Stadio Ciro Vigorito: Benevento vs Cagliari Serie A preview

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 09.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Ciro Vigorito (12847 seats)

Benevento are welcoming Cagliari for another important game after their 0-2 result against 4th-placed Milan.

Insights:
  • Benevento have the most conceded goals (35) at home in Serie A
  • Cagliari have the fewest scored goals in the first half (14) in Serie A

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Cagliari have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Benevento are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Cagliari are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Benevento form and stats

Benevento's struggle is real here at Stadio Ciro Vigorito with only 12 points collected from 17 Serie A games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-6-9. Benevento are slowly digging their own grave here at Stadio Ciro Vigorito with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in ten attempts. The last victory here came in the Genoa match.

Preceding that match was the home game against Udinese that was lost 2-4.

Lorenzo Montipò had a busy but productive day in the Milan match. Despite making nine saves the loss could not be prevented.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Benevento as they are travelling to their away game against Atalanta in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.

The Benevento fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 17 matches. Benevento are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (35 from 17 played).

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Cagliari form and stats

There's been little loot from Cagliari's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 17 away games in the Serie A. Cagliari only have 3 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 5 draws.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Roma.

A new game in only three days for Cagliari, the Serie A home match versus Fiorentina. Busy days.

Cagliari find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 17 away fixtures in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Cagliari have conceded 26 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Cagliari - Benevento 1-2 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - zero - two (Benevento wins - draws - Cagliari wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CagliariJ. dos Santos Galvão
J. dos Santos Galvão
15 goals
BeneventoG. Lapadula
G. Lapadula
6 goals
CagliariG. Simeone
G. Simeone
6 goals

Benevento missing players

Cagliari missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Benevento Cagliari
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 5 17 34
7 2 0 Won W 2 3 8
10 6 2 Drew D 1 5 8
17 9 2 Lost L 2 9 18
37 17 5 Scored S 6 18 40
68 35 11 Conceded C 5 26 57
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 97%
79% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 65% 74%
50% 53% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 35% 41%
38% 35% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 29% 35%
24% 24% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 24% 24%
56% 59% 75% BTTS BTTS 40% 53% 56%
21% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 18% 15%
29% 29% 25% Failed to Score F T 40% 35% 32%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.4 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.1 2.1
4 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
11.4 11.5 11 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 9.8 11.7
3.5 3.7 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 3.4 3.7
31% 27% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 32% 32%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Benevento have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Benevento have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Benevento have the most conceded goals (35) at home in Serie A
  • Cagliari have the fewest matches over the total-line (13) in Serie A
  • Cagliari have the fewest scored goals in the first half (14) in Serie A
  • Cagliari have the most matches under the total-line (19) in Serie A

