Cagliari vs Frosinone match preview: Even contest expected at Sardegna Arena

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 15.April
Match begins: 14:15 (UTC)
Venue: Sardegna Arena (16233 seats)

Cagliari and Frosinone are both thriving in the Serie B with their 6th and 1st positions respectively. Expect a fun game!

Insights:
  • Cagliari have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Frosinone have the most scored goals (51) in Serie B

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.

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Cagliari form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Sardegna Arena as Cagliari have scored 24 goals to get 32 points from 16 games. The overall stats in the Serie B are 9-5-2 (wins-draws-losses). The Cagliari fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Sardegna Arena and will expect new points from this game. Cagliari has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat.

Cagliari travelled for their previous game, a trip to Pisa that ended 0-0. Pardo, defender, was given a rating of 8.0/10 in that game, top of the team. Pardo hit one key pass and won 10 of 13 duels.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Südtirol.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cagliari have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 3 and lost 1.

Low-scoring affair? In this club's last 10 league games, 8 have seen less than three goals (under 2.5).

Cagliari have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sardegna Arena with 24 goals in 16 league matches. Cagliari have only conceded 15 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Frosinone form and stats

Playing away, Frosinone, who have the most scored goals (51) in Serie B, have won 8 games, drawn 4 and suffered 4 defeats in the Serie B this season. Visiting Frosinone has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Frosinone go into this game after a win, the home game against Ascoli that ended 2-0. That win felt sweet as this team had gone three league games without victory. Oyono was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.11. The defender Oyono hit one key pass and won 16 of 20 duels.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Perugia.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Frosinone playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 7 Frosinone wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Frosinone have scored 22 goals on their travels this season, from 16 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The previous head to head encounter ended Frosinone - Cagliari 2-2, played this season. Cagliari-Frosinone H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Cagliari one win, Frosinone one win, two draws. two of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these clubs sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last four duels.

Top Goalscorers

CagliariG. Lapadula
G. Lapadula
16 goals
FrosinoneS. Mulattieri
S. Mulattieri
12 goals
FrosinoneG. Caso
G. Caso
7 goals

Cagliari missing players

Frosinone missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cagliari Frosinone
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 4 16 32
11 9 0 Won W 1 8 20
14 5 3 Drew D 2 4 6
7 2 1 Lost L 1 4 6
39 24 2 Scored S 4 22 51
30 15 3 Conceded C 2 12 20
84% 94% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 94% 94%
69% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 69% 66%
34% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 38% 41%
19% 19% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 12%
9% 19% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
53% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 50% 34%
34% 31% 25% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 56%
28% 12% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 19% 16%
 
5.6 5.8 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.8 4.7
4.2 3.9 4 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.8 4
2.3 2.1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.9 2.6
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.2 15.8 13 Shots (avg) S ( 15 14.6 15.2
4.1 5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.3 4.9
30% 30% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 32% 33%
 
11.2 10.4 8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.2 10.7 10.4
3.7 3.1 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.2 3 2.7
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Cagliari have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Frosinone have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Frosinone have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Serie B
  • Frosinone have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in Serie B
  • Frosinone have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Serie B
  • Frosinone have the most clean sheets (18) in Serie B
  • Frosinone have the most scored goals (51) in Serie B
  • Frosinone have the most scored goals in the second half (33) in Serie B
  • Frosinone have the the best goal difference (+31) in Serie B

