Cagliari 1–2 Sassuolo
- Esposito 73'
- Laurienté 54'
- Pinamonti 65'
30 October 2025
The match in data
Sassuolo got the better of Cagliari, 2–1, on 30 October 2025, on matchday 9 of the 2025-26 Serie A.
Player of the match: Gabriele Zappa (Cagliari), rated 73, thanks above all to 3 interceptions and 3 final-third passes. Zappa produced 1.2 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.2 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Sassuolo, the highest-rated player was Andrea Pinamonti, with 71.
Gabriele Zappa
Cagliari · 62'
Produced 1.17× and cost 0.24× their position's average
- 3 interceptions 4.0×
- 3 final-third passes 0.9×
- 37 passes 1.2×
- 4 misplaced passes 0.9×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gianluca Gaetano | Midfielder | 28 | 74 |
| Gabriele Zappa ★ | Defender | 62 | 73 |
| Sebastiano Esposito | Forward | 83 | 70 |
| Marco Palestra | Defender | 90 | 69 |
| Michel Adopo | Midfielder | 84 | 62 |
| Zé Pedro | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Michael Folorunsho | Midfielder | 62 | 51 |
| Mattia Felici | Forward | 28 | 50 |
| Matteo Prati | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Adam Obert | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Gennaro Borrelli | Forward | 76 | 38 |
| Riyad Idrissi | Defender | 90 | 32 |
| Elia Caprile | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Leonardo Pavoletti | Forward | 14 | no rating |
| Zito Luvumbo | Forward | 7 | no rating |
| Luca Mazzitelli | Midfielder | 6 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrea Pinamonti | Forward | 74 | 71 |
| Kristian Thorstvedt | Midfielder | 74 | 69 |
| Nemanja Matic | Midfielder | 90 | 64 |
| Armand Laurienté | Forward | 74 | 62 |
| Jay Idzes | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Ismaël Koné | Midfielder | 85 | 46 |
| Fali Candé | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Cristian Volpato | Midfielder | 85 | 43 |
| Sebastian Walukiewicz | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Woyo Coulibaly | Defender | 90 | 26 |
| Arijanet Murić | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Alieu Fadera | Forward | 16 | no rating |
| Aster Vranckx | Midfielder | 16 | no rating |
| Luca Moro | Forward | 16 | no rating |
| Edoardo Iannoni | Midfielder | 5 | no rating |
| Walid Cheddira | Forward | 5 | no rating |
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.