Serie B information and guide: Cagliari moderate favoured to get the better of Venezia

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sat 27.May
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)

Cagliari have played great football this season, proven by 4th place in the table. Venezia have a view both direction in the table from their 8th position.

Insights:
  • Cagliari have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Venezia have the fewest clean sheets (5) in Serie B

Venezia are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Venezia, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Cagliari form and stats

Cagliari have performed here this season with 11 wins from 19 Serie B matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 6 games and lost 2. The Cagliari fans aren't used to losing league-games here and will expect new points from this game. Cagliari has played 15 games in a row here without a defeat.

Cagliari are returning here after visiting Cosenza and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Lapadula scored the goal(s). The home side have an in-form goalscorer in Lapadula, having scored in three games in a row. Midfielder Mancosu was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.15 (out of ten) in that game. Mancosu hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Ahead of that match, Cagliari won a home game hosting Palermo (2-1).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cagliari handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

Cagliari has scored 28 league goals at home this season, in 19 matches. Cagliari are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 17 from 19 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Venezia form and stats

The visitors are W6-D5-L8 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Venezia, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Parma. That loss was their first after five consecutive league rounds winning points. Attacker Pohjanpalo got a player rating of 7.31 in the game. "Man of the match" Pohjanpalo scored one goal.

That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Perugia.

We have checked recent matches where Venezia have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 1 victory, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

Venezia find the net regularly in their away games. 22 goals from 19 away fixtures in the league. 23 goals have been conceded by Venezia in these games.

Head 2 Head

Venezia have won or drawn the last 4 games (1-3-0) facing Cagliari.

Cagliari and Venezia have met already this season: Venezia - Cagliari 0-0. The referee showed his red card when these clubs last faced each other, and the culprit was Hristov (Venezia).

Top Goalscorers

CagliariG. Lapadula
G. Lapadula
21 goals
VeneziaJ. Pohjanpalo
J. Pohjanpalo
19 goals
CagliariL. Pavoletti
L. Pavoletti
6 goals

Cagliari missing players

Venezia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cagliari Venezia
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
38 19 6 Played P 5 19 38
15 11 4 Won W 1 6 13
15 6 2 Drew D 0 5 10
8 2 0 Lost L 4 8 15
50 28 11 Scored S 3 22 51
34 17 4 Conceded C 8 23 50
84% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
68% 74% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 68% 79%
39% 42% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 42% 50%
18% 16% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 16% 24%
11% 16% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 16%
53% 63% 67% BTTS BTTS 40% 58% 63%
37% 32% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 13%
26% 16% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 32% 26%
 
5.5 5.8 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4 4.6
4.5 4.2 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 4.7 5.3
2.3 2.2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.2
5 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 5
 
14.3 15.7 15.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12.4 12.7 12.6
4.2 4.9 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 4.4 4.4
31% 30% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 26% 31%
 
