Sassuolo 3-0 Cagliari: result and report

Sassuolo 3-0 Cagliari

Serie A · Saturday 26 January 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Sassuolo · Cagliari · Serie A predictions

Sassuolo beat Cagliari 3-0 in Serie A on Saturday 26 January 2019. The half-time score was 2-0.

Manuel Locatelli opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Sassuolo's goals came from Manuel Locatelli (9'), Khouma Babacar (45+4', penalty) and Alessandro Matri (87'). Cagliari did not score.

Discipline: Sassuolo received 1 yellow card; Cagliari received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Sassuolo were 12th on 26 points from 20 and Cagliari 13th on 21 points from 20. Sassuolo went on to finish that season 11th with 43 points, and Cagliari 15th with 41.

Sassuolo lined up in a 4-3-3 and Cagliari in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Andrea Consigli of Sassuolo (7.8), level with Manuel Locatelli (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sassuolo wins, 6 draws and 1 for Cagliari.

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