Serie B duel: Close contest expected between Cagliari and Parma

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 03.December
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sardegna Arena (16233 seats)

In this article Tipsway presents you need to know about the Serie B game Cagliari - Parma!

Insights:
  • Cagliari haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Parma have the fewest conceded goals (6) away 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

When playing at home in the Serie B, Cagliari have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games. The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Cagliari has four draws from their last four matches.

The home team returns to Sardegna Arena after drawing with Frosinone (placed 1st) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. Cagliari's goalie Radunović played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Frosinone with a stunning six saves. Lapadula, a forward, was the declared top player for the team in that game, receiving a rating of 7.32 (out of 10). Lapadula scored one goal.

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

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.

Goals from both sides! That has occurred in 5 league rounds in a row for this team. Could it happen again?

Cagliari are traveling soon after this match as the Serie B match at Ternana awaits in four days.

Cagliari has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Cagliari have conceded 9 in these home matches.

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Parma form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Parma so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-2 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Parma are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Parma have much to prove after their surprise defeat (1-2) to Modena in their previous game, played in front of their own supporters. Midfielder Camara was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.65. Camara hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 35 successful passes (of 39 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Cittadella.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 12 similar matches played by Parma in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Parma, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Parma has managed {6 goals} and let in 6 from 6 matches.

Head 2 Head

Cagliari have avoided a loss in the last 5 matches (3-2-0) facing Parma.

Top Goalscorers

CagliariG. Lapadula
G. Lapadula
5 goals
ParmaR. Inglese
R. Inglese
4 goals

Cagliari missing players

Parma missing players

Cagliari Parma
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 3 Played P 3 6 14
4 3 1 Won W 1 1 6
6 2 1 Drew D 1 3 4
4 2 1 Lost L 1 2 4
16 8 3 Scored S 3 6 20
17 9 3 Conceded C 2 6 15
93% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 67% 86%
71% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 33% 57%
43% 43% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 50%
21% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 36%
7% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 14%
64% 71% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 50%
21% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 33% 36%
21% 14% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 67% 29%
 
5.2 5.1 2.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 5.7 5.5
3.9 3.4 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3.3 3.6
1.9 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.5 2.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
13.2 14.1 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 15.7 16.3 14.4
4.2 5.1 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 4.5 4.7
27% 22% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 22% 30%
 
11.6 10.3 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 9.7 9.8 9.9
4.1 3.3 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 3 3.2
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Cagliari haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Parma have the fewest conceded goals (6) away 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 14 10 1 3 21 9 7 6 1 0 12 2 7 4 0 3 9 7 12 31
2 Reggina 14 8 2 4 26 13 7 5 1 1 19 6 7 3 1 3 7 7 13 26
3 Genoa 14 6 5 3 16 12 6 1 5 0 6 5 8 5 0 3 10 7 4 23
4 Brescia 14 6 5 3 18 17 7 4 3 0 10 4 7 2 2 3 8 13 1 23
5 Bari 1908 14 5 7 2 22 16 6 1 4 1 11 9 8 4 3 1 11 7 6 22
6 Parma 14 6 4 4 20 15 8 5 1 2 14 9 6 1 3 2 6 6 5 22
7 Ternana 14 6 4 4 18 16 7 3 3 1 7 3 7 3 1 3 11 13 2 22
8 Sudtirol 14 5 6 3 18 19 7 2 4 1 10 9 7 3 2 2 8 10 -1 21
9 Ascoli 14 5 5 4 18 16 7 2 2 3 7 9 7 3 3 1 11 7 2 20
10 Pisa 14 4 6 4 24 20 7 3 2 2 12 8 7 1 4 2 12 12 4 18
11 Cagliari 14 4 6 4 16 17 7 3 2 2 8 9 7 1 4 2 8 8 -1 18
12 Modena 14 5 2 7 19 19 7 3 1 3 12 9 7 2 1 4 7 10 0 17
13 Cittadella 14 3 7 4 12 16 7 2 4 1 7 7 7 1 3 3 5 9 -4 16
14 SPAL 14 3 6 5 17 18 7 3 1 3 11 8 7 0 5 2 6 10 -1 15
15 Benevento 14 3 6 5 14 16 7 1 3 3 6 9 7 2 3 2 8 7 -2 15
16 Palermo 14 4 3 7 14 19 8 3 2 3 9 8 6 1 1 4 5 11 -5 15
17 Cosenza 14 4 3 7 15 24 6 3 0 3 10 9 8 1 3 4 5 15 -9 15
18 Como 14 3 5 6 14 23 8 3 3 2 9 9 6 0 2 4 5 14 -9 14
19 Venezia 14 3 3 8 14 21 7 0 1 6 5 14 7 3 2 2 9 7 -7 12
20 Perugia 14 3 2 9 10 20 7 2 1 4 5 10 7 1 1 5 5 10 -10 11

Read more about Serie B

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.