  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 34 25 7 2 74 29 16 14 1 1 40 15 18 11 6 1 34 14 45 82
2 Atalanta 34 20 9 5 79 40 17 11 3 3 47 22 17 9 6 2 32 18 39 69
3 Juventus 34 20 9 5 67 31 17 13 2 2 37 13 17 7 7 3 30 18 36 69
4 Milan 34 21 6 7 62 41 18 8 5 5 31 24 16 13 1 2 31 17 21 69
5 Napoli 34 21 4 9 74 38 17 11 3 3 44 18 17 10 1 6 30 20 36 67
6 Lazio 33 20 4 9 60 49 17 12 2 3 35 23 16 8 2 6 25 26 11 64
7 Roma 33 16 7 10 58 51 17 11 4 2 35 18 16 5 3 8 23 33 7 55
8 Sassuolo 34 14 11 9 56 51 17 6 8 3 28 24 17 8 3 6 28 27 5 53
9 Hellas Verona 34 11 9 14 41 42 17 6 4 7 20 20 17 5 5 7 21 22 -1 42
10 Sampdoria 33 12 6 15 43 47 16 7 2 7 25 24 17 5 4 8 18 23 -4 42
11 Udinese 34 10 9 15 39 46 17 5 3 9 13 17 17 5 6 6 26 29 -7 39
12 Bologna 34 10 9 15 47 56 17 7 5 5 32 27 17 3 4 10 15 29 -9 39
13 Genoa 34 8 12 14 40 52 17 5 7 5 25 24 17 3 5 9 15 28 -12 36
14 Fiorentina 34 8 11 15 45 57 17 5 6 6 23 23 17 3 5 9 22 34 -12 35
15 Spezia 34 8 10 16 43 63 16 4 6 6 21 26 18 4 4 10 22 37 -20 34
16 Cagliari 34 8 8 18 40 57 17 5 3 9 22 31 17 3 5 9 18 26 -17 32
17 Torino 32 6 13 13 46 56 16 2 8 6 23 28 16 4 5 7 23 28 -10 31
18 Benevento 34 7 10 17 37 68 17 2 6 9 17 35 17 5 4 8 20 33 -31 31
19 Parma 33 3 11 19 36 70 17 2 5 10 13 31 16 1 6 9 23 39 -34 20
20 Crotone 34 5 3 26 42 85 17 4 1 12 21 34 17 1 2 14 21 51 -43 18

Cagliari:
Table
  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 34 25 7 2 74 29 16 14 1 1 40 15 18 11 6 1 34 14 45 82
2 Atalanta 34 20 9 5 79 40 17 11 3 3 47 22 17 9 6 2 32 18 39 69
3 Juventus 34 20 9 5 67 31 17 13 2 2 37 13 17 7 7 3 30 18 36 69
4 Milan 34 21 6 7 62 41 18 8 5 5 31 24 16 13 1 2 31 17 21 69
5 Napoli 34 21 4 9 74 38 17 11 3 3 44 18 17 10 1 6 30 20 36 67
6 Lazio 33 20 4 9 60 49 17 12 2 3 35 23 16 8 2 6 25 26 11 64
7 Roma 33 16 7 10 58 51 17 11 4 2 35 18 16 5 3 8 23 33 7 55
8 Sassuolo 34 14 11 9 56 51 17 6 8 3 28 24 17 8 3 6 28 27 5 53
9 Hellas Verona 34 11 9 14 41 42 17 6 4 7 20 20 17 5 5 7 21 22 -1 42
10 Sampdoria 33 12 6 15 43 47 16 7 2 7 25 24 17 5 4 8 18 23 -4 42
11 Udinese 34 10 9 15 39 46 17 5 3 9 13 17 17 5 6 6 26 29 -7 39
12 Bologna 34 10 9 15 47 56 17 7 5 5 32 27 17 3 4 10 15 29 -9 39
13 Genoa 34 8 12 14 40 52 17 5 7 5 25 24 17 3 5 9 15 28 -12 36
14 Fiorentina 34 8 11 15 45 57 17 5 6 6 23 23 17 3 5 9 22 34 -12 35
15 Spezia 34 8 10 16 43 63 16 4 6 6 21 26 18 4 4 10 22 37 -20 34
16 Cagliari 34 8 8 18 40 57 17 5 3 9 22 31 17 3 5 9 18 26 -17 32
17 Torino 32 6 13 13 46 56 16 2 8 6 23 28 16 4 5 7 23 28 -10 31
18 Benevento 34 7 10 17 37 68 17 2 6 9 17 35 17 5 4 8 20 33 -31 31
19 Parma 33 3 11 19 36 70 17 2 5 10 13 31 16 1 6 9 23 39 -34 20
20 Crotone 34 5 3 26 42 85 17 4 1 12 21 34 17 1 2 14 21 51 -43 18

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Serie A is the division at the top of the Italian football league system and regarded as one of the top leagues of the world. 20 teams play each other home and away to create a final league table after 380 fixtures. The winners are titled “Campione d’Italia” (Champion of Italy), often referred to as the scudetto.