Football betting preview: Bologna favourites when Cagliari arrive

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 02.Sep
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara (36532 seats)

Bologna oppose Cagliari for praise and triumph.

Bologna and Cagliari should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Bologna form and stats

Bologna's first Serie A home game here at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 9 draws and 3 defeats from 19 matches.

Bologna shared the glory with Juventus in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Midfielder Ferguson was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.84 (out of ten) in that game. Ferguson scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that game, the home loss against Milan with the scoreline 0-2.

Early season league goal statistics from Bologna's 1 home game: {0 goals}, 2 conceded.

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Cagliari form and stats

One match played away so far in the Serie A for Cagliari and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 4 wins, 9 draws and 6 losses from 19 games.

Cagliari aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 306 league minutes without a goal. Lykogiannis was the last player to find the net.

Cagliari's previous game was their home loss versus Inter (0-2). Defender Obert was the best team player with a rating of 7.3. Obert hit one key pass and won 6 of 8 duels.

Before that, Cagliari travelled to Torino and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Cagliari when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 1 time, drawing 1 and winning 2 games.

{0 goals} so far away for Cagliari, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Head to head totals (for the last ten meetings): Bologna won four games, two matches ended in a draw and Cagliari have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven.

Top Goalscorers

BolognaL. Ferguson
L. Ferguson
1 goals

Bologna missing players

Cagliari missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bologna Cagliari
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 1 1 2
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
1 1 0 Lost L 0 0 1
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
3 2 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 50%
50% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 100%
 
2.5 3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3 3.5
6 6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 8 8 7.5
1.5 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.5 17 0 Shots (avg) S ( 8 8 10
4.5 5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2 2
11% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
11.5 9 0 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11 14
4.5 6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2 3
Bologna Last season Cagliari
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   21 43
14 7   Won W   5 18
12 9   Drew D   10 17
12 3   Lost L   6 8
53 24   Scored S   23 57
49 14   Conceded C   17 38
95% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   76% 84%
82% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   57% 67%
53% 32%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 40%
21% 5%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   19% 19%
11% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 12%
63% 53%   BTTS BTTS   38% 53%
21% 37%   Clean Sheets C S   48% 37%
21% 21%   Failed to Score F T   38% 26%
 
3.8 4   Corners for (avg) C F   5.4 5.7
4.5 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 4.6
2.2 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.2
3 1   Red cards R C   4 5
 
12.9 12.9   Shots (avg) S (   13.2 14.3
4.2 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 4.3
33% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 31%
 
12.9 11   Shots against (avg) S A   12.3 11.9
4.5 3.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4 3.8

