Cagliari fights Genoa in Serie A battle

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

An important duel in the bottom section of the Serie A, with both Cagliari and Genoa experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 16th and the visitors in 14th place.

Insights:
  • Cagliari have the fewest scored goals in the first half (15) in Serie A
  • Genoa have the fewest scored goals (17) away in Serie A

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

Cagliari can neither be promoted or relegated from Serie A. Genoa is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

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Cagliari form and stats

Cagliari have collected 19 points from their Serie A home games so far after 5-4-9.

Cagliari haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 180 minutes ago. Joao Pedro scored that one. Cagliari are confident in defense, having played 254 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

The home team returns to Sardegna Arena after being equal after 90 minutes with Milan (placed 4th) on their last time out; the Serie A game ended 0-0. Alessio Cragno, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.65 out of 10 in that game. Cragno stopped the opponent with two saves.

In the match before that, Cagliari hosted Fiorentina and drew the game 0-0.

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 seven wins, one draw and one defeat.

Cagliari has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. Cagliari have conceded 31 from these games.

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Genoa form and stats

There's been little loot from Genoa's travels as they have only collected 17 points from 18 away games in the Serie A. Genoa, who have the fewest scored goals (17) away in Serie A, only have 4 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 5 draws.

The manager D. Ballardini was unhappy after their last game, a Serie A match played at their home ground Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris. Genoa suffered a 3-4 loss to Atalanta (placed 2nd). The attacker Eldor Shomurodov got a match rating of 8.35 in that game. Shomurodov scored two goals. As you can tell from the result, the match against Atalanta was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?

Prior to that result Genoa won their away game at Bologna. The scoreline was 2-0.

We have checked recent matches where Genoa have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were two victories, four draws and three defeats.

The visitors have scored 17 goals from 18 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Genoa have conceded 28 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Genoa - Cagliari 1-0 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Cagliari wins - draws - Genoa wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CagliariJ. dos Santos Galvão
J. dos Santos Galvão
16 goals
GenoaM. Destro
M. Destro
11 goals
GenoaG. Scamacca
G. Scamacca
8 goals

Cagliari missing players

Genoa missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cagliari Genoa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
37 18 5 Played P 5 18 37
9 5 2 Won W 3 4 9
10 4 1 Drew D 1 5 12
18 9 2 Lost L 1 9 16
43 22 11 Scored S 7 17 46
58 31 10 Conceded C 4 28 58
92% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 83% 92%
70% 78% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 72% 84%
41% 44% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 50% 54%
35% 39% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 27%
22% 22% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
54% 56% 80% BTTS BTTS 40% 44% 62%
19% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 28% 22%
35% 33% 20% Failed to Score F T 40% 44% 24%
 
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 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.6 2.2
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.5 13.3 17 Shots (avg) S ( 8.6 8.8 9.1
3.6 3.8 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3 3.2
32% 32% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 31% 39%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Cagliari have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cagliari have the fewest scored goals in the first half (15) in Serie A
  • Cagliari have the most matches under the total-line (22) in Serie A
  • Genoa have the fewest scored goals (17) away in Serie A

