Betting preview: Cagliari vs Hellas Verona should be interesting

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 30.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sardegna Arena (16233 seats)

Club members at Sardegna Arena haven’t witnessed many home wins this season, with Cagliari decaying in the 17th position. The guesting Hellas Verona will try to defend their higher league spot in this game.

Insights:
  • Cagliari have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Hellas Verona have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Serie A

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Hellas Verona, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Cagliari form and stats

With 3 Serie A wins, 6 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, Cagliari are certainly not brimming with confidence.

The fans are hoping that Cagliari will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the game against Genoa (placed 18th). Grassi (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.31/10. Grassi hit one key pass.

Ahead of that match, Cagliari won a home game hosting Sassuolo (1-0).

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 nine matches with the results: Won seven, drawn two and lost zero.

The Cagliari fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 17 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Cagliari have conceded 28 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Hellas Verona form and stats

As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Hellas Verona have produced an overall stat of 4-7-6 so far.

Hellas played 1-1 against Sampdoria in their previous match. Caprari, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.0. Caprari scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 27 successful passes (of 33 total).

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Atalanta.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Hellas Verona in our archives, and the results are: one win for Hellas Verona, eight draws and five defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Hellas's attacking play in away games, having scored 26 goals in 17 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Hellas Verona have conceded 30 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is what happened when the teams faced each other earlier this season; Hellas Verona - Cagliari 0-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Cagliari victories, three draws and five Hellas Verona wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Hellas VeronaG. Simeone
G. Simeone
16 goals
CagliariJ. dos Santos Galvão
J. dos Santos Galvão
12 goals
Hellas VeronaG. Caprari
G. Caprari
11 goals

Cagliari missing players

Hellas Verona missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cagliari Hellas Verona
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 6 Played P 6 17 34
6 3 2 Won W 2 4 13
10 6 2 Drew D 3 7 10
18 8 2 Lost L 1 6 11
31 18 6 Scored S 13 26 59
62 28 9 Conceded C 13 30 51
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
85% 88% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 88%
53% 53% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 53% 65%
26% 24% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 41% 41%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 24% 21%
59% 71% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 76% 76%
6% 6% 17% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 12%
38% 24% 17% Failed to Score F T 0% 24% 15%
 
3.6 4.6 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 3.9 4.4
5.3 5.1 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 5.3 4.9
2.6 2.3 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.6 2.5
4 1 1 Red cards R C 0 3 7
 
10.8 12.5 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 14.7 12.2 12.6
3.3 3.8 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.6 4.1
28% 28% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 42% 42%
 
14.9 13.4 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 12.4 12.4
5 4.1 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.1 4
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Cagliari have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Cagliari haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Hellas Verona have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Hellas Verona have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in Serie A
  • Hellas Verona haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 34 22 8 4 60 30 17 10 4 3 25 12 17 12 4 1 35 18 30 74
2 Inter 33 21 9 3 71 26 17 12 3 2 41 14 16 9 6 1 30 12 45 72
3 Napoli 34 20 7 7 61 30 17 9 3 5 28 15 17 11 4 2 33 15 31 67
4 Juventus 33 18 9 6 50 29 17 9 4 4 21 11 16 9 5 2 29 18 21 63
5 Roma 34 17 7 10 55 40 17 10 4 3 25 15 17 7 3 7 30 25 15 58
6 Lazio 34 16 8 10 66 50 17 9 5 3 37 22 17 7 3 7 29 28 16 56
7 Fiorentina 33 17 5 11 54 42 16 11 2 3 34 16 17 6 3 8 20 26 12 56
8 Atalanta 33 15 9 9 57 39 16 4 6 6 26 23 17 11 3 3 31 16 18 54
9 Hellas Verona 34 13 10 11 59 51 17 9 3 5 33 21 17 4 7 6 26 30 8 49
10 Sassuolo 33 12 10 11 58 53 16 6 5 5 25 24 17 6 5 6 33 29 5 46
11 Torino 33 11 10 12 38 32 17 8 5 4 29 17 16 3 5 8 9 15 6 43
12 Udinese 33 9 13 11 49 52 17 6 7 4 28 24 16 3 6 7 21 28 -3 40
13 Bologna 33 10 9 14 37 47 17 7 4 6 22 20 16 3 5 8 15 27 -10 39
14 Empoli 34 9 10 15 45 62 17 4 4 9 26 40 17 5 6 6 19 22 -17 37
15 Spezia 34 9 6 19 34 59 16 5 3 8 17 20 18 4 3 11 17 39 -25 33
16 Sampdoria 34 8 6 20 41 57 17 4 3 10 24 31 17 4 3 10 17 26 -16 30
17 Cagliari 34 6 10 18 31 62 17 3 6 8 18 28 17 3 4 10 13 34 -31 28
18 Genoa 34 3 16 15 25 54 17 2 8 7 12 23 17 1 8 8 13 31 -29 25
19 Salernitana 33 6 7 20 28 70 16 2 5 9 14 33 17 4 2 11 14 37 -42 25
20 Venezia 33 5 7 21 27 61 17 2 4 11 17 35 16 3 3 10 10 26 -34 22

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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 Milan 34 22 8 4 60 30 17 10 4 3 25 12 17 12 4 1 35 18 30 74
2 Inter 33 21 9 3 71 26 17 12 3 2 41 14 16 9 6 1 30 12 45 72
3 Napoli 34 20 7 7 61 30 17 9 3 5 28 15 17 11 4 2 33 15 31 67
4 Juventus 33 18 9 6 50 29 17 9 4 4 21 11 16 9 5 2 29 18 21 63
5 Roma 34 17 7 10 55 40 17 10 4 3 25 15 17 7 3 7 30 25 15 58
6 Lazio 34 16 8 10 66 50 17 9 5 3 37 22 17 7 3 7 29 28 16 56
7 Fiorentina 33 17 5 11 54 42 16 11 2 3 34 16 17 6 3 8 20 26 12 56
8 Atalanta 33 15 9 9 57 39 16 4 6 6 26 23 17 11 3 3 31 16 18 54
9 Hellas Verona 34 13 10 11 59 51 17 9 3 5 33 21 17 4 7 6 26 30 8 49
10 Sassuolo 33 12 10 11 58 53 16 6 5 5 25 24 17 6 5 6 33 29 5 46
11 Torino 33 11 10 12 38 32 17 8 5 4 29 17 16 3 5 8 9 15 6 43
12 Udinese 33 9 13 11 49 52 17 6 7 4 28 24 16 3 6 7 21 28 -3 40
13 Bologna 33 10 9 14 37 47 17 7 4 6 22 20 16 3 5 8 15 27 -10 39
14 Empoli 34 9 10 15 45 62 17 4 4 9 26 40 17 5 6 6 19 22 -17 37
15 Spezia 34 9 6 19 34 59 16 5 3 8 17 20 18 4 3 11 17 39 -25 33
16 Sampdoria 34 8 6 20 41 57 17 4 3 10 24 31 17 4 3 10 17 26 -16 30
17 Cagliari 34 6 10 18 31 62 17 3 6 8 18 28 17 3 4 10 13 34 -31 28
18 Genoa 34 3 16 15 25 54 17 2 8 7 12 23 17 1 8 8 13 31 -29 25
19 Salernitana 33 6 7 20 28 70 16 2 5 9 14 33 17 4 2 11 14 37 -42 25
20 Venezia 33 5 7 21 27 61 17 2 4 11 17 35 16 3 3 10 10 26 -34 22

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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.