National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Cagliari or Cremonese that keep their silverware dream alive.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Serie A. This match was also played here at Sardegna Arena. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Cremonese have had more rest.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Cagliari form and stats
Cagliari was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Coppa Italia.OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Cagliari's two home games in the Serie A so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Sardegna Arena.
Cagliari's previous game was a Serie A match also played at home, ending 4-2 versus Crotone. The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that match, a Serie A win away at Torino.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cagliari as they are travelling to their away game against Bologna in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.
Early season league goal statistics from Cagliari's 2 home games: 4 goals, 4 conceded.
Cremonese form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Arezzo in order to reach 3rd Round of Coppa Italia. Last season their Coppa Italia adventure ended in the 8th finals.Cremonese are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Serie B, having played 2 games and collected 2 points (0 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses). Cremonese are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played nine in a row without losing. With three draws in a row for Cremonese the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
Cremonese are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Lecce. Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Venezia in the Serie B.
Drawing 2-2 against Lecce after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager P. Bisoli needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Serie B trip to Frosinone.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Cremonese has managed 3 goals and let in 3 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  G. Simeone 4 goals |  J. dos Santos Galvão 3 goals |  C. Lykogiannis 1 goals |
Cagliari missing players
Cremonese missing players
| Cagliari | Cremonese | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | ||
| 31 | 18 | Scored | S | 18 | 37 | ||
| 41 | 18 | Conceded | C | 13 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 32% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 298 | 135 | Total Shots | T S | 133 | 308 | ||
| 111 | 57 | Shots on Target | S O | 52 | 111 | ||
| 28% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Milan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | Napoli | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 |
| 3 | Sassuolo | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 4 | Inter | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Juventus | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | Atalanta | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Sampdoria | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Hellas Verona | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | Roma | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Fiorentina | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | Cagliari | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | Lazio | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | Benevento | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 14 | Spezia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 15 | Parma | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 16 | Genoa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 17 | Bologna | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 18 | Udinese | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 19 | Torino | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 20 | Crotone | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Empoli | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Salernitana | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Cittadella | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Frosinone | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Chievo | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Venezia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Reggina | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | SPAL | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Lecce | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Cosenza | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Reggiana | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Brescia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | Pordenone | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Ascoli | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 15 | Monza | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 16 | Cremonese | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 17 | Virtus Entella | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| 18 | Pisa | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 3 |
| 19 | Vicenza | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 20 | Pescara | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -9 | 1 |