romagna, Charalampos Lykogiannis, Alessandro Deiola, Onur Cinel, Artur Ioniță, Nicolò Barella, Leonardo Pavoletti, Alberto Cerri