Season ticket holders at Stadio Paolo Mazza haven't seen too many victories this season, with SPAL languishing in the 19th position so far. The guesting Cagliari will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
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
With 2 Serie A wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, SPAL are certainly not brimming with confidence. 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.
A good away victory last time out for SPAL, who won 1-0 against Parma (placed 9th). Preceding that match was a defeat to Juventus (1-2).
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 visitors are W3-D6-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A. 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 might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Roma proved too strong as Cagliari slumped to a 3-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Sardegna Arena. A loss against Napoli was the result prior to that, in a home game.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Roma was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? It's a bit worrying for Cagliari that their goalkeeper Robin Olsen made seven saves in the Roma game last time out, but still couldn''t prevent the loss.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Cagliari manager W. Zenga as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Hellas Verona.
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
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Cagliari - SPAL 2-0. Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for SPAL, one draw and five wins for Cagliari. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  J. dos Santos Galvão 16 goals |   A. Petagna 11 goals |  G. Simeone 6 goals |
SPAL missing players
Cagliari missing players
| SPAL | Cagliari | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 18 | 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 20 | 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% |
| 69% | 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 83% | 84% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 50% | 56% |
| 19% | 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 42% | 44% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 16% |
| 54% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 67% | 68% |
| 12% | 8% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 12% |
| 38% | 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 |
| 6.1 | 5.1 | 6.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 7.2 | 6.2 |
| 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.2 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 347 | 188 | 63 | Total Shots | T S | 68 | 133 | 312 |
| 93 | 52 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 21 | 41 | 108 |
| 22% | 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 (20)
- 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 | Juventus | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 26 | 63 |
| 2 | Lazio | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 60 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 37 | 62 |
| 3 | Inter | 25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 49 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 25 | 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 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 19 | -6 | 36 |
| 8 | Hellas Verona | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 35 |
| 9 | Parma | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 35 |
| 10 | Bologna | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 22 | -4 | 34 |
| 11 | Sassuolo | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 41 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 32 |
| 12 | Cagliari | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 32 |
| 13 | Fiorentina | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | -4 | 30 |
| 14 | Udinese | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 25 | -16 | 28 |
| 15 | Torino | 25 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 28 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 23 | -17 | 27 |
| 16 | Sampdoria | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -16 | 26 |
| 17 | Genoa | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 31 | 47 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 29 | -16 | 25 |
| 18 | Lecce | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 34 | 56 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 30 | -22 | 25 |
| 19 | SPAL | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 24 | -24 | 18 |
| 20 | Brescia | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 49 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 24 | -27 | 16 |