SPAL hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 15 points and a 20th position in the Serie A table. Visiting Cagliari holds 11th place with 32 pts.
SPAL and Cagliari should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Cagliari, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
SPAL form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie A this season. SPAL have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses from their games here at Stadio Paolo Mazza. SPAL are slowly digging their own grave here at Stadio Paolo Mazza with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Parma match. It's trouble wherever SPAL are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
SPAL's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Juventus (placed 2nd). A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Lecce.
This is expected to be a close game, with SPAL perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with SPAL as a small favourite), we find nine games. SPAL has won two of these, drawn five and lost two.
SPAL have scored 11 league goals here from 12 matches, not a lot. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 20 goals have been conceded.
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 eleven games without a victory. The Sampdoria game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.
Cagliari's previous game was their home loss versus Roma (3-4). Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Napoli.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Cagliari, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? Cagliari goalkeeper Robin Olsen had a great day against Roma, but despite making seven saves the loss could not be avoided.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Cagliari in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Cagliari, three draws and three defeats.
Cagliari has another fixture away, a Serie A game, against Hellas Verona in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The visiting Cagliari have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 12 games. 17 goals have been conceded by Cagliari in these games.
Head 2 Head
Cagliari - SPAL 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. SPAL-Cagliari H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: SPAL zero wins, Cagliari five wins, one draw. three of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. dos Santos Galvão 16 goals |   A. Petagna 10 goals | G. Simeone 6 goals |
SPAL missing players
Cagliari missing players
| SPAL | Cagliari | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 19 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 16 | 41 |
| 44 | 20 | 7 | Conceded | C | 8 | 17 | 40 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 72% | 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 83% | 84% |
| 52% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 50% | 56% |
| 20% | 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 42% | 44% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 16% |
| 56% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 67% | 68% |
| 8% | 8% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 12% |
| 40% | 25% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 17% | 20% |
| 4.5 | 4.8 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 3.6 | 4 |
| 6.2 | 5.1 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 7.2 | 6.2 |
| 3 | 2.9 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.2 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 337 | 188 | 63 | Total Shots | T S | 68 | 133 | 312 |
| 91 | 52 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 21 | 41 | 108 |
| 21% | 21% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 39% | 38% |
- Cagliari have scored more than double the goals of SPAL.
- Cagliari haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- SPAL has the fewest scored goals (19)
- SPAL has the the worst goal difference (-25)
- SPAL have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- SPAL haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 | Lazio | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 60 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 37 | 62 |
| 2 | Juventus | 25 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 24 | 60 |
| 3 | Inter | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 49 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 27 | 54 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 70 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 15 | 36 | 48 |
| 5 | Roma | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 51 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 45 |
| 6 | Napoli | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 39 |
| 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 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 22 | -4 | 34 |
| 11 | Cagliari | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 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 | Udinese | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 25 | -16 | 27 |
| 15 | Torino | 25 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 28 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 23 | -17 | 27 |
| 16 | Lecce | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 34 | 56 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 30 | -22 | 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 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 46 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 28 | -17 | 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 |