Hellas Verona favourites for feisty fight facing Cagliari

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 23.February
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi (42160 seats)

6th position in the Serie A table for Hellas Verona so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 10th-placed Cagliari visits Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi.

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.

It's quite the trip for Cagliari when visiting Hellas Verona as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

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Hellas Verona form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie A, Hellas Verona have managed 6 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 12 games. There’s a good atmosphere here at Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi after three straight home wins.

Hellas Verona travelled for their previous game, a trip to Udinese that ended 0-0. Before that, Hellas Verona had a home game versus Juventus which ended with a victory 2-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Hellas Verona handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, five draws and one defeat.

The Hellas Verona fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 12 matches. 12 goals have been conceded.

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Cagliari form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 3 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Cagliari, who have now gone ten games without a victory. The Sampdoria game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.

The attacking players of Cagliari have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 216 minutes.

Cagliari failed to get anything from their last game, a Serie A home match vs Napoli (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 0-1. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Genoa wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

We have checked recent matches where Cagliari have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were zero victories, one draw and five defeats.

Cagliari have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. Cagliari have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Cagliari - Hellas Verona 1-1 entered in the official records. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's four Hellas Verona victories, one draw and three Cagliari wins. Over/under statistics; four 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
14 goals
CagliariG. Simeone
G. Simeone
6 goals
CagliariR. Nainggolan
R. Nainggolan
5 goals

Hellas Verona missing players

Cagliari missing players

Hellas Verona Cagliari
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 2 12 24
9 6 1 Won W 1 3 8
8 3 1 Drew D 1 6 8
7 3 2 Lost L 0 3 8
28 17 2 Scored S 5 16 38
24 12 3 Conceded C 3 17 36
88% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 67% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 83%
38% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 54%
12% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 42% 42%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 12%
50% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 67%
38% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 12%
25% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 21%
 
5.3 5.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.6 4.1
5.3 4.2 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 10.5 7.2 6.2
2.6 2.3 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4.5 3.2 3
5 2 2 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
279 130 37 Total Shots T S 18 133 305
101 50 13 Shots on Target S O 6 41 102
28% 34% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 83% 39% 37%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Cagliari haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Hellas Verona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Juventus 25 19 3 3 48 24 12 11 1 0 29 10 13 8 2 3 19 14 24 60
2 Lazio 24 17 5 2 55 21 13 10 3 0 37 10 11 7 2 2 18 11 34 56
3 Inter 24 16 6 2 49 22 12 7 4 1 23 10 12 9 2 1 26 12 27 54
4 Atalanta 24 13 6 5 63 32 12 6 2 4 33 19 12 7 4 1 30 13 31 45
5 Roma 24 11 6 7 43 32 12 5 3 4 22 19 12 6 3 3 21 13 11 39
6 Napoli 25 10 6 9 39 35 12 4 2 6 15 17 13 6 4 3 24 18 4 36
7 Milan 25 10 6 9 27 32 12 4 5 3 12 13 13 6 1 6 15 19 -5 36
8 Hellas Verona 24 9 8 7 28 24 12 6 3 3 17 12 12 3 5 4 11 12 4 35
9 Parma 24 10 5 9 32 30 12 6 1 5 17 11 12 4 4 4 15 19 2 35
10 Bologna 25 9 7 9 38 40 13 4 5 4 18 20 12 5 2 5 20 20 -2 34
11 Cagliari 24 8 8 8 38 36 12 5 2 5 22 19 12 3 6 3 16 17 2 32
12 Sassuolo 24 8 5 11 38 39 12 5 1 6 25 22 12 3 4 5 13 17 -1 29
13 Fiorentina 25 7 8 10 32 36 13 3 5 5 13 17 12 4 3 5 19 19 -4 29
14 Torino 24 8 3 13 27 43 12 4 2 6 11 22 12 4 1 7 16 21 -16 27
15 Udinese 25 7 6 12 21 37 12 5 3 4 10 12 13 2 3 8 11 25 -16 27
16 Lecce 24 6 7 11 32 45 12 2 5 5 17 19 12 4 2 6 15 26 -13 25
17 Sampdoria 24 6 5 13 26 43 13 3 4 6 14 21 11 3 1 7 12 22 -17 23
18 Genoa 24 5 7 12 27 43 11 4 1 6 12 15 13 1 6 6 15 28 -16 22
19 Brescia 25 4 4 17 22 46 13 1 3 9 13 25 12 3 1 8 9 21 -24 16
20 SPAL 25 4 3 18 19 44 12 2 2 8 11 20 13 2 1 10 8 24 -25 15

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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.