Football match betting preview: Cagliari vs Udinese

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 18.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Sardegna Arena (16233 seats)

Udinese have reset their minds and bodies after their 4-0-game versus Crotone and are eager to go again when travelling to Cagliari. Here's all the facts and figures!

Insights:
  • Cagliari have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Udinese have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Udinese, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.

It's no vacation for neither Cagliari nor Udinese as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Cagliari form and stats

Cagliari's results here at Sardegna Arena in the Serie A have been very modest with 1 victory, 4 draws and 4 defeats. Cagliari have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Cagliari's previous game was a Coppa Italia match also played at home, ending 3-1 versus Cittadella. The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfielder Deiola was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.64 (out of ten) in that game. Deiola scored one goal and had 22 successful passes (of 25 total).

A Serie A defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Inter.

There will be little rest for Cagliari after this match as they are travelling to Juventus for a Serie A game in only three days.

The Cagliari fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 9 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Cagliari defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Udinese form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Udinese so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose).

Udinese won their last game, 4-0 versus Crotone played at home. As mentioned above, Udinese was the only team on the pitch versus Crotone in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. The attacker Success got a match rating of 8.55 in that game. Success scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit seven key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 33 successful passes (of 41 total).

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Milan in the Serie A.

A quick return to home after this game, as Udinese are hosting Salernitana in the Serie A only three days away.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Udinese have scored 11 goals in 8 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Udinese manager Cioffi has some worries about the defense as 16 goals have been conceded in these travels. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Cagliari wins - draws - Udinese 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
9 goals
UdineseN. Bercique Gomes Betuncal
N. Bercique Gomes Betuncal
7 goals
UdineseG. Deulofeu Lázaro
G. Deulofeu Lázaro
4 goals

Cagliari missing players

Udinese missing players

Cagliari Udinese
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 9 5 Played P 2 8 17
1 1 1 Won W 1 1 3
7 4 3 Drew D 1 3 8
9 4 1 Lost L 0 4 6
17 12 9 Scored S 4 11 22
34 15 8 Conceded C 3 16 28
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
94% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 76%
59% 56% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 47%
41% 33% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 35%
12% 11% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 18%
65% 89% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 59%
6% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 12% 18%
35% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 29%
 
3.5 4.8 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 6.5 5.4 4.7
6.5 5.8 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.6 4.6
2.4 2.3 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.9 2.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
10.5 12.6 14 Shots (avg) S ( 14 13 13.2
3.1 3.7 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 5.4 5.1
32% 36% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 26% 26%
 
16.3 13.6 11.6 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 14.9 13.5
5.2 3.7 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4 4.1
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Cagliari's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cagliari have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Cagliari have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Cagliari haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Udinese have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Udinese 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 17 12 4 1 43 15 8 6 2 0 24 6 9 6 2 1 19 9 28 40
2 Milan 17 12 3 2 36 19 8 6 1 1 16 7 9 6 2 1 20 12 17 39
3 Atalanta 17 11 4 2 37 20 8 3 3 2 17 11 9 8 1 0 20 9 17 37
4 Napoli 17 11 3 3 34 13 9 6 1 2 17 6 8 5 2 1 17 7 21 36
5 Fiorentina 17 10 0 7 31 22 8 6 0 2 21 10 9 4 0 5 10 12 9 30
6 Roma 17 9 1 7 26 19 9 6 1 2 12 7 8 3 0 5 14 12 7 28
7 Juventus 17 8 4 5 23 17 8 4 1 3 9 7 9 4 3 2 14 10 6 28
8 Empoli 17 8 2 7 27 29 9 3 1 5 14 20 8 5 1 2 13 9 -2 26
9 Lazio 17 7 4 6 33 32 8 5 2 1 22 12 9 2 2 5 11 20 1 25
10 Bologna 17 7 3 7 24 29 9 5 1 3 16 12 8 2 2 4 8 17 -5 24
11 Hellas Verona 17 6 5 6 33 30 9 5 1 3 19 13 8 1 4 3 14 17 3 23
12 Sassuolo 17 6 5 6 28 26 9 3 3 3 12 11 8 3 2 3 16 15 2 23
13 Torino 17 6 4 7 22 18 9 5 2 2 18 10 8 1 2 5 4 8 4 22
14 Sampdoria 17 5 3 9 25 33 9 2 2 5 13 20 8 3 1 4 12 13 -8 18
15 Udinese 17 3 8 6 22 28 9 2 5 2 11 12 8 1 3 4 11 16 -6 17
16 Venezia 17 4 4 9 16 30 8 2 2 4 11 14 9 2 2 5 5 16 -14 16
17 Spezia 17 3 3 11 17 38 8 2 2 4 9 11 9 1 1 7 8 27 -21 12
18 Genoa 17 1 7 9 18 34 8 0 3 5 8 17 9 1 4 4 10 17 -16 10
19 Cagliari 17 1 7 9 17 34 9 1 4 4 12 15 8 0 3 5 5 19 -17 10
20 Salernitana 17 2 2 13 11 37 8 1 1 6 5 16 9 1 1 7 6 21 -26 8

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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.