Serie A match preview and statistics: Cagliari fight Udinese

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 26.July
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Sardegna Arena (16233 seats)

With their 3 point advantage in the league table, Cagliari fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Udinese.

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.

These teams have little in common geographically as Udinese have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Cagliari can neither be promoted or relegated from Serie A. Udinese are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Cagliari form and stats

Overall Serie A stats at home this season for Cagliari are 6-4-7 (wins-draw-losses). Cagliari have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

In their previous game, the manager W. Zenga led his Cagliari to a defeat in the Serie A match away at Lazio. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Sardegna Arena. In the match before that, Cagliari hosted Sassuolo and drew the game 1-1.

Cagliari's goalkeeper Alessio Cragno was extremely busy against Lazio, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning nine saves.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Cagliari, as the Serie A home game vs Juventus is only three days away.

The Cagliari fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 30 goals in 17 league matches. Cagliari have conceded 27 from these games.

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Udinese form and stats

Udinese, who have the most clean sheets (12) in Serie A, have only collected 15 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 4-3-10 (17 played).

Ilija Nestorovski and Seko Fofana scored in Udinese's previous match, the home game against Juventus that ended 2-1. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Napoli's place.

Late drama in the previous game, when Seko Fofana scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time to defeat Juventus.

After this away game Udinese return home for a Serie A game against Lecce. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Udinese have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 17 league away games 17 goals have been scored. In the opposite end, Udinese have conceded 28 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Udinese - Cagliari 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cagliari five wins, one draw and Udinese four victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CagliariJ. dos Santos Galvão
J. dos Santos Galvão
18 goals
CagliariG. Simeone
G. Simeone
11 goals
UdineseK. Lasagna
K. Lasagna
10 goals

Cagliari missing players

Udinese missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cagliari Udinese
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 6 Played P 5 17 35
10 6 4 Won W 0 4 10
12 4 1 Drew D 2 3 9
13 7 1 Lost L 3 10 16
50 30 13 Scored S 2 17 34
52 27 7 Conceded C 6 28 49
94% 94% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 94% 86%
77% 76% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 71% 63%
51% 53% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 47% 46%
34% 41% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 24% 26%
14% 29% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 9%
63% 65% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 47% 43%
17% 12% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 24% 34%
26% 29% 33% Failed to Score F T 60% 35% 37%
 
4.1 4.3 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.6 5.5 5.1
6.1 5.6 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6.4 6.6 6.2
2.9 2.8 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 1.9 2.1
6 2 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
422 215 92 Total Shots T S 47 195 440
141 77 31 Shots on Target S O 12 62 139
35% 39% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 27% 24%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Cagliari have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Udinese has the most clean sheets (12)
  • Udinese have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Juventus 35 25 5 5 73 38 17 15 2 0 43 14 18 10 3 5 30 24 35 80
2 Atalanta 35 22 8 5 95 44 18 12 2 4 51 24 17 10 6 1 44 20 51 74
3 Inter 35 21 10 4 74 36 18 10 6 2 38 17 17 11 4 2 36 19 38 73
4 Lazio 35 22 6 7 71 38 18 13 3 2 44 17 17 9 3 5 27 21 33 72
5 Roma 35 18 7 10 69 47 18 9 4 5 34 26 17 9 3 5 35 21 22 61
6 Milan 35 17 8 10 55 44 17 8 5 4 27 19 18 9 3 6 28 25 11 59
7 Napoli 35 16 8 11 56 47 17 8 3 6 26 23 18 8 5 5 30 24 9 56
8 Sassuolo 35 13 9 13 64 60 17 7 3 7 39 32 18 6 6 6 25 28 4 48
9 Hellas Verona 35 11 13 11 43 43 17 8 5 4 25 20 18 3 8 7 18 23 0 46
10 Parma 35 12 7 16 49 51 18 7 2 9 25 22 17 5 5 7 24 29 -2 43
11 Fiorentina 35 10 13 12 43 45 18 4 8 6 18 22 17 6 5 6 25 23 -2 43
12 Bologna 35 11 10 14 48 58 17 4 7 6 21 26 18 7 3 8 27 32 -10 43
13 Cagliari 35 10 12 13 50 52 17 6 4 7 30 27 18 4 8 6 20 25 -2 42
14 Sampdoria 35 12 5 18 46 58 18 6 4 8 24 26 17 6 1 10 22 32 -12 41
15 Udinese 35 10 9 16 34 49 18 6 6 6 17 21 17 4 3 10 17 28 -15 39
16 Torino 35 11 5 19 42 63 18 7 4 7 21 27 17 4 1 12 21 36 -21 38
17 Genoa 35 9 9 17 44 65 17 6 1 10 21 28 18 3 8 7 23 37 -21 36
18 Lecce 35 8 8 19 45 77 18 4 5 9 27 37 17 4 3 10 18 40 -32 32
19 Brescia 35 6 6 23 33 74 17 3 4 10 19 31 18 3 2 13 14 43 -41 24
20 SPAL 35 5 4 26 25 70 17 2 3 12 14 36 18 3 1 14 11 34 -45 19

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Juventus 35 25 5 5 73 38 17 15 2 0 43 14 18 10 3 5 30 24 35 80
2 Atalanta 35 22 8 5 95 44 18 12 2 4 51 24 17 10 6 1 44 20 51 74
3 Inter 35 21 10 4 74 36 18 10 6 2 38 17 17 11 4 2 36 19 38 73
4 Lazio 35 22 6 7 71 38 18 13 3 2 44 17 17 9 3 5 27 21 33 72
5 Roma 35 18 7 10 69 47 18 9 4 5 34 26 17 9 3 5 35 21 22 61
6 Milan 35 17 8 10 55 44 17 8 5 4 27 19 18 9 3 6 28 25 11 59
7 Napoli 35 16 8 11 56 47 17 8 3 6 26 23 18 8 5 5 30 24 9 56
8 Sassuolo 35 13 9 13 64 60 17 7 3 7 39 32 18 6 6 6 25 28 4 48
9 Hellas Verona 35 11 13 11 43 43 17 8 5 4 25 20 18 3 8 7 18 23 0 46
10 Parma 35 12 7 16 49 51 18 7 2 9 25 22 17 5 5 7 24 29 -2 43
11 Fiorentina 35 10 13 12 43 45 18 4 8 6 18 22 17 6 5 6 25 23 -2 43
12 Bologna 35 11 10 14 48 58 17 4 7 6 21 26 18 7 3 8 27 32 -10 43
13 Cagliari 35 10 12 13 50 52 17 6 4 7 30 27 18 4 8 6 20 25 -2 42
14 Sampdoria 35 12 5 18 46 58 18 6 4 8 24 26 17 6 1 10 22 32 -12 41
15 Udinese 35 10 9 16 34 49 18 6 6 6 17 21 17 4 3 10 17 28 -15 39
16 Torino 35 11 5 19 42 63 18 7 4 7 21 27 17 4 1 12 21 36 -21 38
17 Genoa 35 9 9 17 44 65 17 6 1 10 21 28 18 3 8 7 23 37 -21 36
18 Lecce 35 8 8 19 45 77 18 4 5 9 27 37 17 4 3 10 18 40 -32 32
19 Brescia 35 6 6 23 33 74 17 3 4 10 19 31 18 3 2 13 14 43 -41 24
20 SPAL 35 5 4 26 25 70 17 2 3 12 14 36 18 3 1 14 11 34 -45 19

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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.