  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 37 27 7 3 84 34 18 16 1 1 48 17 19 11 6 2 36 17 50 88
2 Atalanta 37 23 9 5 90 45 18 12 3 3 49 22 19 11 6 2 41 23 45 78
3 Napoli 37 24 4 9 85 40 18 12 3 3 49 19 19 12 1 6 36 21 45 76
4 Milan 37 23 7 7 72 41 19 8 6 5 31 24 18 15 1 2 41 17 31 76
5 Juventus 37 22 9 6 73 37 19 14 2 3 40 18 18 8 7 3 33 19 36 75
6 Lazio 36 21 4 11 61 53 18 13 2 3 36 23 18 8 2 8 25 30 8 67
7 Roma 37 18 7 12 66 56 19 13 4 2 42 18 18 5 3 10 24 38 10 61
8 Sassuolo 37 16 11 10 62 56 18 6 8 4 29 27 19 10 3 6 33 29 6 59
9 Sampdoria 37 14 7 16 49 54 18 8 3 7 29 26 19 6 4 9 20 28 -5 49
10 Hellas Verona 37 11 11 15 45 47 19 6 6 7 23 23 18 5 5 8 22 24 -2 44
11 Bologna 37 10 11 16 50 61 18 7 5 6 32 29 19 3 6 10 18 32 -11 41
12 Udinese 37 10 10 17 41 53 19 5 4 10 14 19 18 5 6 7 27 34 -12 40
13 Fiorentina 37 9 12 16 47 59 19 6 6 7 25 25 18 3 6 9 22 34 -12 39
14 Genoa 37 9 12 16 46 58 19 5 7 7 29 30 18 4 5 9 17 28 -12 39
15 Spezia 37 9 11 17 50 70 18 5 6 7 26 31 19 4 5 10 24 39 -20 38
16 Cagliari 37 9 10 18 43 58 18 5 4 9 22 31 19 4 6 9 21 27 -15 37
17 Torino 36 7 14 15 49 68 18 3 8 7 24 35 18 4 6 8 25 33 -19 35
18 Benevento 37 7 11 19 39 74 19 2 7 10 19 39 18 5 4 9 20 35 -35 32
19 Crotone 37 6 4 27 45 92 18 5 1 12 23 35 19 1 3 15 22 57 -47 22
20 Parma 37 3 11 23 39 80 19 2 5 12 16 39 18 1 6 11 23 41 -41 20

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Table
  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 37 27 7 3 84 34 18 16 1 1 48 17 19 11 6 2 36 17 50 88
2 Atalanta 37 23 9 5 90 45 18 12 3 3 49 22 19 11 6 2 41 23 45 78
3 Napoli 37 24 4 9 85 40 18 12 3 3 49 19 19 12 1 6 36 21 45 76
4 Milan 37 23 7 7 72 41 19 8 6 5 31 24 18 15 1 2 41 17 31 76
5 Juventus 37 22 9 6 73 37 19 14 2 3 40 18 18 8 7 3 33 19 36 75
6 Lazio 36 21 4 11 61 53 18 13 2 3 36 23 18 8 2 8 25 30 8 67
7 Roma 37 18 7 12 66 56 19 13 4 2 42 18 18 5 3 10 24 38 10 61
8 Sassuolo 37 16 11 10 62 56 18 6 8 4 29 27 19 10 3 6 33 29 6 59
9 Sampdoria 37 14 7 16 49 54 18 8 3 7 29 26 19 6 4 9 20 28 -5 49
10 Hellas Verona 37 11 11 15 45 47 19 6 6 7 23 23 18 5 5 8 22 24 -2 44
11 Bologna 37 10 11 16 50 61 18 7 5 6 32 29 19 3 6 10 18 32 -11 41
12 Udinese 37 10 10 17 41 53 19 5 4 10 14 19 18 5 6 7 27 34 -12 40
13 Fiorentina 37 9 12 16 47 59 19 6 6 7 25 25 18 3 6 9 22 34 -12 39
14 Genoa 37 9 12 16 46 58 19 5 7 7 29 30 18 4 5 9 17 28 -12 39
15 Spezia 37 9 11 17 50 70 18 5 6 7 26 31 19 4 5 10 24 39 -20 38
16 Cagliari 37 9 10 18 43 58 18 5 4 9 22 31 19 4 6 9 21 27 -15 37
17 Torino 36 7 14 15 49 68 18 3 8 7 24 35 18 4 6 8 25 33 -19 35
18 Benevento 37 7 11 19 39 74 19 2 7 10 19 39 18 5 4 9 20 35 -35 32
19 Crotone 37 6 4 27 45 92 18 5 1 12 23 35 19 1 3 15 22 57 -47 22
20 Parma 37 3 11 23 39 80 19 2 5 12 16 39 18 1 6 11 23 41 -41 20

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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.