Sassuolo 2-1 Cagliari: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 4 April 2026
Result
Sassuolo 2-1 Cagliari
Serie A · Saturday 4 April 2026, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Sassuolo 2-1 Cagliari: match report
Sassuolo beat Cagliari 2-1 in Serie A on Saturday 4 April 2026. The half-time score was 0-1.
Sebastiano Esposito opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Sassuolo's goals came from Ulisses Garcia (50') and Andrea Pinamonti (78'). Cagliari scored through Sebastiano Esposito (30', penalty).
Discipline: Sassuolo received 1 yellow card; Cagliari received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Sassuolo were 10th on 39 points from 30 and Cagliari 15th on 30 points from 30. Sassuolo went on to finish that season 11th with 49 points, and Cagliari 14th with 43.
Sassuolo lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cagliari in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sebastiano Esposito of Cagliari (7.7), ahead of Ulisses Garcia (7.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sassuolo wins, 5 draws and 3 for Cagliari.
Going into the match Sassuolo's last five read D-L-L-W-W and Cagliari's L-L-L-D-D.
Key events
- 29'Yellow card · Andrea Pinamonti
- 30'Penalty goal · Sebastiano Esposito
- 50'Goal · Ulisses Garcia
- 78'Goal · Andrea Pinamonti
Head-to-head
Team news
Sassuolo line-up (4-2-3-1)
Arijanet Murić, Sebastian Walukiewicz, Filippo Romagna, Jay Idzes, Ulisses Garcia, Ismaël Koné, Kristian Thorstvedt, Domenico Berardi, Cristian Volpato, Armand Laurienté, Andrea Pinamonti
Cagliari line-up (3-5-2)
Elia Caprile, Zé Pedro, Yerry Mina, Juan Rodríguez, Marco Palestra, Michel Adopo, Gianluca Gaetano, Alessandro Deiola, Adam Obert, Sebastiano Esposito, Michael Folorunsho