Italian Serie A

FT Friday, March 20, 2026
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Cagliari LDDLL 0
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Match Report

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McTominay goal takes in-form Napoli up to 2nd in Serie A

A Scott McTominay goal saw Napoli win 1-0 at Cagliari to move into second place in Serie A on Friday.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
7
Corner Kicks
2
0
Saves
4
67.2
Possession
32.8
17
SHOTS
7
5
ON GOAL
0
0.3
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
613
Accurate Passes
256
682
Passes
324
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
1
14
Crosses
15
0.1
Cross %
0.1
39
Long Balls
61
18
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
8
Blocked Shots
0
5
Effective Tackles
10
9
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
3
Interceptions
8
24
Effective Clearances
23
24
Clearances
23

Head to Head

NAP leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

CAG · 3-5-2

  1. 1Elia CaprileG
  2. 26Yerry MinaCD
  3. 22Alberto DossenaCD-L
  4. 32Zé PedroCD-R
  5. 25SulemanaCM-L
  6. 8Michel AdopoCM-R
  7. 10Gianluca GaetanoAM
  8. 15Juan RodríguezLM
  9. 2Marco PalestraRM
  10. 90Michael FolorunshoCF-L
  11. 94Sebastiano EspositoCF-R

NAP · 3-4-2-1

  1. 32Vanja Milinkovic-SavicG
  2. 4Alessandro BuongiornoCD
  3. 17Mathías OliveraCD-L
  4. 31Sam BeukemaCD-R
  5. 68Stanislav LobotkaCM-L
  6. 6Billy GilmourCM-R
  7. 3Miguel GutiérrezLM
  8. 21Matteo PolitanoRM
  9. 19Rasmus HøjlundF
  10. 8Scott McTominayCF-L
  11. 11Kevin De BruyneCF-R

Timeline

  1. 2' Goal! Cagliari 0, Napoli 1. Scott McTominay (Napoli) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a corner.
  2. 17' Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 35' Zé Pedro (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 55' Substitution, Napoli. Alisson Santos replaces Stanislav Lobotka.
  5. 65' Substitution, Cagliari. Semih Kiliçsoy replaces Michael Folorunsho.
  6. 69' Mathías Olivera (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 73' Substitution, Cagliari. Alessandro Deiola replaces Michel Adopo.
  8. 73' Substitution, Cagliari. Paul Mendy replaces Zé Pedro.
  9. 77' Substitution, Napoli. Frank Anguissa replaces Billy Gilmour.
  10. 77' Substitution, Napoli. Leonardo Spinazzola replaces Matteo Politano.
  11. 84' Substitution, Napoli. Juan Jesus replaces Mathías Olivera.
  12. 84' Substitution, Cagliari. Yael Trepy replaces Sebastiano Esposito.
  13. 84' Substitution, Cagliari. Othniël Raterink replaces Juan Rodríguez.
  14. 90'+4' Alberto Dossena (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card.

Serie A News

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