CAGLIARI. Cagliari and Fiorentina draw 1-1. J. Pedro scored the first goal (47′) for Cagliari. R. Sottil made it even (75′). Fiorentina was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%)

Both teams missed a decisive penalty. For Cagliari didn’t score the penalty in the 68th minute. For Fiorentina missed the penalty at the 8th minute.​

Also, on the other side, C. Biraghi didn’t convert 1 penalty (8′) for ​Fiorentina.

The match was played at the Sardegna Arena stadium in Cagliari on Sunday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Gianluca Aureliano with the help of Mauro Galetto and Damiano Margani. The 4th official was Livio Marinelli. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 13.7 degrees Celsius or 56.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Fiorentina had a superior ball possession 60% while Cagliari was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Fiorentina was putting more pressure with 53 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. However, that was not enough Fiorentina to win the match​.

Cagliari shot 11 times, 2 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Fiorentina shot 15 times, 6 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Cagliari received 4 yellow cards (G. Altare, W. Mazzarri, Joao Pedro and L. Ceppitelli). On the opposite side, Fiorentina received 3 yellow cards (C. Biraghi, R. Sottil and Y. Maleh).

Also, Fiorentina didn’t finish the match with 11 players after A. Odriozola (Fiorentina) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (64′).

Standings

After playing this contest, Cagliari will have 17 points to sit in the 18th place. Regarding the opposition, Fiorentina will have 36 points like Lazio to sit in the 7th place.

Next matches

Cagliari – Formation

Cagliari started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Walter Mazzarri decided to play with the following team: Boris Radunović (7.7), Giorgio Altare (6.1), Edoardo Goldaniga (6.7), Adam Obert (7.0), Gabriele Zappa (6.3), Răzvan Marin (7.0), Alberto Grassi (6.7), Dalbert (6.4), Raoul Bellanova (5.9), João Pedro (6.4) and Gastón Pereiro (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Riccardo Ladinetti, Luigi Palomba, Simone Aresti, Luca Ceppitelli, Eldin Lolic, Lisandru Tramoni, Luca Gagliano (6.6), Iurie Iovu, Matteo Lovato (6.3) and Christos Kourfalidis (6.6).

Substitutions

Cagliari made 4 changes: G. Altare for M. Lovato (46′), A. Grassi for C. Kourfalidis (74′), H. Dalbert for L. Gagliano (81′) and E. Goldaniga for L. Ceppitelli (90′).

Best player: Boris Radunović​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cagliari was the goalkeeper: Boris Radunović. His rating is 7.72. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 5 saves.

Fiorentina – Formation

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

Vincenzo Italiano played with: Pietro Terracciano (7.0), Álvaro Odriozola (5.2), Nikola Milenković (7.7), Igor Júlio (7.5), Cristiano Biraghi (6.1), Giacomo Bonaventura (6.4), Lucas Torreira (7.1), Gaetano Castrovilli (6.9), Jonathan Ikoné (7.0), Krzysztof Piątek (7.6) and Nicolás González (7.8).

These were the players on the bench: Matija Nastasić, Bartłomiej Drągowski, Antonio Rosati, José Callejón, Aleksa Terzić, Erick Pulgar, Aleksandr Kokorin, Youssef Maleh (7.1), Lorenzo Venuti (6.9), Alfred Duncan, Riccardo Sottil and Louis Munteanu.

Substitutions

Fiorentina made 4 changes: G. Castrovilli for Y. Maleh (46′), J. Ikone for R. Sottil (60′), K. Piatek for L. Venuti (68′) and R. Sottil for M. Nastasic (90′).

Best player: Nicolás González​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Fiorentina was Nicolás González.

His rating is (7.8) with 26 passes (73% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 18 duels out of 24. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Cagliari – Fiorentina – 1-1
• Empoli – Roma – 2-4
• Milan – Juventus – 0-0
• Napoli – Salernitana – 4-1
• Spezia – Sampdoria – 1-0
• Torino – Sassuolo – 1-1