Cagliari will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 21 points behind Atalanta.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cagliari and Atalanta.
It's quite the trip for Atalanta when visiting Cagliari as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Cagliari form and stats
Overall Serie A stats at home this season for Cagliari are 6-2-6 (wins-draw-losses).
Cagliari drew their last game, 1-1 away at Bologna (placed 11th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Torino in a game that was won 4-2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cagliari as they are travelling to their away game against Fiorentina in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.
Cagliari can score goals in their home matches. After 14 league matches they have found the net 29 times. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 25 goals have been conceded.
Atalanta form and stats
Atalanta's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Atalanta, who have the most scored goals (82) in Serie A, collect 31 points from their 14 away matches in the Serie A. 9 victories and 4 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Atalanta have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of seven victories in a row regardless of arena. A great winning streak in away games for Atalanta as they have managed to win four matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the Inter have they travelled home without three points.
The supporters enjoyed Atalanta's previous game versus Napoli (placed 6th), a Serie A 2-0 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Udinese at their stadium, the result 3-2.
Atalanta goalie Pierluigi Gollini was high and low in the Napoli game, contributing seven saves towards the victory.
A quick return to home after this game, as Atalanta are hosting Sampdoria in the Serie A only three days away.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 40 goals in 14 league games away this season. Atalanta have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Atalanta - Cagliari 0-2 earlier this season. Cagliari-Atalanta H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Cagliari five wins, Atalanta five wins, zero draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
|     J. dos Santos Galvão   17 goals  |     J. Iličić   15 goals  |     L. Muriel Fruto   15 goals  | 
Cagliari missing players
Atalanta missing players
| Cagliari | Atalanta | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total | 
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 29 | 
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | 18 | 
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 6 | 
| 10 | 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 5 | 
| 48 | 29 | 5 | Scored | S | 7 | 40 | 82 | 
| 45 | 25 | 9 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 39 | 
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% | 
| 83% | 86% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% | 
| 55% | 64% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 79% | 83% | 
| 41% | 50% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 50% | 62% | 
| 17% | 36% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 43% | 45% | 
| 69% | 71% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 72% | 
| 14% | 7% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 24% | 
| 17% | 21% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 7% | 7% | 
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 6.2 | 7 | 
| 5.9 | 5.4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 
| 3.1 | 2.9 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 | 
| 358 | 188 | 41 | Total Shots | T S | 49 | 256 | 557 | 
| 124 | 72 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 110 | 232 | 
| 39% | 40% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 36% | 35% | 
- Atalanta has the most scored goals (40) away
- Atalanta has the most scored goals (82)
- Atalanta has the most scored goals in the first half (34)
- Atalanta has the most scored goals in the second half (46)
- Atalanta has the the best goal difference (+23) away
- Atalanta has the the best goal difference (+43)
- Atalanta have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Atalanta have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Cagliari have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cagliari 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 | Juventus | 29 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 59 | 25 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 34 | 72 | 
| 2 | Lazio | 29 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 66 | 28 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 38 | 68 | 
| 3 | Inter | 29 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 62 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 33 | 64 | 
| 4 | Atalanta | 29 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 82 | 39 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 17 | 43 | 60 | 
| 5 | Roma | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 53 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 48 | 
| 6 | Napoli | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 46 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 45 | 
| 7 | Milan | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 36 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 22 | -1 | 43 | 
| 8 | Hellas Verona | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 42 | 
| 9 | Cagliari | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 48 | 45 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 39 | 
| 10 | Parma | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 40 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 2 | 39 | 
| 11 | Bologna | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 46 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 23 | -5 | 38 | 
| 12 | Sassuolo | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 51 | 50 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 1 | 37 | 
| 13 | Fiorentina | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 35 | 42 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 21 | -7 | 31 | 
| 14 | Udinese | 29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 26 | -16 | 31 | 
| 15 | Torino | 29 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 33 | 52 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 27 | -19 | 31 | 
| 16 | Sampdoria | 29 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 33 | 51 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 27 | -18 | 29 | 
| 17 | Genoa | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 56 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 31 | -21 | 26 | 
| 18 | Lecce | 29 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 36 | 66 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 34 | -30 | 25 | 
| 19 | SPAL | 29 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 50 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 27 | -27 | 19 | 
| 20 | Brescia | 29 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 58 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 31 | -33 | 18 | 
