Salernitana vs Cagliari betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 08.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Arechi (37245 seats)

A demanding season for Salernitana so far, and you could say the same about Cagliari. These struggling sides pray for some much needed points here.

Insights:
  • Salernitana have the most conceded goals (72) in Serie A
  • Cagliari have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

These teams have little in common geographically as Cagliari have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Only a few days to rest for the team playing at home, as they featured in a Serie A match only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Venezia, was also a home game here at Stadio Arechi. The away team is better rested.

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Salernitana form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie A this season. Salernitana have only managed 3 wins, 5 draws and 9 losses from their games here at Stadio Arechi. When Salernitana hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Genoa, Sampdoria, Venezia, Empoli, Spezia and Salernitana), they have won 2 of 5 matches! Two home wins in a row for Salernitana bring valid hopes of a third.

A nice win for Salernitana last time playing, versus Venezia. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Bonazzoli and Verdi scoring for the victors. The victory against Venezia came after Verdi's winning goal. The Salernitana manager Nicola was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 62nd minute. Fazio, defender, was given a rating of 7.85/10 in that game, top of the team. Fazio hit two key passes and won 9 of 14 duels.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Atalanta that finished 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Salernitana perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Salernitana as a small favourite), we find eight games. Salernitana has won six of these, drawn one and lost one.

Salernitana have scored 16 league goals here from 17 matches, not a lot.

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Cagliari form and stats

There's been little loot from Cagliari's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 17 away games in the Serie A. Cagliari only have 3 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 4 draws. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Cagliari are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Hellas Verona with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Defender Altare was the best team player with a rating of 7.4. Altare hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and won 13 of 19 duels.

Prior to that match, the Cagliari manager Agostini faced defeat when travelling to Genoa and losing 0-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cagliari playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were two Cagliari wins, one draw and one defeat.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cagliari as they have only managed to score 13 times from 17 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have faced each other already this season, with the match result Cagliari - Salernitana 1-1 registered in the official records. Head to head totals (for the prior three meetings): Salernitana won zero games, one match ended with a draw and Cagliari got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / two The games between these teams have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 5 red cards from the last three encounters.

Top Goalscorers

CagliariJ. dos Santos Galvão
J. dos Santos Galvão
13 goals
SalernitanaF. Bonazzoli
F. Bonazzoli
9 goals
SalernitanaM. Đurić
M. Đurić
5 goals

Salernitana missing players

Cagliari missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Salernitana Cagliari
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 4 17 35
7 3 2 Won W 1 3 6
8 5 1 Drew D 1 4 10
20 9 2 Lost L 2 10 19
31 16 7 Scored S 3 13 32
72 34 9 Conceded C 5 34 64
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
83% 76% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 82% 86%
60% 59% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 53% 54%
34% 41% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 26%
14% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 9%
51% 47% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 47% 60%
6% 6% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 6% 6%
43% 47% 20% Failed to Score F T 50% 53% 37%
 
4.6 5.6 8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 2.6 3.5
6.3 5 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.4 5.2
2.5 1.9 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.9 2.6
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
10.3 10.9 12.4 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 9.1 10.8
3.4 3.2 4.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 2.8 3.3
26% 30% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 27% 28%
 
