Cagliari hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 18 points and a 18th position in the Serie A table. Visiting Bologna holds 11th place with 28 pts.
- Cagliari have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Serie A
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Cagliari form and stats
Cagliari's struggle is real here at Sardegna Arena with only 9 points collected from 12 Serie A games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-3-7. Cagliari are slowly digging their own grave here at Sardegna Arena with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in nine attempts. The last victory here came in the Sampdoria match.
Happy days for Cagliari in their previous game, a Serie A match away at Crotone (placed 20th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Ahead of that match, Cagliari lost 0-1 at home to Torino.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cagliari have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won three, drawn two and lost zero.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Cagliari as they are travelling to their away game against Sampdoria in the Serie A. That match is four days after this one.
Cagliari are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 13 goals in 12 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Cagliari have conceded 21 from these games.
Bologna form and stats
Bologna have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 2-4-6 (12 played).
Bologna had fun at their own home (Sardegna Arena) last time out, beating Lazio 2-0. Nicola Sansone and Ibrahima Mbaye scored. Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Sassuolo.
Bologna goalie Łukasz Skorupski was high and low in the Lazio game, contributing eight saves towards the victory.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Bologna in our archives, and the results are: one win for Bologna, seven draws and three defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Serie A trip to Napoli.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Bologna as they have only managed to score 11 times from 12 away games in the league. Bologna have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Bologna - Cagliari 3-2 earlier this season. Cagliari-Bologna H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Cagliari two wins, Bologna four wins, four draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. dos Santos Galvão 12 goals |   R. Soriano 7 goals |  G. Simeone 5 goals |
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| Cagliari | Bologna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | 32 |
| 41 | 21 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 37 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 92% | 96% |
| 75% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 83% | 79% |
| 38% | 42% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 42% | 50% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 17% | 33% |
| 25% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 54% | 58% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 50% | 58% |
| 12% | 8% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 17% | 21% |
| 38% | 33% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 42% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10.6 | 12.2 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.6 | 13 | 12.7 |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 34% | 32% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 21% | 29% |
- Cagliari have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cagliari have the fewest matches over the total-line (8) in Serie A
- Cagliari have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Serie A
- 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 | Inter | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 60 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 36 | 56 |
| 2 | Milan | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 47 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 18 | 52 |
| 3 | Juventus | 23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 25 | 46 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 55 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 24 | 46 |
| 5 | Roma | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 48 | 37 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 11 | 44 |
| 6 | Napoli | 23 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 49 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 24 | 43 |
| 7 | Lazio | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 43 |
| 8 | Hellas Verona | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 35 |
| 9 | Sassuolo | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 35 |
| 10 | Sampdoria | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 33 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 30 |
| 11 | Bologna | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 28 |
| 12 | Udinese | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -7 | 28 |
| 13 | Genoa | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 26 |
| 14 | Spezia | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 22 | -11 | 25 |
| 15 | Fiorentina | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 25 | -11 | 25 |
| 16 | Benevento | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 23 | -19 | 25 |
| 17 | Torino | 23 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 41 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 22 | -8 | 20 |
| 18 | Cagliari | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 20 | -15 | 18 |
| 19 | Parma | 24 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 47 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -28 | 15 |
| 20 | Crotone | 24 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 23 | 57 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 33 | -34 | 12 |