Cagliari vs Sampdoria full preview

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 17.October
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Sardegna Arena (16233 seats)

Pay more attention to their own tactics or look more at the opposing team? Both Cagliari and Sampdoria must try something separate than earlier. Read more!

Insights:
  • Cagliari is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Sampdoria have the most conceded goals in the first half (9) 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.

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Cagliari form and stats

Cagliari have played 4 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The spoils were shared in Cagliari's previous game, also at home. Visiting Venezia (placed 17th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Midfielder Nahitan Nández was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.4 (out of ten) in that game. Nández hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 21 successful passes (of 26 total).

Heartbreak before that as Cagliari lost 0-2 at Napoli's place.

The Cagliari fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. Cagliari have conceded 8 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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Sampdoria form and stats

Sampdoria are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Serie A, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).

Sampdoria delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Udinese (placed 13th) in their previous match; a Serie A game. A mental fixture with an abundance of goals last time out for Sampdoria, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this fixture be as refreshing? Fabio Quagliarella, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.92. Quagliarella scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Juventus's place.

Sampdoria are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. As opposed to that, Sampdoria have seen the ball go into their own net 3 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Cagliari victories, four draws and three Sampdoria wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

CagliariJ. dos Santos Galvão
J. dos Santos Galvão
4 goals
SampdoriaA. Candreva
A. Candreva
3 goals
CagliariK. Baldé Diao
K. Baldé Diao
2 goals

Cagliari missing players

Sampdoria missing players

Cagliari Sampdoria
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
7 4 3 Played P 1 3 7
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
3 2 2 Drew D 1 1 3
4 2 1 Lost L 0 1 3
8 5 5 Scored S 0 5 10
16 8 6 Conceded C 0 3 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 67% 86%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 71%
57% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 71%
57% 50% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 57%
29% 25% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 29%
71% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 43%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 67% 29%
29% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 43%
 
4.3 5.5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.3 5.6
6 4.5 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.7 5.7
2.4 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 13.5 13 Shots (avg) S ( 10 11.3 13.6
3.3 4.2 5.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4.3 4.4
35% 29% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 38% 32%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Cagliari's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cagliari have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Cagliari have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Cagliari have yet to win a game.
  • Cagliari haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Cagliari is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Sampdoria have the most conceded goals in the first half (9) 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 Napoli 7 7 0 0 18 3 3 3 0 0 6 1 4 4 0 0 12 2 15 21
2 Milan 7 6 1 0 15 5 3 3 0 0 8 1 4 3 1 0 7 4 10 19
3 Inter 7 5 2 0 22 8 3 2 1 0 12 3 4 3 1 0 10 5 14 17
4 Roma 7 5 0 2 16 8 4 4 0 0 8 2 3 1 0 2 8 6 8 15
5 Fiorentina 7 4 0 3 10 11 3 1 0 2 4 6 4 3 0 1 6 5 -1 12
6 Lazio 7 3 2 2 15 12 3 2 1 0 11 5 4 1 1 2 4 7 3 11
7 Juventus 7 3 2 2 11 10 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 1 7 6 1 11
8 Atalanta 7 3 2 2 10 9 4 1 1 2 5 6 3 2 1 0 5 3 1 11
9 Bologna 7 3 2 2 12 14 4 3 1 0 9 4 3 0 1 2 3 10 -2 11
10 Empoli 7 3 0 4 9 12 4 1 0 3 6 10 3 2 0 1 3 2 -3 9
11 Torino 7 2 2 3 9 7 4 1 1 2 6 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 8
12 Hellas Verona 7 2 2 3 15 14 4 2 0 2 10 8 3 0 2 1 5 6 1 8
13 Udinese 7 2 2 3 9 11 4 1 1 2 5 7 3 1 1 1 4 4 -2 8
14 Sassuolo 7 2 1 4 7 9 4 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 0 2 5 6 -2 7
15 Sampdoria 7 1 3 3 10 13 4 0 2 2 5 10 3 1 1 1 5 3 -3 6
16 Genoa 7 1 2 4 10 16 3 0 1 2 5 7 4 1 1 2 5 9 -6 5
17 Venezia 7 1 2 4 5 12 2 0 1 1 2 3 5 1 1 3 3 9 -7 5
18 Salernitana 7 1 1 5 5 15 4 1 1 2 3 7 3 0 0 3 2 8 -10 4
19 Spezia 7 1 1 5 8 19 3 0 0 3 3 6 4 1 1 2 5 13 -11 4
20 Cagliari 7 0 3 4 8 16 4 0 2 2 5 8 3 0 1 2 3 8 -8 3

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Read more about Serie A

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.