Cagliari favourites for feisty fight facing Empoli

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Wed 22.September
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Sardegna Arena (16233 seats)

Look at this entertaining fixture in the Serie A. Cagliari is in the 19th spot after completing four games. They host Empoli who are placed 16th after four fixtures.

Insights:
  • Cagliari have the most conceded goals in the first half (6) 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.

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Cagliari form and stats

The story so far in the Serie A for Cagliari at their home stadium (Sardegna Arena) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

Cagliari shared the glory with Lazio in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. The Cagliari goalkeeper Alessio Cragno was crucial in the match against Lazio last time out, making eight saves. João Pedro, who plays in attack, was the top player for the side in that game, scoring a rating of 8.41 (out of 10). Pedro scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Preceding that match was the home game against Genoa that was lost 2-3.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cagliari handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, two draws and three defeats.

Cagliari are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Napoli awaits in four days.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Cagliari at home in the league. 4 on target and 5 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Empoli form and stats

Only one away game in the Serie A so far for Empoli and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 8 victories, 8 draws and 3 losses from 19 travels.

Empoli might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Sampdoria proved too strong as Empoli slumped to a 0-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadio Carlo Castellani. Riccardo Marchizza, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.04. Marchizza hit two key passes and won 4 of 6 duels.

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Venezia.

Empoli are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and two defeats. From a total of five matches.

A new game in only four days for Empoli, the Serie A home match versus Bologna. Busy days.

1 goal so far away for Empoli, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings with these contenders: Cagliari won three, Empoli triumphed in four and we saw three draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

CagliariJ. dos Santos Galvão
J. dos Santos Galvão
4 goals
CagliariL. Ceppitelli
L. Ceppitelli
1 goals
CagliariA. Deiola
A. Deiola
1 goals

Cagliari missing players

Empoli missing players

Cagliari Empoli
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 1 4
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 1
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 1 Lost L 0 0 3
7 4 2 Scored S 1 1 3
11 5 3 Conceded C 0 0 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 75%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 75%
100% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
50% 50% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 25%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 25%
 
4.2 6.5 2 Corners for (avg) C F 9 9 7.5
7 5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 8 8 5.2
3 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 15 10 Shots (avg) S ( 5 5 15
4.2 6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 4.5
41% 33% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 17%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Cagliari have the most conceded goals in the first half (6) in Serie A
Cagliari Last season Empoli
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
9 5   Won W   8 19
10 4   Drew D   8 16
19 10   Lost L   3 3
43 22   Scored S   30 68
59 32   Conceded C   20 35
92% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 92%
68% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 82%
39% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   37% 47%
34% 37%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 34%
21% 21%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 8%
53% 53%   BTTS BTTS   53% 55%
18% 16%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 37%
37% 37%   Failed to Score F T   21% 16%
 
4.5 5   Corners for (avg) C F   6.1 6.5
5.8 5.7   Corners against (avg) C A   5.3 4.6
2 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.7
3 2   Red cards R C   2 5
 
