Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Hellas Verona in 7th and Cagliari in 11th place.
- Hellas Verona has the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Serie A
- Cagliari have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Hellas Verona form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie A, Hellas Verona have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.
A good away victory last time out for Hellas, who won 2-0 against Atalanta (placed 8th). Nobody expected Hellas to beat Atalanta in the last match, but sometimes David beats Goliath. Heartbreak before that as Hellas Verona lost 1-2 at Cagliari's place.
This is expected to be a close game, with Hellas Verona perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hellas Verona as a small favourite), we find nine games. Hellas Verona has won five of these, drawn two and lost two.
Hellas has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. From these home matches, Hellas Verona have conceded only 3 goals.
Cagliari form and stats
Playing away, Cagliari have won 1 game, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Serie A this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Cagliari have lost on their last two travels.
Cagliari delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Spezia (placed 14th) in their previous match; a Serie A game. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Hellas Verona in the Coppa Italia.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Cagliari in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Cagliari, two draws and three defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Cagliari's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Cagliari's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 13 goals in 5 travels.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Hellas five wins, one draw and Cagliari four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. dos Santos Galvão 6 goals |  G. Simeone 5 goals |   A. Barák 3 goals |
Hellas Verona missing players
Cagliari missing players
| Hellas Verona | Cagliari | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 8 | 13 | 19 |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 56% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 60% | 56% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 60% | 44% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 80% | 67% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.2 | 17.5 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9 | 11.4 |
| 4.2 | 5.5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
| 26% | 18% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 50% | 43% |
- All of Cagliari's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cagliari have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Cagliari have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cagliari haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Hellas Verona has the fewest matches over the total-line (2) 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 | Milan | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Inter | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| 3 | Sassuolo | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | Juventus | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| 5 | Napoli | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 17 |
| 6 | Roma | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | Hellas Verona | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 8 | Atalanta | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 9 | Lazio | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Bologna | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Cagliari | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 11 |
| 12 | Sampdoria | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 13 | Udinese | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 14 | Spezia | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | -4 | 10 |
| 15 | Benevento | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 10 |
| 16 | Fiorentina | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 8 |
| 17 | Parma | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 6 |
| 18 | Torino | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 5 |
| 19 | Genoa | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 5 |
| 20 | Crotone | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -14 | 2 |