Both Cagliari and Fiorentina are yearning for points in this game, in spite of the away team holding a 19 point advantage in the standings.
- Cagliari have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Fiorentina haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Not much time to rest for the hosts, as they performed in a Coppa Italia game only four days back. That game was an away game at Sassuolo, so at least Cagliari are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Cagliari form and stats
Cagliari's struggle is real here at Sardegna Arena with only 10 points collected from 11 Serie A games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-4-5.
Cagliari are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Sassuolo. Midfield player Zappa got a match rating of 7.41 in that game, the max score being 10. Zappa hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 48 successful passes (of 56 total).
A Serie A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Roma.The Cagliari fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 11 matches. Cagliari have conceded 20 from these games.
Fiorentina form and stats
As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Fiorentina have produced an overall stat of 4-1-6 so far.
The supporters enjoyed Fiorentina's previous game versus Genoa (placed 19th), a Serie A 6-0 win played at home. Defender Biraghi was the best team player with a rating of 9.01. Biraghi scored two goals, hit one key pass and won 0 of 1 duels.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Napoli (after extra-time) at their stadium, the result 5-2.Fiorentina find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. Fiorentina struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 17 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent logged match featuring both these contenders is the Fiorentina - Cagliari 3-0 played not long ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cagliari three wins, three draws and Fiorentina four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Vlahović 17 goals |   J. dos Santos Galvão 9 goals |  L. Pavoletti 4 goals |
Cagliari missing players
Fiorentina missing players
| Cagliari | Fiorentina | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 21 | 14 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 40 |
| 43 | 20 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 17 | 29 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 64% | 81% |
| 59% | 64% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 55% | 76% |
| 36% | 36% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 43% |
| 9% | 9% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 59% | 82% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 55% | 57% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 9% | 24% |
| 41% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 36% | 19% |
| 3.5 | 4.7 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 5.7 | 5.4 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 10.3 | 12.3 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 10.2 | 13.2 |
| 3.1 | 3.7 | 1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | 5 |
| 30% | 34% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | 38% |
| 15 | 12.7 | 19 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 10.5 | 9.8 |
| 5 | 3.7 | 8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
- All of Cagliari's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cagliari have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Cagliari have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Cagliari have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cagliari have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Cagliari haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Fiorentina haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 51 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 35 | 50 |
| 2 | Milan | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 22 | 48 |
| 3 | Napoli | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 24 | 46 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 44 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 18 | 42 |
| 5 | Juventus | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 41 |
| 6 | Fiorentina | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 40 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 35 |
| 7 | Roma | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 35 |
| 8 | Lazio | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 35 |
| 9 | Torino | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 31 |
| 10 | Hellas Verona | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 30 |
| 11 | Empoli | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | -8 | 29 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 28 |
| 13 | Bologna | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 27 |
| 14 | Spezia | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 42 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 28 | -19 | 22 |
| 15 | Udinese | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -8 | 20 |
| 16 | Sampdoria | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -11 | 20 |
| 17 | Venezia | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -19 | 18 |
| 18 | Cagliari | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 | -22 | 16 |
| 19 | Genoa | 22 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 27 | -25 | 12 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -33 | 11 |