11.7 13.5   Shots (avg) S (   14.6 16.6
3.6 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.9 5.4
31% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 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 Napoli 4 4 0 0 10 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 6 1 8 12
2 Inter 4 3 1 0 15 4 2 2 0 0 10 1 2 1 1 0 5 3 11 10
3 Milan 4 3 1 0 8 2 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 6 10
4 Roma 4 3 0 1 11 5 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 1 0 1 6 3 6 9
5 Fiorentina 4 3 0 1 7 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 1 5 5 1 9
6 Lazio 4 2 1 1 11 6 2 1 1 0 8 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 5 7
7 Atalanta 4 2 1 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 7
8 Udinese 4 2 1 1 6 6 3 1 1 1 5 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 7
9 Bologna 4 2 1 1 5 8 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 1 6 -3 7
10 Torino 4 2 0 2 7 4 2 1 0 1 5 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 6
11 Sampdoria 4 1 2 1 5 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 5
12 Sassuolo 4 1 1 2 4 5 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 4 4 -1 4
13 Spezia 4 1 1 2 5 10 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 5 9 -5 4
14 Hellas Verona 4 1 0 3 6 9 3 1 0 2 6 8 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 3
15 Genoa 4 1 0 3 5 10 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 3 6 -5 3
16 Empoli 4 1 0 3 3 8 3 0 0 3 2 8 1 1 0 0 1 0 -5 3
17 Venezia 4 1 0 3 3 8 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 2 2 6 -5 3
18 Juventus 4 0 2 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 3 4 -2 2
19 Cagliari 4 0 2 2 7 11 2 0 1 1 4 5 2 0 1 1 3 6 -4 2
20 Salernitana 4 0 0 4 2 12 2 0 0 2 0 5 2 0 0 2 2 7 -10 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 Inter 38 28 7 3 89 35 19 17 1 1 53 18 19 11 6 2 36 17 54 91
2 Milan 38 24 7 7 74 41 19 8 6 5 31 24 19 16 1 2 43 17 33 79
3 Atalanta 38 23 9 6 90 47 19 12 3 4 49 24 19 11 6 2 41 23 43 78
4 Juventus 38 23 9 6 77 38 19 14 2 3 40 18 19 9 7 3 37 20 39 78
5 Napoli 38 24 5 9 86 41 19 12 4 3 50 20 19 12 1 6 36 21 45 77
6 Lazio 38 21 5 12 61 55 19 13 3 3 36 23 19 8 2 9 25 32 6 68
7 Roma 38 18 8 12 68 58 19 13 4 2 42 18 19 5 4 10 26 40 10 62
8 Sassuolo 38 17 11 10 64 56 19 7 8 4 31 27 19 10 3 6 33 29 8 62
9 Sampdoria 38 15 7 16 52 54 19 9 3 7 32 26 19 6 4 9 20 28 -2 52
10 Hellas Verona 38 11 12 15 46 48 19 6 6 7 23 23 19 5 6 8 23 25 -2 45
11 Genoa 38 10 12 16 47 58 19 5 7 7 29 30 19 5 5 9 18 28 -11 42
12 Bologna 38 10 11 17 51 65 19 7 5 7 33 33 19 3 6 10 18 32 -14 41
13 Fiorentina 38 9 13 16 47 59 19 6 6 7 25 25 19 3 7 9 22 34 -12 40
14 Udinese 38 10 10 18 42 58 19 5 4 10 14 19 19 5 6 8 28 39 -16 40
15 Spezia 38 9 12 17 52 72 19 5 7 7 28 33 19 4 5 10 24 39 -20 39
16 Cagliari 38 9 10 19 43 59 19 5 4 10 22 32 19 4 6 9 21 27 -16 37
17 Torino 38 7 16 15 50 69 19 3 9 7 25 36 19 4 7 8 25 33 -19 37
18 Benevento 38 7 12 19 40 75 19 2 7 10 19 39 19 5 5 9 21 36 -35 33
19 Crotone 38 6 5 27 45 92 19 5 2 12 23 35 19 1 3 15 22 57 -47 23
20 Parma 38 3 11 24 39 83 19 2 5 12 16 39 19 1 6 12 23 44 -44 20
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 Empoli 38 19 16 3 68 35 19 11 8 0 38 15 19 8 8 3 30 20 33 73
2 Salernitana 38 19 12 7 46 34 19 11 6 2 26 13 19 8 6 5 20 21 12 69
3 Monza 38 17 13 8 51 33 19 9 6 4 27 16 19 8 7 4 24 17 18 64
4 Lecce 38 16 14 8 68 47 19 6 9 4 36 28 19 10 5 4 32 19 21 62
5 Venezia 38 15 14 9 53 39 19 10 3 6 28 19 19 5 11 3 25 20 14 59
6 Cittadella 38 15 12 11 48 35 19 9 7 3 25 14 19 6 5 8 23 21 13 57
7 Chievo 38 14 14 10 50 37 19 10 5 4 29 14 19 4 9 6 21 23 13 56
8 Brescia 38 15 11 12 61 53 19 9 5 5 36 27 19 6 6 7 25 26 8 56
9 SPAL 38 14 14 10 44 42 19 8 6 5 25 19 19 6 8 5 19 23 2 56
10 Reggina 38 12 14 12 42 45 19 8 4 7 20 22 19 4 10 5 22 23 -3 50
11 Frosinone 38 12 14 12 38 42 19 4 9 6 16 21 19 8 5 6 22 21 -4 50
12 Cremonese 38 12 12 14 46 44 19 7 6 6 27 22 19 5 6 8 19 22 2 48
13 Pisa 38 11 15 12 54 59 19 7 10 2 26 19 19 4 5 10 28 40 -5 48
14 Vicenza 38 11 15 12 48 53 19 5 9 5 22 24 19 6 6 7 26 29 -5 48
15 Pordenone 38 10 15 13 40 39 19 5 10 4 27 19 19 5 5 9 13 20 1 45
16 Ascoli 38 11 11 16 37 48 19 8 5 6 18 19 19 3 6 10 19 29 -11 44
17 Cosenza 38 6 17 15 29 47 19 3 9 7 15 20 19 3 8 8 14 27 -18 35
18 Reggiana 38 9 7 22 31 57 19 6 5 8 19 23 19 3 2 14 12 34 -26 34
19 Pescara 38 7 11 20 29 60 19 4 5 10 18 29 19 3 6 10 11 31 -31 32
20 Virtus Entella 38 4 11 23 30 64 19 3 4 12 17 35 19 1 7 11 13 29 -34 23

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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.