A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 6th and 17th place in the table will show on the pitch.
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
4-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Cagliari so far this season.
The Cagliari fans got no joy from their last match, a Serie A game also here at Sardegna Arena: A 1-3 defeat against Sampdoria (placed 17th). Preceding that game was the away draw at Lecce that finished 2-2.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cagliari handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W7-D2-L2.
Goals decide football matches and Cagliari are scoring many of them at home; 15 on target from 7 league matches. Cagliari have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Sampdoria form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sampdoria so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-5 (win-draw-lose). Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Sampdoria are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Two travels in a row for Sampdoria, whose manager C. Ranieri could celebrate last time after the Serie A win against Cagliari. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Udinese.
We have checked recent matches where Sampdoria have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were W1-D0-L2.
The attacking power of Sampdoria when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 6 league matches away. Sampdoria have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Cagliari won 1 game, 4 matches ended with a draw and Sampdoria has 5 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 5 / 5Top Goalscorers
  João Pedro 7 goals |  G. Simeone 4 goals |  R. Nainggolan 3 goals |
Cagliari missing players
Sampdoria missing players
| Cagliari | Sampdoria | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 26 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 17 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 13 | 21 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 86% | 88% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 86% | 71% |
| 50% | 62% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 50% |
| 43% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 71% | 75% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 50% |
| 21% | 12% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 29% |
| 7% | 12% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 4.3 | 5 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.4 | 5.4 |
| 7.2 | 4.8 | 5.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.9 | 6.6 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 161 | 111 | 47 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 73 | 197 |
| 57 | 38 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 21 | 61 |
| 46% | 42% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 20% |
- Cagliari have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cagliari have scored more than double the goals of Sampdoria.
- Cagliari haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sampdoria has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Sampdoria has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2)
- Sampdoria have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sampdoria have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Sampdoria 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 | Inter | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 18 | 37 |
| 2 | Juventus | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 36 |
| 3 | Lazio | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 30 |
| 4 | Roma | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 28 |
| 5 | Atalanta | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 25 |
| 6 | Cagliari | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 25 |
| 7 | Napoli | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Parma | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 18 |
| 10 | Torino | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 11 | Milan | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 17 |
| 12 | Bologna | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 16 |
| 13 | Fiorentina | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 16 |
| 14 | Sassuolo | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 14 |
| 15 | Lecce | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -9 | 14 |
| 16 | Udinese | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -14 | 14 |
| 17 | Sampdoria | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -11 | 12 |
| 18 | Genoa | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | -13 | 10 |
| 19 | SPAL | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 11 | -12 | 9 |
| 20 | Brescia | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -16 | 7 |