Atalanta — Cagliari 1:2, 12 September: match result

match finished Serie A · Matchday 4 Saturday 12 September · 18:45 UTC

Atalanta 11th · 6 pts LLLWW

1 : 2 1st half 1:1

Cagliari 3th · 12 pts WWWLW

New Balance Arena · referee A. Arena

Match predictionBold

Cagliari under 1.5 goals

75% · Cagliari average 1 goals per game

Prediction missed. We predicted “Cagliari under 1.5 goals”, and the match finished 1:2.

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our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Atalanta 39% draw 29% Cagliari 32%

The model was wrong

The most likely outcome was Atalanta win, and the match finished 1:2. Fans backed Atalanta win — they got it wrong.

fans 36 votes

Atalanta 47% draw 20% Cagliari 33%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

P. Mendy assist: M. Adopo 0-1 19'

G. Scamacca assist: C. De Ketelaere 1-1 41'

A. Fadera for J. Fazzini 57'

D. Maldini penalty 1-2 61'

N. Krstovic for G. Scamacca 68'

L. Bernasconi for S. Kolasinac 68'

Y. Sugawara for J. Pedro 68'

G. Raspadori for L. Samardzic 77'

R. Kofler for D. Maldini 79'

Kevin for P. Mendy 79'

M. Pasalic for F. Kessie 86'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Atalanta 4-3-3 · Maurizio Sarri 4-4-1-1 · Fabio Pisacane Cagliari

Marco Carnesecchi  
Raoul Bellanova  3 Odilon Kossounou  42 Giorgio Scalvini  23 Sead Kolašinac  
Lazar Samardžić  19 Franck Kessié  13 Éderson  
Charles De Ketelaere  9 Gianluca Scamacca  11 Jonathan Rowe  

Paul Mendy  
Daniel Maldini  
Michel Adopo  4 Alessandro Romano  6 Harry Winks  10 Jacopo Fazzini  
Zé Pedro  14 Alessandro Deiola  15 Juan Rodríguez  33 Adam Obert  
Elia Caprile  

Atalanta bench

77Davide Zappacosta
99Eljif Elmas
18Giacomo Raspadori
47Lorenzo Bernasconi
57Marco Sportiello
8Mario Pašalić
59Nicola Zalewski
90Nikola Krstović
40Relja Obrić
31Thomas Kristensen
22Thomas Pompei

Cagliari bench

12Alen Sherri
35Alessandro Sugamele
39Alieu Fadera
23Boris Radunović
30Demi Akarakiri
24Giuseppe Aurelio
32Ivan Sulev
27Joseph Liteta
9Kevin Carlos Omoruyi
22Raphael Kofler
20Riccardo Ciervo
21Roberto Gagliardini
79Yanis Massolin
26Yerry Mina
28Yukinari Sugawara

Match stats

19 metrics for the full match

62%Possession38%

22Shots5

4Shots on target5

10Shots off target0

8Blocked shots0

13Shots inside box3

9Shots outside box2

153Attacks50

87Dangerous attacks14

3Corners2

1Offsides2

9Fouls8

3Saves3

693Passes440

634Accurate passes375

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties1

Atalanta

CagliariThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Atalanta and Cagliari met on matchday 4 of the Serie A on 12 September at New Balance Arena. Final score — 1:2.

Atalanta sit 11th on 6 points after 5 matches (2 wins, 0 draws, 3 losses), winless in 3 matches. Cagliari sit 3th on 12 points after 5 matches (4 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss), unbeaten in 3 matches, 3 matches without conceding.

Of the last 2 meetings Atalanta won 1, Cagliari won 1. Aggregate score — 4:4.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Atalanta last five Cagliari

LLLWW form WWWLW

5 Matches 5

2 — 0 — 3 Wins — draws — defeats 4 — 0 — 1

5 — 7 Scored — conceded 5 — 2

1.2 Points per game 2.4

1 Goals scored per game 1

1 Clean sheets 3

1 Failed to score 1

winless in 3 Current streak unbeaten in 3

Atalanta at home: 3 matches, 2 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 4—3, 2 points per match.

Cagliari away: 3 matches, 3 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses, goals 4—1, 3 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

1 Atalanta win 0 draws 1 Cagliari win goals 4:4 Atalanta — Cagliari

27/04/2026	Cagliari — Atalanta	3:2	Serie A
13/12/2025	Atalanta — Cagliari	2:1	Serie A

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
3	Lazio	5	4	1	0	8—3	13
4	Cagliari	5	4	0	1	5—2	12
5	Frosinone	5	3	1	1	9—4	10
…
11	Lecce	4	2	0	2	5—7	6
12	Atalanta	5	2	0	3	5—7	6
13	Udinese	3	1	1	1	5—5	4

Full Serie A table

Atalanta — Cagliari, 12 September 2026, 18:45 UTC : score 1:2