This game stars two sides dwelling in the carpet of the Serie A, Spezia at 16th spot and Cagliari in 17th. A decent opportunity for one of the squads to boost their situation.
- Spezia haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Cagliari have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
0 - 0 - 1 with 1-2. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Cagliari when playing on artifical turf like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Cagliari play their home games on grass so that's why we provide these numbers.
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.
Spezia form and stats
Spezia's results here at Stadio Alberto Picco in the Serie A have been very modest with 3 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats. When Spezia hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Genoa, Sampdoria, Venezia, Spezia, Udinese and Salernitana), they have won 2 of 4 matches! Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Spezia with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Salernitana game, 32 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Manaj was the last player to score a league goal for Spezia and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Spezia haven't scored in 259 minutes.
The club members are hoping that Spezia will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against Juventus (placed 4th). Ferrer, defender, was given a rating of 7.44/10 in that game, top of the team. Ferrer hit two key passes and won 4 of 9 duels.
Before that game, the home loss against Roma with the scoreline 0-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Spezia perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Spezia as a small favourite), we find nine games. Spezia has won two of these, drawn five and lost two.
Spezia have conceded 17 in these home matches. Spezia has at home met teams with this table position (low), four times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.
Cagliari form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Cagliari so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-7 (win-draw-lose).
Cagliari failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Lazio (placed 7th) that ended with defeat 0-3. Marin, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.8. Marin hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 32 successful passes (of 39 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Torino.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Cagliari in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Cagliari, one draw and two defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cagliari as they have only managed to score 12 times from 14 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cagliari have conceded 26 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two teams in this fixture also played each other earlier this season: Cagliari - Spezia 2-2. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: two - two - two (Spezia wins - draws - Cagliari wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. dos Santos Galvão 10 goals |   D. Verde 5 goals |  L. Pavoletti 5 goals |
Spezia missing players
Cagliari missing players
| Spezia | Cagliari | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 14 | 28 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 28 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 28 |
| 50 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 26 | 51 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 96% |
| 71% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 57% | 46% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 57% |
| 25% | 15% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 11% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 57% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 64% |
| 14% | 15% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 4% |
| 29% | 23% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 36% |
| 4 | 3.6 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 2.3 | 3.6 |
| 6 | 5.8 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.7 | 5.5 |
| 2.4 | 2.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10.6 | 10.9 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 8.9 | 10.8 |
| 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 28% | 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 29% | 30% |
| 17.9 | 18.2 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5 | 16.4 | 14.5 |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 5.8 | 4.9 |
- 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.
- Spezia 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 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 54 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 17 | 25 | 60 |
| 2 | Inter | 27 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 60 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 38 | 58 |
| 3 | Napoli | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 49 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 29 | 57 |
| 4 | Juventus | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 42 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 17 | 53 |
| 5 | Atalanta | 27 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 50 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 19 | 47 |
| 6 | Roma | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 12 | 47 |
| 7 | Lazio | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 57 | 42 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 15 | 46 |
| 8 | Fiorentina | 27 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 46 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 43 |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 53 | 44 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 41 |
| 10 | Sassuolo | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 49 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 39 |
| 11 | Torino | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 34 |
| 12 | Bologna | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 42 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 25 | -10 | 33 |
| 13 | Empoli | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 40 | 53 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 16 | -13 | 32 |
| 14 | Udinese | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 34 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -9 | 29 |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 36 | 48 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 23 | -12 | 26 |
| 16 | Spezia | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 28 | 50 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 33 | -22 | 26 |
| 17 | Cagliari | 28 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 51 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 26 | -23 | 25 |
| 18 | Venezia | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 51 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -26 | 22 |
| 19 | Genoa | 28 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 22 | 47 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 28 | -25 | 18 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 26 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 61 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 32 | -41 | 15 |
