The season has been a rollercoaster for these teams so far, boom and bust giving mid-table spots so far. Get set for Palermo - Cagliari!
Palermo and Cagliari 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.
Palermo form and stats
The story so far in the Serie B for Palermo at their home stadium (Stadio Renzo Barbera) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
The Palermo manager Corini and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus SPAL (placed 18th). Bettella, defender, was given a rating of 7.61/10 in that game, top of the team. Bettella won 7 of 11 duels.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Como that ended 0-0.It should be taken into account that a peek at the 14 latest league fixtures shows that 11 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored).
Palermo has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.
Cagliari form and stats
Cagliari have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Serie B, after 1-4-2 (7 played).
Cagliari are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the match against Perugia (placed 20th). Yippee; their first win in the league after seven matches not winning. Lapadula, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.54. Lapadula scored one goal and hit one key pass.
A 0-1 defeat away at Ternana before that.Observe! Both sides have scored goal(s) in 9 of this club's last 11 league fixtures.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Cagliari have scored 8 goals in 7 league games away. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Cagliari have conceded 8 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Cagliari have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (3-1-0) when playing Palermo.Top Goalscorers
  M. Brunori Sandri 8 goals |   G. Lapadula 6 goals |  L. Pavoletti 4 goals |
Palermo missing players
Cagliari missing players
| Palermo | Cagliari | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 | 9 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 20 |
| 20 | 8 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 21 |
| 88% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 53% | 33% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | 71% |
| 29% | 22% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 41% |
| 18% | 22% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 24% |
| 18% | 22% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 29% | 22% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 65% |
| 41% | 56% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 18% |
| 41% | 44% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 24% |
| 4.3 | 5.1 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10 | 6.1 | 5.8 |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 5.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12.2 | 13.6 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 25 | 14.6 | 14.9 |
| 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
| 22% | 24% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 29% | 27% |
| 13.8 | 13.8 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 12.2 | 11.8 |
| 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.9 | 4.2 |
| 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 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 32 |
| 2 | Reggina | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 29 |
| 3 | Bari 1908 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 23 |
| 4 | Genoa | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| 5 | Südtirol | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 22 |
| 6 | Brescia | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 23 |
| 7 | Ternana | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 25 |
| 8 | Parma | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 23 |
| 9 | Cagliari | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| 10 | Ascoli | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 21 |
| 11 | Modena | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 20 |
| 12 | Pisa | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 19 |
| 13 | Palermo | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -4 | 18 |
| 14 | Cittadella | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 19 |
| 15 | Venezia | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -4 | 15 |
| 16 | Benevento | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -2 | 15 |
| 17 | Cosenza | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | -11 | 16 |
| 18 | SPAL | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 15 |
| 19 | Como | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -10 | 15 |
| 20 | Perugia | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | -11 | 12 |