15.8 14.5 13.6 Shots against (avg) S A 11 16.4 14.8
5.9 5.5 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 5.9 4.9
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Cagliari have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Cagliari have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Cagliari have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Salernitana have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Salernitana have the most conceded goals (72) in Serie A
  • Salernitana have the most conceded goals in the first half (35) in Serie A
  • Salernitana have the the worst goal difference (-41) in Serie A
  • Salernitana have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Salernitana haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 35 23 8 4 61 30 18 11 4 3 26 12 17 12 4 1 35 18 31 77
2 Inter 35 22 9 4 74 29 17 12 3 2 41 14 18 10 6 2 33 15 45 75
3 Napoli 35 21 7 7 67 31 18 10 3 5 34 16 17 11 4 2 33 15 36 70
4 Juventus 35 20 9 6 54 31 18 10 4 4 23 12 17 10 5 2 31 19 23 69
5 Lazio 35 17 8 10 70 53 17 9 5 3 37 22 18 8 3 7 33 31 17 59
6 Roma 35 17 8 10 55 40 18 10 5 3 25 15 17 7 3 7 30 25 15 59
7 Atalanta 35 15 11 9 62 44 18 4 8 6 31 28 17 11 3 3 31 16 18 56
8 Fiorentina 35 17 5 13 54 47 17 11 2 4 34 20 18 6 3 9 20 27 7 56
9 Hellas Verona 35 14 10 11 61 52 17 9 3 5 33 21 18 5 7 6 28 31 9 52
10 Torino 35 12 11 12 45 37 17 8 5 4 29 17 18 4 6 8 16 20 8 47
11 Sassuolo 35 12 10 13 60 61 17 6 5 6 26 26 18 6 5 7 34 35 -1 46
12 Udinese 35 10 13 12 54 54 18 6 7 5 29 26 17 4 6 7 25 28 0 43
13 Bologna 35 11 10 14 39 48 18 8 4 6 24 21 17 3 6 8 15 27 -9 43
14 Empoli 35 9 10 16 46 65 18 4 4 10 27 43 17 5 6 6 19 22 -19 37
15 Sampdoria 35 9 6 20 42 57 18 5 3 10 25 31 17 4 3 10 17 26 -15 33
16 Spezia 35 9 6 20 37 63 17 5 3 9 20 24 18 4 3 11 17 39 -26 33
17 Salernitana 35 7 8 20 31 72 17 3 5 9 16 34 18 4 3 11 15 38 -41 29
18 Cagliari 35 6 10 19 32 64 18 3 6 9 19 30 17 3 4 10 13 34 -32 28
19 Genoa 35 3 16 16 25 55 17 2 8 7 12 23 18 1 8 9 13 32 -30 25
20 Venezia 35 5 7 23 29 65 17 2 4 11 17 35 18 3 3 12 12 30 -36 22

Cagliari:
Table
  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 35 23 8 4 61 30 18 11 4 3 26 12 17 12 4 1 35 18 31 77
2 Inter 35 22 9 4 74 29 17 12 3 2 41 14 18 10 6 2 33 15 45 75
3 Napoli 35 21 7 7 67 31 18 10 3 5 34 16 17 11 4 2 33 15 36 70
4 Juventus 35 20 9 6 54 31 18 10 4 4 23 12 17 10 5 2 31 19 23 69
5 Lazio 35 17 8 10 70 53 17 9 5 3 37 22 18 8 3 7 33 31 17 59
6 Roma 35 17 8 10 55 40 18 10 5 3 25 15 17 7 3 7 30 25 15 59
7 Atalanta 35 15 11 9 62 44 18 4 8 6 31 28 17 11 3 3 31 16 18 56
8 Fiorentina 35 17 5 13 54 47 17 11 2 4 34 20 18 6 3 9 20 27 7 56
9 Hellas Verona 35 14 10 11 61 52 17 9 3 5 33 21 18 5 7 6 28 31 9 52
10 Torino 35 12 11 12 45 37 17 8 5 4 29 17 18 4 6 8 16 20 8 47
11 Sassuolo 35 12 10 13 60 61 17 6 5 6 26 26 18 6 5 7 34 35 -1 46
12 Udinese 35 10 13 12 54 54 18 6 7 5 29 26 17 4 6 7 25 28 0 43
13 Bologna 35 11 10 14 39 48 18 8 4 6 24 21 17 3 6 8 15 27 -9 43
14 Empoli 35 9 10 16 46 65 18 4 4 10 27 43 17 5 6 6 19 22 -19 37
15 Sampdoria 35 9 6 20 42 57 18 5 3 10 25 31 17 4 3 10 17 26 -15 33
16 Spezia 35 9 6 20 37 63 17 5 3 9 20 24 18 4 3 11 17 39 -26 33
17 Salernitana 35 7 8 20 31 72 17 3 5 9 16 34 18 4 3 11 15 38 -41 29
18 Cagliari 35 6 10 19 32 64 18 3 6 9 19 30 17 3 4 10 13 34 -32 28
19 Genoa 35 3 16 16 25 55 17 2 8 7 12 23 18 1 8 9 13 32 -30 25
20 Venezia 35 5 7 23 29 65 17 2 4 11 17 35 18 3 3 12 12 30 -36 22

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