Goals from Prati and Lapadula decide the survival clash in Reggio Emilia: Cagliari beats Sassuolo 2-0 and remains in Serie A with a match to spare .
Ranieri relaunches Augello and Gaetano, back from the suspension and lines up the team with a 4-2-3-1, where Shomurodov plays behind Lapadula, the first striker. Cagliari controls Sassuolo's half of the field and calls for a penalty (7') for a clumsy touch by Tressoldi on Lapadula, but Doveri, with the blessing of VAR, lets it go. Very high tension, the rossoblù, supported by the 3,410 present in the away sector , took a risk in the 25th minute with a header from Pinamonti which went just wide. The answer came in the 37th minute, with a left-footed diagonal shot from Lapadula wide . The stakes held back the two teams, who went to half-time at 0-0 and with the goalkeepers never called into action.
We start again with Luvumbo replacing the evanescent Shomurodov and Defrel for Missori. It was the Angolan who sparked the match, often aiming for and overtaking Tressoldi. After 5' he appears inside the area, but loses the moment and is blocked at the moment of the shot. Teams stretching, in the 14th minute the first shot on target is from Zappa , but Consigli blocks the diagonal. In the 22nd minute Deiola and Gaetano leave room for Prati and Viola and, in the 26th minute, the former Spal player unlocks the situation: he mixes in the area, Dossena touches it backwards and with his left foot Prati makes it 1-0, exploding the rossoblù curve .
Sassuolo tries to react, but Cagliari controls and comes close to an encore (42') with a right-footed shot from Sulemana that ends wide. And the second goal came in the 46th minute, with a penalty that Lapadula first earned and then scored to make it 2-0 . The final minutes only serve to lengthen the wait, Cagliari wins and remains in Serie A.