Esposito Strike Lifts Cagliari to Narrow Win Over Cremonese

Cagliari Calcio edged US Cremonese 1–0 on Saturday, with Sebastiano Esposito delivering the decisive moment in a tight Serie A clash on matchday 32.

The hosts found their breakthrough in the 63rd minute. Esposito struck to put Cagliari ahead, finishing a move created by substitute Zé Pedro Figueiredo, whose assist proved pivotal after coming off the bench. The goal separated the sides in a match where clear-cut chances are not fully detailed in the available data.

Serie A FINISHED

2026-04-11 13:00

Cagliari Calcio

1 - 0

US Cremonese

Matchday 32 REGULAR_SEASON

Cremonese’s afternoon began with an early disciplinary note as Filippo Terracciano received a yellow card in the 4th minute. Cagliari’s Michel Adopo later went into the book in the 62nd minute, moments before Esposito’s winner, underlining the growing intensity as the game approached its decisive phase.

Cagliari were forced into an early first-half change when Michel Adopo replaced Luca Mazzitelli on 31 minutes. A double substitution on 61 minutes saw Paul Mendy and Zé Pedro Figueiredo enter for Gennaro Borrelli and Michael Folorunsho, and it was Zé Pedro who quickly made his mark with the assist for the only goal.

Cremonese responded with a flurry of substitutions as they chased an equaliser. Martín Payero and Antonio Sanabria came on in the 68th minute, followed by Tommaso Barbieri on 73 minutes. Late attacking changes included Milan Đurić and Alessio Zerbin entering in the 78th minute, but they could not alter the scoreline.

In the closing stages, Cagliari looked to protect their lead, bringing on Andrea Belotti for Esposito in the 88th minute and Alberto Dossena for Juan Martín Rodriguez a minute later.

Beyond the goal, cards and substitutions, more detailed match statistics and events are not available from the current data set.

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Serie A Standings

Season: 2025/26

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	FC Internazionale Milano	35	26	4	5	82	31	51	82	W D W W W
2	SSC Napoli	35	21	7	7	52	33	19	70	D W L D W
3	AC Milan	35	19	10	6	48	29	19	67	L D W L L
4	Juventus FC	35	18	11	6	58	30	28	65	D D W W W
5	AS Roma	35	20	4	11	52	29	23	64	W W D W L
6	Como 1907	35	17	11	7	59	28	31	62	D W L L D
7	Atalanta BC	35	14	13	8	47	32	15	55	D L D L W
8	SS Lazio	35	13	12	10	39	34	5	51	W D W L D
9	Bologna FC 1909	35	14	7	14	42	41	1	49	D L L W W
10	US Sassuolo Calcio	35	14	7	14	43	44	-1	49	W D W L W
11	Udinese Calcio	35	13	8	14	43	46	-3	47	W D L W D
12	Parma Calcio 1913	35	10	12	13	25	42	-17	42	L W W D D
13	Torino FC	35	11	8	16	39	58	-19	41	L D D W W
14	Genoa CFC	35	10	10	15	40	48	-8	40	D L W W L
15	ACF Fiorentina	35	8	13	14	38	49	-11	37	L D D W W
16	Cagliari Calcio	35	9	10	16	36	49	-13	37	D W L W L
17	US Lecce	35	8	8	19	24	47	-23	32	W D D L L
18	US Cremonese	35	6	10	19	27	53	-26	28	L L D L L
19	Hellas Verona FC	35	3	11	21	24	57	-33	20	D D L L L
20	AC Pisa 1909	35	2	12	21	25	63	-38	18	L L L L L