Serie A match preview: Cagliari believed to be the weaker party when Atalanta pays a visit

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 14.February
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sardegna Arena (16233 seats)

Season ticket holders at Sardegna Arena haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Cagliari languishing in the 18th position so far. The guesting Atalanta will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Cagliari have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Coppa Italia.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Atalanta, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.

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Cagliari form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie A this season. Cagliari have only managed 2 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Sardegna Arena. All in all it has been a very rough period for Cagliari who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 14 attempts. Their previous win was against Sampdoria, 99 days ago. Cagliari are slowly digging their own grave here at Sardegna Arena with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Sampdoria match.

The fans are hoping that Cagliari will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Serie A game against Lazio (placed 5th). The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Sassuolo.

Cagliari has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Cagliari defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Atalanta form and stats

5-4-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Atalanta in their Serie A matches away. Atalanta are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.

Atalanta are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the Coppa Italia against Napoli (placed 6th). Preceding that match was the 3-3 draw at home vs Torino.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Atalanta are regular goalscorers on their travels. Atalanta have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Atalanta - Cagliari 5-2. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Cagliari won four games, zero matches ended with a draw and Atalanta has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

AtalantaL. Muriel Fruto
L. Muriel Fruto
12 goals
CagliariJ. dos Santos Galvão
J. dos Santos Galvão
11 goals
AtalantaD. Zapata Banguera
D. Zapata Banguera
8 goals

Cagliari missing players

Atalanta missing players

Cagliari Atalanta
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 4 10 21
3 2 1 Won W 3 5 10
6 3 2 Drew D 1 4 7
12 5 0 Lost L 0 1 4
24 13 4 Scored S 10 22 48
39 19 2 Conceded C 4 13 29
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 90% 90%
81% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 90% 90%
43% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 70% 71%
38% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 52%
29% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 40% 38%
62% 70% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 80% 71%
10% 10% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 20% 24%
33% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 10% 14%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.9 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 1.9
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.5 12.2 12 Shots (avg) S ( 18.2 16.2 16.4
3.3 3.8 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 6.2 5.9
34% 34% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 35% 39%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Cagliari's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cagliari have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cagliari haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 21 15 4 2 45 23 11 6 3 2 24 15 10 9 1 0 21 8 22 49
2 Inter 21 14 5 2 51 23 10 8 1 1 29 13 11 6 4 1 22 10 28 47
3 Juventus 20 12 6 2 41 18 10 7 2 1 20 8 10 5 4 1 21 10 23 42
4 Roma 21 12 4 5 44 35 11 8 3 0 28 13 10 4 1 5 16 22 9 40
5 Lazio 21 12 4 5 36 27 11 6 2 3 17 14 10 6 2 2 19 13 9 40
6 Napoli 20 12 1 7 44 21 10 6 1 3 27 10 10 6 0 4 17 11 23 37
7 Atalanta 21 10 7 4 48 29 11 5 3 3 26 16 10 5 4 1 22 13 19 37
8 Sassuolo 21 8 7 6 34 32 10 3 4 3 14 14 11 5 3 3 20 18 2 31
9 Hellas Verona 21 8 6 7 26 23 10 5 2 3 15 10 11 3 4 4 11 13 3 30
10 Sampdoria 21 8 3 10 31 32 10 4 1 5 17 16 11 4 2 5 14 16 -1 27
11 Udinese 21 6 6 9 23 28 11 3 3 5 9 12 10 3 3 4 14 16 -5 24
12 Genoa 21 6 6 9 24 31 11 4 2 5 16 17 10 2 4 4 8 14 -7 24
13 Bologna 21 6 5 10 28 35 10 4 2 4 18 19 11 2 3 6 10 16 -7 23
14 Benevento 21 6 5 10 24 41 11 2 4 5 12 21 10 4 1 5 12 20 -17 23
15 Fiorentina 21 5 7 9 21 33 11 4 4 3 11 11 10 1 3 6 10 22 -12 22
16 Spezia 21 5 6 10 28 38 10 1 3 6 10 19 11 4 3 4 18 19 -10 21
17 Torino 21 2 10 9 32 41 10 0 6 4 14 19 11 2 4 5 18 22 -9 16
18 Cagliari 21 3 6 12 24 39 10 2 3 5 13 19 11 1 3 7 11 20 -15 15
19 Parma 21 2 7 12 14 41 11 1 4 6 3 18 10 1 3 6 11 23 -27 13
20 Crotone 21 3 3 15 22 50 10 3 1 6 13 20 11 0 2 9 9 30 -28 12

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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.