Atalanta are hunting the top table positions while Cagliari are more involved in avoiding relegation. Who wins the prize?
- Atalanta have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Serie A
- Cagliari have the fewest points (6) away in Serie A
These teams have little in common geographically as Cagliari have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Atalanta form and stats
3 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Atalanta have to build on here at Gewiss Stadium in the Serie A.
Pessina was the last player to score a league goal for Atalanta and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Atalanta haven't scored in 180 minutes. The Atalanta goalkeeper Juan Agustin Musso is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 182 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie A.
The Atalanta manager Gasperini and his side return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Lazio (placed 8th). Palomino was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.41 out of 10. The defender Palomino won 4 of 9 duels.
In the match before that, Atalanta hosted Inter and drew the game 0-0.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Atalanta home games with this odds we find eight games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in five wins, two draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Atalanta as they have a new game in only four days, a Coppa Italia match thankfully also at home. Fiorentina are visiting.
Atalanta have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Gewiss Stadium with 18 goals in 10 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 15 goals have been conceded.
Cagliari form and stats
Cagliari have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 1-3-7 (11 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Cagliari are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Cagliari's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Fiorentina that finished 1-1. Pereiro, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.85. Pereiro served one assist and hit six key passes.
You'll want to know how Cagliari managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found seven similar matches resulting in zero away wins, three draws and four home wins.
Cagliari are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 7 goals from 11 away games. Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cagliari as they have only managed to score 7 times from 11 away games in the league. For Cagliari, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Cagliari - Atalanta 1-2 was the end result in these teams' latest H2H match, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Atalanta seven wins, zero draws and Cagliari three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. dos Santos Galvão 10 goals |   D. Zapata Banguera 9 goals |  M. Pašalić 8 goals |
Atalanta missing players
Cagliari missing players
| Atalanta | Cagliari | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 44 | 18 | 10 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 22 |
| 26 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 13 | 23 | 44 |
| 82% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 96% |
| 73% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 82% | 91% |
| 68% | 70% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 55% | 57% |
| 45% | 50% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 36% | 35% |
| 27% | 30% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 9% | 9% |
| 68% | 70% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 36% | 61% |
| 32% | 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 4% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 80% | 64% | 39% |
| 5.5 | 6.1 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.8 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 4 | 3.5 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 6.1 | 5.7 |
| 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 15.4 | 15.9 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.8 | 8.3 | 10.3 |
| 5.2 | 5.6 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.4 | 2.5 | 3.1 |
| 38% | 32% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 25% | 31% |
| 10.3 | 8.3 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.6 | 17.3 | 15 |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.6 | 6.3 | 5 |
- Atalanta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Atalanta have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cagliari have scored away.
- Atalanta have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Serie A
- Cagliari have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Cagliari have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Cagliari have the fewest points (6) away in Serie A
- Cagliari have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Inter | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 53 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 36 | 53 |
| 2 | Napoli | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 27 | 49 |
| 3 | Milan | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 47 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 22 | 49 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 18 | 43 |
| 5 | Juventus | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 42 |
| 6 | Roma | 23 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 38 |
| 7 | Fiorentina | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 41 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 36 |
| 8 | Lazio | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 46 | 39 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 36 |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 43 | 38 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 33 |
| 10 | Torino | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 32 |
| 11 | Sassuolo | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 29 |
| 12 | Empoli | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 47 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | -10 | 29 |
| 13 | Bologna | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -8 | 27 |
| 14 | Spezia | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 28 | -18 | 25 |
| 15 | Udinese | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -5 | 24 |
| 16 | Sampdoria | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | -12 | 20 |
| 17 | Venezia | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -20 | 18 |
| 18 | Cagliari | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 | -22 | 17 |
| 19 | Genoa | 23 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 45 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 27 | -25 | 13 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 29 | -39 | 10 |
