FIRENZE. Fiorentina was in the end too good for Cagliari with the goal of C. Biraghi (21′ pen), N. Gonzalez (42′) and D. Vlahovic (49′). Fiorentina was vastly superior ball possession (65%) was among the key factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stadio Artemio Franchi stadium in Firenze on Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Antonio Rapuano who was helped by Giovanni Baccini and Daniele Marchi. The 4th official was Gianpiero Miele. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 16.8 degrees Celsius or 62.24 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 51%.​

Match Statistics​

Fiorentina

3 - 0

Cagliari

  • ! 65 Ball Possession 35
Shots
  • 22 Total 5
  • 6 On Target 1
  • 16 Off Target 4
  • 2 Shots blocked 0
  • 113 Attack 78
  • 38 Dangerous attack 16
  • 65 Ball safe 64
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 4 Corners 1
  • 1 Off Sides 4
Fouls
  • 10 Total 14
  • 0 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Fiorentina had a superior ball possession 65% while Cagliari was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Fiorentina was more aggressive with 38 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Fiorentina won the match​.

Fiorentina shot 22 times, 6 on target, 16 off target. Regarding the opposition, Cagliari shot 5 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Fiorentina didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Cagliari received 2 yellow cards (R. Marin and K. Balde).

Match Timeline

20'
Cristiano Biraghi (penalty)
21'
24'
Nicolás González(goal)R. Saponara
42'
48'
49'
58'
Leonardo Pavoletti - sub ->K. Balde
58'
59'
68'
Gaetano Castrovilli- sub ->Y. Maleh
68'
71'
Adam Obert- sub ->N. Nandez
74'
82'
Alfred Duncan- sub ->G. Bonaventura
82'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Milan
86
38
Inter
84
38
Napoli
79
38
Juventus
70
38
Lazio
64
38
Roma
63
38
Fiorentina
62
38
Atalanta
59
38
Hellas Verona
53
38
Torino
50
38
Sassuolo
50
38
Udinese
47
38
Bologna
46
38
Empoli
41
38
Sampdoria
36
38
Spezia
36
38
Salernitana
31
38
Cagliari
30
38
Genoa
28
38
Venezia
27
38

After this match, Fiorentina will have 15 points like Atalanta and Juventus to stay in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Cagliari will stay with 6 points like Genoa to stay in the 19th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Fiorentina will play away against Lazio on the 27th of October with a 20-11 head to head stats in favor of Lazio (5 draws).

Cagliari will host Roma on the 27th of October with a 16-6 head to head statistic in favor of Roma (9 draws).

Fiorentina – Formation

Fiorentina
G
Pietro Terracciano 1.Italy
7.4
D
Cristiano Biraghi 3.Italy
7.8
68' 21'
D
Lorenzo Venuti 23.Italy
7.0
D
Lucas Martínez Quarta 2.Argentina
7.2
D
Nikola Milenković 4.Serbia
6.8
M
Giacomo Bonaventura 5.Italy
7.1
82'
M
Lucas Torreira 18.Uruguay
6.7
82'
M
Youssef Maleh 14.Morocco
6.9
68'
F
Riccardo Saponara 8.Italy
7.4
74'
F
Dušan Vlahović 9.Serbia
7.8
49'
F
Nicolás González 22.Argentina
7.6
42'
Substitutes
G
A. Rosati 25.Italy
D
Igor 98.Brazil
D
Álvaro Odriozola 29.Spain
D
Aleksa Terzic 17.Serbia
7.0
68'
D
Matija Nastasic 55.Serbia
M
Alfred Duncan 32.Ghana
6.8
82'
M
A. Bianco 42.Italy
M
Gaetano Castrovilli 10.Italy
6.7
68'
M
Sofyan Amrabat 34.Morocco
6.2
82'
M
Marco Benassi 24.Italy
F
José Callejón 7.Spain
6.4
74'
F
Louis Munteanu 67.Romania

Fiorentina started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Vincenzo Italiano decided to play with the following team: Pietro Terracciano (7.4), Lorenzo Venuti (7.0), Nikola Milenković (6.8), Lucas Martínez Quarta (7.2), Cristiano Biraghi (7.8), Giacomo Bonaventura (7.1), Lucas Torreira (6.7), Youssef Maleh (6.9), Nicolás González (7.6), Dušan Vlahović (7.8) and Riccardo Saponara (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Alfred Duncan (6.8), Igor Júlio, Antonio Rosati, José Callejón (6.4), Alessandro Bianco, Louis Munteanu, Álvaro Odriozola, Gaetano Castrovilli (6.7), Aleksa Terzić (7.0), Sofyan Amrabat (6.2), Marco Benassi and Matija Nastasić.

Substitutions

Fiorentina made 5 changes: C. Biraghi for A. Terzic (68′), Y. Maleh for G. Castrovilli (68′), R. Saponara for J. Callejon (74′), L. Torreira for S. Amrabat (82′) and G. Bonaventura for A. Duncan (82′).

Best player: Cristiano Biraghi​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Fiorentina was Cristiano Biraghi.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 59 passes (93% accurate) and 3 key passes. He performed 6 crosses.

Cagliari – Formation

Cagliari
G
Alessio Cragno 28.Italy
6.1
D
Martín Cáceres 4.Uruguay
6.9
24'
D
L. Ceppitelli 23.Italy
6.4
D
Charalampos Lykogiannis 22.Greece
6.6
D
Andrea Carboni 44.Italy
5.9
M
Gabriele Zappa 25.Italy
6.8
58'
M
Răzvan Marin 8.Romania
6.2
48'
M
Alessandro Deiola 14.Italy
6.8
59'
M
Nahitan Nández 18.Uruguay
6.3
71'
F
JP Galvão 10.Italy
6.6
F
Keita Baldé 9.Senegal
6.3
58' 20'
Substitutes
G
Boris Radunović 31.Serbia
G
Simone Aresti 1.Italy
D
Adam Obert 33.Slovakia
7.0
71'
D
Giorgio Altare 15.Italy
D
Raoul Bellanova 12.Italy
6.4
24'
M
Alberto Grassi 27.Italy
6.4
59'
M
Gastón Pereiro 20.Uruguay
6.4
58'
F
Diego Farias 17.Brazil
F
Leonardo Pavoletti 30.Italy
6.2
58'

Cagliari started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

On the other side, Walter Mazzarri played with: Alessio Cragno (6.1), Martín Cáceres (6.9), Luca Ceppitelli (6.4), Andrea Carboni (5.9), Charalampos Lykogiannis (6.6), Gabriele Zappa (6.8), Alessandro Deiola (6.8), Răzvan Marin (6.2), Nahitan Nández (6.3), Keita Baldé (6.3) and João Pedro (6.6).

These were the players on the bench: Adam Obert (7.0), Diego Farias, Alberto Grassi (6.4), Giorgio Altare, Leonardo Pavoletti (6.2), Boris Radunović, Gastón Pereiro (6.4), Raoul Bellanova (6.4) and Simone Aresti.

Cagliari could not rely on the presence of R. Bellanova (injured) and A. Obert (injured).

Substitutions

Cagliari made 5 changes: M. Caceres for R. Bellanova (24′), K. Balde for L. Pavoletti (58′), G. Zappa for G. Pereiro (58′), A. Deiola for A. Grassi (59′) and N. Nandez for A. Obert (71′).

Best player: Adam Obert​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cagliari was Adam Obert.

His rating is (7.0) with 5 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 71′.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​