The stage is set for Serie B and Cagliari - SPAL. In this guide you'll get numbers, scores, data, tendencies and stories!
- Cagliari haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- SPAL have the most clean sheets (5) away in Serie B
It's quite the trip for SPAL when visiting Cagliari as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Cagliari form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie B, Cagliari have managed 6 wins, 3 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 11 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Cagliari here at Sardegna Arena, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
The Cagliari goalkeeper Boris Radunovic is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 307 minutes without conceding a goal in the Serie B.
The Cagliari coach Ranieri and his side return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Cittadella (placed 17th). Midfield player Zappa got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, the max score being 10. Zappa hit one key pass.
Ahead of that match, Cagliari won a home game hosting Como (2-0).The Cagliari fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 11 matches. Cagliari have conceded 12 in these home matches.
SPAL form and stats
As the visiting team matches, SPAL, who have the most clean sheets (5) away in Serie B, have produced an overall stat of 2-6-2 so far. It could be a hat trick of victories away for SPAL, as they have won on their previous two travels.
SPAL's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Ascoli that finished 1-1. The attacker Valzania got a match rating of 7.85 in that game. Valzania served one assist, hit three key passes and had 44 successful passes (of 44 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Reggina at their stadium, the result 1-0.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and SPAL playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 2 away wins, 1 draw and 1 home win.
Low on goals? 9 of this team's most recent 11 league rounds have had two or less goals.
The attacking power of SPAL when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
The participants have played each other already this season, with the result SPAL - Cagliari 1-0 logged in the official records. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: six - one - one (Cagliari wins - draws - SPAL wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Lapadula 7 goals |  L. Pavoletti 6 goals |   A. La Mantia 4 goals |
Cagliari missing players
SPAL missing players
| Cagliari | SPAL | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 7 | 6 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 25 | 16 | 10 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 23 |
| 23 | 12 | 7 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 24 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 70% | 86% |
| 71% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 67% |
| 38% | 36% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 29% |
| 19% | 18% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 24% |
| 10% | 18% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 57% | 64% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 30% | 43% |
| 29% | 27% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 38% |
| 24% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 5.5 | 5.5 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.2 | 6.9 | 5.6 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 14.8 | 15.5 | 18.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.4 | 12.2 |
| 4.4 | 5.1 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| 27% | 29% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 13% | 22% | 25% |
| 11.6 | 11.3 | 11.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 14.3 | 14.2 |
| 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 |
- Cagliari haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- SPAL have the most clean sheets (5) 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 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 42 |
| 2 | Reggina | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 39 |
| 3 | Genoa | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 39 |
| 4 | Bari 1908 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 33 |
| 5 | Sudtirol | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 32 |
| 6 | Pisa | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 30 |
| 7 | Parma | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 30 |
| 8 | Cagliari | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 29 |
| 9 | Ternana | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -4 | 29 |
| 10 | Modena | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 28 |
| 11 | Palermo | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 28 |
| 12 | Ascoli | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 26 |
| 13 | Brescia | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -7 | 25 |
| 14 | SPAL | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 24 |
| 15 | Benevento | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 9 | -4 | 23 |
| 16 | Como | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -7 | 23 |
| 17 | Cittadella | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 23 |
| 18 | Venezia | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -7 | 20 |
| 19 | Perugia | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -10 | 20 |
| 20 | Cosenza | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 21 | -17 | 18 |
