Cagliari vs Napoli — Serie A 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on xG from last 24+ matches
Cagliari27%
Napoli45%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50% correct across 579,794 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.2% correct · Away picks 49.2% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Napoli creates 41% more chances
Season form · 26 home / 24 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under61
- Over39
Fewer than 3 goals likely
Both teams score
- No56
- Yes44
One side may not score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Cagliari ↓
Most likely 0–1 (14%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Cagliari at home — creates 0.96, concedes 1.26 · 26 matches
Napoli away — creates 1.36, concedes 0.90 · 24 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Cagliari attack 0.96 + Napoli defence 0.90 → ÷2 → 0.93
Napoli attack 1.36 + Cagliari defence 1.26 → ÷2 → 1.31
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 45%?"
Napoli at 45% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 45% does not mean "Napoli will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
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Statistics
Cagliari host Napoli on Sunday, 16 February 2020 at 17:00. The match is part of the Serie A 2026/2027 season.
Match Recap: Cagliari vs Napoli
Napoli beat Cagliari 1-0 in Serie A on February 16, 2020.
Goals: Dries Mertens (65').
Napoli controlled possession (56%) and registered 14 shots to 10.
The match was played at Sardegna Arena in Cagliari.