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Frosinone 32 20 6 6 51 20 16 12 2 2 29 8 16 8 4 4 22 12 31 66
2 Genoa 32 17 10 5 42 21 16 9 6 1 21 6 16 8 4 4 21 15 21 60
3 Bari 1908 32 15 11 6 48 28 16 6 7 3 26 16 16 9 4 3 22 12 20 56
4 Südtirol 32 13 13 6 35 30 17 6 8 3 20 17 15 7 5 3 15 13 5 52
5 Reggina 32 15 3 14 43 37 16 8 2 6 24 19 16 7 1 8 19 18 6 48
6 Cagliari 32 11 14 7 39 30 16 9 5 2 24 15 16 2 9 5 15 15 9 47
7 Parma 32 13 8 11 38 34 16 8 2 6 20 14 16 5 6 5 18 20 4 47
8 Pisa 32 11 13 8 42 30 16 7 5 4 24 14 16 4 8 4 18 16 12 46
9 Palermo 32 10 13 9 39 39 16 7 6 3 20 13 16 3 7 6 19 26 0 43
10 Modena 32 12 6 14 42 43 15 6 5 4 22 15 17 6 1 10 20 28 -1 42
11 Como 32 9 13 10 39 41 16 7 5 4 23 17 16 2 8 6 16 24 -2 40
12 Ternana 32 10 10 12 30 38 15 7 5 3 16 12 17 3 5 9 14 26 -8 40
13 Ascoli 32 10 9 13 34 41 16 4 5 7 16 20 16 6 4 6 18 21 -7 39
14 Venezia 32 9 9 14 34 42 16 4 5 7 18 23 16 5 4 7 16 19 -8 36
15 Cittadella 32 8 12 12 28 40 16 4 7 5 16 20 16 4 5 7 12 20 -12 36
16 Cosenza 32 9 9 14 26 47 16 7 5 4 18 15 16 2 4 10 8 32 -21 36
17 Perugia 32 9 7 16 34 39 16 5 5 6 19 19 16 4 2 10 15 20 -5 34
18 SPAL 32 7 11 14 35 44 16 4 5 7 22 23 16 3 6 7 13 21 -9 32
19 Brescia 32 7 10 15 27 48 17 5 5 7 14 20 15 2 5 8 13 28 -21 31
20 Benevento 32 6 11 15 24 38 16 3 4 9 11 21 16 3 7 6 13 17 -14 29

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 Frosinone 32 20 6 6 51 20 16 12 2 2 29 8 16 8 4 4 22 12 31 66
2 Genoa 32 17 10 5 42 21 16 9 6 1 21 6 16 8 4 4 21 15 21 60
3 Bari 1908 32 15 11 6 48 28 16 6 7 3 26 16 16 9 4 3 22 12 20 56
4 Südtirol 32 13 13 6 35 30 17 6 8 3 20 17 15 7 5 3 15 13 5 52
5 Reggina 32 15 3 14 43 37 16 8 2 6 24 19 16 7 1 8 19 18 6 48
6 Cagliari 32 11 14 7 39 30 16 9 5 2 24 15 16 2 9 5 15 15 9 47
7 Parma 32 13 8 11 38 34 16 8 2 6 20 14 16 5 6 5 18 20 4 47
8 Pisa 32 11 13 8 42 30 16 7 5 4 24 14 16 4 8 4 18 16 12 46
9 Palermo 32 10 13 9 39 39 16 7 6 3 20 13 16 3 7 6 19 26 0 43
10 Modena 32 12 6 14 42 43 15 6 5 4 22 15 17 6 1 10 20 28 -1 42
11 Como 32 9 13 10 39 41 16 7 5 4 23 17 16 2 8 6 16 24 -2 40
12 Ternana 32 10 10 12 30 38 15 7 5 3 16 12 17 3 5 9 14 26 -8 40
13 Ascoli 32 10 9 13 34 41 16 4 5 7 16 20 16 6 4 6 18 21 -7 39
14 Venezia 32 9 9 14 34 42 16 4 5 7 18 23 16 5 4 7 16 19 -8 36
15 Cittadella 32 8 12 12 28 40 16 4 7 5 16 20 16 4 5 7 12 20 -12 36
16 Cosenza 32 9 9 14 26 47 16 7 5 4 18 15 16 2 4 10 8 32 -21 36
17 Perugia 32 9 7 16 34 39 16 5 5 6 19 19 16 4 2 10 15 20 -5 34
18 SPAL 32 7 11 14 35 44 16 4 5 7 22 23 16 3 6 7 13 21 -9 32
19 Brescia 32 7 10 15 27 48 17 5 5 7 14 20 15 2 5 8 13 28 -21 31
20 Benevento 32 6 11 15 24 38 16 3 4 9 11 21 16 3 7 6 13 17 -14 29

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Serie B is the second highest division in Italian football. It usually has 22 teams playing two fixtures against each other. The two top teams of the league table are automatically promoted, with a third following depending on standings and/or a playoff. Matches are usually played on Saturdays.