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% Ball Possession CAGLIARI and % Ball Possession NAPOLI
Cagliari 1 – 1 Napoli
95′ Zito Luvumbo                       65′ Victor Osimhem
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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Napoli, 9th position with 36 points and a positive goal difference of +5
Cagliari, 19th position with 19 points and a negative goal difference of -23

Napoli under pressure to improve their performance. Cagliari and Napoli ended the Serie A Week 26 game with a draw on Sunday 25 February 2024 at the Unipol Domus in Cagliari, Italy. This is the second draw in a row for Cagliari, who now join Hellas Verona and Sassuolo on 20 points. However, the bad period continues for Napoli, which remains in ninth position with only 37 points. Napoli with the last home draw 1-1 with Genoa which cost Walter Mazzarri the bench. This week, the Neapolitans faced Barcelona for the first leg of the Champions League round of 16: Calzona’s debut on the bench saw his team draw 1-1 against the Blaugrana. Cagliari believed in it until the end and found the equalizer with the last ball of the match. A mockery therefore for Napoli and for Calzona, making his championship debut today. A ray of hope?

The goals both arrived in the second half: in the 65th minute Raspadori recovered the ball high on the right, then crossed towards the far post where Osimhen had left his mark well and only had to head it into the net.

Napoli got the opening score in the 65th minute. Nigerian forward Victor Osimhen defeated Cagliari goalkeeper Simone Scuffet from very close range with a headed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Giacomo Raspadori.

👉Cagliari 0 – 1 Napoli, 65th minute ⚽️ goal by Victor Osimhen for @en_sscnapoli from very close range with a headed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Giacomo Raspadori. https://t.co/c9JNCbvYuM

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) February 25, 2024

VICTOR OSIMHEN IS BACK ON THE SCORESHEET FOR NAPOLI IN SERIE A 💥 pic.twitter.com/TCG67boJB3

— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) February 25, 2024

Cagliari crushed Napoli’s hope to get this victoy by equalizing in the 85th minute. It is Zito Luvumbo to defeat Napoli goalkeeper Alex Meret with a right footed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Alberto Dossena.

👉Cagliari 1 – 1 Napoli, 95th minute ⚽️ goal by Zito Luvumbo equalized for @CagliariCalcio with a right footed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Alberto Dossena. https://t.co/ctqossY8QM pic.twitter.com/ijyEm9m63t

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) February 25, 2024

✅ Stats before the game: Cagliari have won only one of their last 25 matches against Napoli in Serie A (7D, 17L); furthermore, in none of the last 14 matches have the Sardinians scored more than one goal against the Neapolitans, scoring seven goals, none of which during the first half. Napoli have won six of the last seven away matches against Cagliari in Serie A (1N), scoring on average 2.9 goals per game in the set, although the only draw in the period came in the most recent match: 1-1 on 21 February 2022, on the 26th day of the championship. After a home run of four wins and two draws in Serie A, Cagliari have lost their last two home games and the last time they suffered three home defeats in a row in the same top flight dates back to March-April 2022, under the guide of Walter Mazzarri. Napoli have never repeated the same result twice in a row in the last 10 games played in Serie A (3W, 3D, 4L); furthermore, the Neapolitans have not scored in five away games in a row (1D, 4P) and in a single top-flight championship they have not done worse since April 1973 – a series that even reached 14, with Giuseppe Chiappella as coach. Napoli have 29 points less than the same point in the last championship: no reigning champion team had ever had such a negative difference after 24 games played compared to the previous season in the history of the single-group Serie A – the record belonged to Milan 1957 /58 (-26 points, counting 3 points per victory all along).

👉 Lineup CAGLIARI (4-3-1-2): Scuffet; Nandez, Mina, Dossena, Augello; Jankto, Makoumbou, Deiola; Gaetano; Luvumbo, Lapadula

👉 Lineup NAPOLI (4-3-3): Meret; Mazzocchi, Rrahmani, Juan Jesus, Olivera; Anguissa, Lobotka, Zielinski; Raspadori, Osimhen, Kvaratskhelia

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👉First half Cagliari 0 – 0 Napoli

⚽️ Goals: 0

🟨 Booked: 36′ Gianluca Lapadula (C

Corners: Cagliari 3, Napoli 1

✍ Ball Possession: 25% @CagliariCalcio and 75% @en_sscnapoli

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— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) February 25, 2024

👉Result Cagliari 1 – 1 Napoli

⚽️ Goals: 65′ Osimhen (N), 95′ Luvumbo (C)

🟨Booked: 36′ Lapadula (C ), 48′ Luvumbo (C), 68′ Nández (C), 86′ Deiola (C), 91′ M. Olivera (N)

✍Ball Possession: 29% @CagliariCalcio and 71% @en_sscnapoli

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— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) February 25, 2024

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2023-2024 Italian Serie A Week 26

Cagliari 1 – 1 Napoli
Sunday 25 February 2024
Unipol Domus
Cagliari, Italy

15:00

Referee: PAIRETTO
Assistants: ROSSI L. – MASTRODONATO
Fourth Official: GUALTIERI
VAR: MARINI
AVAR: DI PAOLO

⚽️ Goals:

🟨 Booked:

✅ Official Lineups – Formations – Tabellino:

👉 Lineup CAGLIARI (4-3-1-2): Scuffet; Nandez, Mina, Dossena, Augello; Jankto, Makoumbou, Deiola; Gaetano; Luvumbo, Lapadula

Subs: Radunovic, Aresti, Viola, Prati, Oristanio, Wieteska, Zappa, Pavoletti, Petagna, Obert, Azzi, Di Pardo

Coach: Claudio Ranieri

👉 Lineup NAPOLI (4-3-3): Meret; Mazzocchi, Rrahmani, Juan Jesus, Olivera; Anguissa, Lobotka, Zielinski; Raspadori, Osimhen, Kvaratskhelia

Subs: Gollini, Contini, Ostigard, Natan, Mario Rui, Traorè, Cajuste, Dendoncker, Lindstrom, Politano, Simeone

Coach: Calzona