11.8 10.8 10.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12.6 14.2 14.2
3.8 3.3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.6 4.3
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Cagliari have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Venezia have the fewest clean sheets (5) in Serie B
  • Venezia have the most conceded goals in the second half (33) in Serie B
  • Venezia haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 38 24 8 6 63 26 19 14 3 2 35 11 19 10 5 4 28 15 37 80
2 Genoa 38 21 11 6 53 28 19 12 6 1 29 10 19 9 5 5 24 18 25 73
3 Bari 1908 38 17 14 7 58 37 19 7 9 3 30 19 19 10 5 4 28 18 21 65
4 Cagliari 38 15 15 8 50 34 19 11 6 2 28 17 19 4 9 6 22 17 16 60
5 Parma 38 17 10 11 48 39 19 11 2 6 26 16 19 6 8 5 22 23 9 60
6 Südtirol 38 14 16 8 38 34 19 6 10 3 21 18 19 8 6 5 17 16 4 58
7 Reggina 38 17 4 17 49 45 19 10 2 7 28 22 19 7 2 10 21 23 4 50
8 Venezia 38 13 10 15 51 50 19 7 5 7 29 27 19 6 5 8 22 23 1 49
9 Palermo 38 11 16 11 48 49 19 8 8 3 25 17 19 3 8 8 23 32 -1 49
10 Modena 38 13 9 16 47 53 19 7 8 4 26 18 19 6 1 12 21 35 -6 48
11 Pisa 38 11 14 13 48 42 19 7 5 7 27 21 19 4 9 6 21 21 6 47
12 Como 38 10 17 11 47 48 19 8 7 4 28 20 19 2 10 7 19 28 -1 47
13 Ascoli 38 12 11 15 40 47 19 6 6 7 20 22 19 6 5 8 20 25 -7 47
14 Cittadella 38 9 16 13 34 45 19 5 8 6 19 22 19 4 8 7 15 23 -11 43
15 Ternana 38 11 10 17 37 52 19 8 5 6 21 21 19 3 5 11 16 31 -15 43
16 Brescia 38 9 13 16 36 57 19 6 6 7 17 22 19 3 7 9 19 35 -21 40
17 Cosenza 38 9 13 16 30 53 19 7 7 5 20 18 19 2 6 11 10 35 -23 40
18 Perugia 38 10 9 19 40 52 19 6 6 7 22 26 19 4 3 12 18 26 -12 39
19 SPAL 38 8 14 16 41 51 19 4 7 8 25 27 19 4 7 8 16 24 -10 38
20 Benevento 38 7 14 17 33 49 19 4 6 9 16 25 19 3 8 8 17 24 -16 35

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 38 24 8 6 63 26 19 14 3 2 35 11 19 10 5 4 28 15 37 80
2 Genoa 38 21 11 6 53 28 19 12 6 1 29 10 19 9 5 5 24 18 25 73
3 Bari 1908 38 17 14 7 58 37 19 7 9 3 30 19 19 10 5 4 28 18 21 65
4 Cagliari 38 15 15 8 50 34 19 11 6 2 28 17 19 4 9 6 22 17 16 60
5 Parma 38 17 10 11 48 39 19 11 2 6 26 16 19 6 8 5 22 23 9 60
6 Südtirol 38 14 16 8 38 34 19 6 10 3 21 18 19 8 6 5 17 16 4 58
7 Reggina 38 17 4 17 49 45 19 10 2 7 28 22 19 7 2 10 21 23 4 50
8 Venezia 38 13 10 15 51 50 19 7 5 7 29 27 19 6 5 8 22 23 1 49
9 Palermo 38 11 16 11 48 49 19 8 8 3 25 17 19 3 8 8 23 32 -1 49
10 Modena 38 13 9 16 47 53 19 7 8 4 26 18 19 6 1 12 21 35 -6 48
11 Pisa 38 11 14 13 48 42 19 7 5 7 27 21 19 4 9 6 21 21 6 47
12 Como 38 10 17 11 47 48 19 8 7 4 28 20 19 2 10 7 19 28 -1 47
13 Ascoli 38 12 11 15 40 47 19 6 6 7 20 22 19 6 5 8 20 25 -7 47
14 Cittadella 38 9 16 13 34 45 19 5 8 6 19 22 19 4 8 7 15 23 -11 43
15 Ternana 38 11 10 17 37 52 19 8 5 6 21 21 19 3 5 11 16 31 -15 43
16 Brescia 38 9 13 16 36 57 19 6 6 7 17 22 19 3 7 9 19 35 -21 40
17 Cosenza 38 9 13 16 30 53 19 7 7 5 20 18 19 2 6 11 10 35 -23 40
18 Perugia 38 10 9 19 40 52 19 6 6 7 22 26 19 4 3 12 18 26 -12 39
19 SPAL 38 8 14 16 41 51 19 4 7 8 25 27 19 4 7 8 16 24 -10 38
20 Benevento 38 7 14 17 33 49 19 4 6 9 16 25 19 3 8 8 17 24 -16 35

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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.