  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 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 6
2 Napoli 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 6
3 Inter 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
4 Hellas Verona 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Fiorentina 2 1 1 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 4
6 Juventus 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
7 Lecce 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
8 Atalanta 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 3
9 Monza 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
10 Frosinone 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 3
11 Genoa 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 -2 3
12 Salernitana 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
13 Roma 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
14 Bologna 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
15 Cagliari 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 1
16 Torino 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 1
17 Udinese 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 1
18 Lazio 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
19 Empoli 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
20 Sassuolo 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Napoli 38 28 6 4 77 28 19 14 3 2 40 15 19 14 3 2 37 13 49 90
2 Lazio 38 22 8 8 60 30 19 11 4 4 32 18 19 11 4 4 28 12 30 74
3 Inter 38 23 3 12 71 42 19 14 0 5 37 14 19 9 3 7 34 28 29 72
4 Milan 38 20 10 8 64 43 19 13 4 2 41 20 19 7 6 6 23 23 21 70
5 Atalanta 38 19 7 12 66 48 19 10 3 6 38 26 19 9 4 6 28 22 18 64
6 Roma 38 18 9 11 50 38 19 11 3 5 28 15 19 7 6 6 22 23 12 63
7 Juventus 38 22 6 10 56 33 19 13 3 3 38 15 19 9 3 7 18 18 23 62
8 Fiorentina 38 15 11 12 53 43 19 9 6 4 30 22 19 6 5 8 23 21 10 56
9 Bologna 38 14 12 12 53 49 19 7 9 3 24 14 19 7 3 9 29 35 4 54
10 Torino 38 14 11 13 42 41 19 5 7 7 15 19 19 9 4 6 27 22 1 53
11 Monza 38 14 10 14 48 52 19 7 5 7 25 22 19 7 5 7 23 30 -4 52
12 Udinese 38 11 13 14 47 48 19 6 9 4 30 20 19 5 4 10 17 28 -1 46
13 Sassuolo 38 12 9 17 47 61 19 8 4 7 24 23 19 4 5 10 23 38 -14 45
14 Empoli 38 10 13 15 37 49 19 8 4 7 22 23 19 2 9 8 15 26 -12 43
15 Salernitana 38 9 15 14 48 62 19 7 6 6 30 26 19 2 9 8 18 36 -14 42
16 Lecce 38 8 12 18 33 46 19 3 8 8 18 24 19 5 4 10 15 22 -13 36
17 Spezia 38 6 13 19 31 62 19 4 8 7 18 30 19 2 5 12 13 32 -31 31
18 Hellas Verona 38 7 10 21 31 59 19 6 3 10 20 32 19 1 7 11 11 27 -28 31
19 Cremonese 38 5 12 21 36 69 19 4 4 11 15 31 19 1 8 10 21 38 -33 27
20 Sampdoria 38 3 10 25 24 71 19 1 7 11 12 28 19 2 3 14 12 43 -47 19
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Frosinone 38 24 8 6 63 26 19 14 3 2 35 11 19 10 5 4 28 15 37 80
2 Genoa 38 21 11 6 53 28 19 12 6 1 29 10 19 9 5 5 24 18 25 73
3 Bari 1908 38 17 14 7 58 37 19 7 9 3 30 19 19 10 5 4 28 18 21 65
4 Cagliari 38 15 15 8 50 34 19 11 6 2 28 17 19 4 9 6 22 17 16 60
5 Parma 38 17 10 11 48 39 19 11 2 6 26 16 19 6 8 5 22 23 9 60
6 Sudtirol 38 14 16 8 38 34 19 6 10 3 21 18 19 8 6 5 17 16 4 58
7 Reggina 38 17 4 17 49 45 19 10 2 7 28 22 19 7 2 10 21 23 4 50
8 Venezia 38 13 10 15 51 50 19 7 5 7 29 27 19 6 5 8 22 23 1 49
9 Palermo 38 11 16 11 48 49 19 8 8 3 25 17 19 3 8 8 23 32 -1 49
10 Modena 38 13 9 16 47 53 19 7 8 4 26 18 19 6 1 12 21 35 -6 48
11 Pisa 38 11 14 13 48 42 19 7 5 7 27 21 19 4 9 6 21 21 6 47
12 Como 38 10 17 11 47 48 19 8 7 4 28 20 19 2 10 7 19 28 -1 47
13 Ascoli 38 12 11 15 40 47 19 6 6 7 20 22 19 6 5 8 20 25 -7 47
14 Cittadella 38 9 16 13 34 45 19 5 8 6 19 22 19 4 8 7 15 23 -11 43
15 Ternana 38 11 10 17 37 52 19 8 5 6 21 21 19 3 5 11 16 31 -15 43
16 Brescia 38 9 13 16 36 57 19 6 6 7 17 22 19 3 7 9 19 35 -21 40
17 Cosenza 38 9 13 16 30 53 19 7 7 5 20 18 19 2 6 11 10 35 -23 40
18 Perugia 38 10 9 19 40 52 19 6 6 7 22 26 19 4 3 12 18 26 -12 39
19 SPAL 38 8 14 16 41 51 19 4 7 8 25 27 19 4 7 8 16 24 -10 38
20 Benevento 38 7 14 17 33 49 19 4 6 9 16 25 19 3 8 8 17 24 -16 35

Bologna:
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 Milan 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 6
2 Napoli 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 4 6
3 Inter 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
4 Hellas Verona 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Fiorentina 2 1 1 0 6 3 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 4
6 Juventus 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 4
7 Lecce 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
8 Atalanta 2 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 3
9 Monza 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3
10 Frosinone 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 3
11 Genoa 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 -2 3
12 Salernitana 2 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 2
13 Roma 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
14 Bologna 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
15 Cagliari 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 1
16 Torino 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 1
17 Udinese 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 1
18 Lazio 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
19 Empoli 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
20 Sassuolo 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0

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