Only a few games have been played in the Serie A so far, with Bologna placed 17th and Cagliari sitting in the 11th position.
It's no vacation for neither Bologna nor Cagliari as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Bologna form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Bologna's two home games in the Serie A so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Bologna to get some points in this home game.
A nice win for Bologna last time playing, versus Reggina. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with E. Vignato and R. Orsolini scoring for the victors. Prior to that, an away loss at Lazio in the Serie A.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Bologna have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found nine games) they have won five times, drawn four and lost zero.
At Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna has the goal stats of 7-5 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Cagliari form and stats
Things could have gone better for Cagliari in their Serie A away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
Cagliari are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Coppa Italia against Cremonese. Before that, Cagliari secured a home win against Crotone with the score 4-2.
Cagliari are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and four defeats. From a total of five matches.
The Cagliari manager E. Di Francesco has got the team scoring on the road, with 6 away goals in 3 league matches. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Cagliari's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 8 goals in 3 travels.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Bologna won four games, four matches ended with a draw and Cagliari has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  G. Simeone 4 goals |   R. Soriano 3 goals |  J. dos Santos Galvão 3 goals |
Bologna missing players
Cagliari missing players
| Bologna | Cagliari | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 60% |
| 40% | 100% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 60% |
| 40% | 100% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 67% | 60% |
| 60% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | 26 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 13 | 32 | 61 |
| 28 | 14 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 12 | 23 |
| 29% | 50% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 50% | 43% |
- All of Bologna's home-matches have had more than 4,5 goals.
- All of Cagliari's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bologna has the most conceded goals in the second half (8) in Serie A
- Bologna have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Bologna haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cagliari has the most points from losing position (6) in Serie A
- Cagliari have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Cagliari have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Cagliari haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Bologna | Last season | Cagliari | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Drew | D | 8 | 12 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 7 | 15 | ||
| 52 | 25 | Scored | S | 20 | 52 | ||
| 65 | 29 | Conceded | C | 28 | 56 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 95% | ||
| 87% | 95% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 76% | ||
| 63% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 50% | ||
| 34% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 26% | 32% | ||
| 18% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 13% | ||
| 76% | 84% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 58% | ||
| 5% | 5% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 18% | ||
| 21% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 26% | 29% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 6 | ||
| 543 | 278 | Total Shots | T S | 214 | 457 | ||
| 173 | 87 | Shots on Target | S O | 67 | 156 | ||
| 30% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 33% | ||
| 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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 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 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 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 |