Serie B: Top level against not good enough, at least that's what the standings say. Cagliari - Venezia. Home win or a surprise?
- Cagliari have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Venezia have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
These teams have little in common geographically as Venezia have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Cagliari and Venezia 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.
Cagliari form and stats
Cagliari have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Serie B. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.
The Cagliari fans got no joy from their last match, also played here at Sardegna Arena: A 0-1 defeat against Bari 1908 (placed 4th). Altare, defender, was given a rating of 7.82/10 in that game, top of the team. Altare won 5 of 6 duels.
Before that match, a win away at Benevento.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Cagliari have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 2 and lost 4.
Cagliari are not conceding a lot of goals here at Sardegna Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.
Venezia form and stats
Venezia are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Serie B, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Venezia delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Pisa (placed 20th) in their previous fixture. Novakovich, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.71. Novakovich scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against SPAL wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.We have checked recent matches where Venezia have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 1 victory, 5 draws and 1 defeat.
4 goals have been conceded by Venezia in these games.
Head 2 Head
Cagliari-Venezia H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Cagliari zero wins, Venezia zero wins, two draws. zero of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  M. Cuisance 2 goals |   M. Rog 1 goals |  G. Pereiro López 1 goals |
Cagliari missing players
Venezia missing players
| Cagliari | Venezia | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 5.3 | 6 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.7 | 5.2 |
| 3.5 | 2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2.3 | 4.5 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 17 | 25 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14.3 | 13.3 |
| 4.7 | 7 | 11 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| 21% | 14% | 9% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 19% | 16% |
| 10.2 | 9 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13.3 | 12.5 |
| 3.3 | 1.7 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
- All of Venezia's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cagliari have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Cagliari haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Venezia have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Venezia 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 | Reggina | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 15 |
| 2 | Brescia | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Frosinone | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | Bari 1908 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Genoa | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | Cagliari | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Ternana | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 10 |
| 8 | Parma | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | SPAL | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | Cosenza | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Ascoli | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 12 | Cittadella | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 13 | Benevento | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 7 |
| 14 | Palermo | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Südtirol | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 16 | Venezia | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 5 |
| 17 | Perugia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 4 |
| 18 | Modena | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 19 | Como | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 3 |
| 20 | Pisa | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 2 |
