📊 Form Guide

Cagliari

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Cagliari will be hoping to bounce back here after a 3-1 Serie A defeat in their last game at the hands of Como.

In that game, Cagliari managed 38% possession and 9 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Cagliari was Michel Adopo (22'). At the other end, Como had 19 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Maxence Caqueret (40'), Strefezza (45') and Patrick Cutrone (77') scored for Como.

Davide Nicola's Cagliari have hit the target 6 times over their last six outings. Conversely, the number of goals that they have conceded in those same games amounts to 10.

Leading up to this clash, Cagliari:

• are winless against Venezia in their previous 5 league games.
• are without a home win in the past 2 league games.

Venezia

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Venezia will come into the match following on from a 2-1 Serie A win with the eclipse of Fiorentina in their previous match.

In that game, Venezia managed 34% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. For Venezia, the goalscorers were Fali Candé (60') and Gaetano Oristanio (68'). Fiorentina had 17 shots at goal with 5 on target. Rolando Mandragora (77') scored for Fiorentina.

The stats tell the story, and Venezia have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 7 goals in all. In defence, Venezia have some weaknesses to address. Even so, we’ll just have to find out if that pattern shall be replicated in this game or not.

Leading up to this clash, Venezia:

• have not been beaten by Cagliari in away games against them for the last 3 league matches.
• have not been beaten in their last 5 league matches away from home.
• have not won away from home in their last 20 league games. Their travelling supporters must be so depressed.

👥 Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 01/10/2021 shows us that Cagliari have won 1 of them & Venezia 2, with the tally of draws standing at 3.

In all, 13 goals were produced between them in this period, with 5 of them for Casteddu / Rossoblu and 8 for Arancioneroverdi. The average goals per game has been 2.17.

The previous league encounter between the two was Serie A match day 17 on 22/12/2024 when it finished Venezia 2-1 Cagliari.

On that day, Venezia managed 32% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. The scorers were Francesco Zampano (38') and Marin Šverko (67').

On the other side, Cagliari got 14 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Leonardo Pavoletti (76') scored.

The match was refereed by Marco Guida.

🗞️ Team News: Cagliari

Jakub Jankto (Ankle problems), Florinel Coman (Achilles tendon problems) and Yerry Mina (Hamstring injury) are unavailable for Cagliari manager Davide Nicola.

It looks as if Casteddu / Rossoblu could go for a 4-4-1-1 system for this one featuring Elia Caprile, Gabriele Zappa, Jose Luis Palomino, Adam Obert, Tommaso Augello, Nadir Zortea, Michel Ndary Adopo, Antoine Makoumbou, Zito Luvumbo, Nicolas Viola and Roberto Piccoli.

🗞️ Team News: Venezia

Venezia boss Eusebio Di Francesco has multiple availability issues to deal with. Cheick Condé (Broken fibula), Richie Sagrado (muscular problems), Alfred Duncan (muscular problems) and Michael Svoboda (Cruciate ligament tear) are not able to play.

There’s a good chance that Arancioneroverdi seem likely to begin the game with a 3-5-2 system, settling for Ionut Andrei Radu, Joel Schingtienne, Jay Idzes, Fali Cande, Alessio Zerbin, Kike Perez, H. N. Caviglia, Gianluca Busio, M. Egill Ellertsson, John Yeboah and Gaetano Oristanio.

💭 Prediction

Our thinking is that Venezia and Cagliari could both end up scoring in a what should be a good tussle with little between the two teams.

Little in this one, and it’s almost too close to call. We’re therefore predicting a very close game with a score draw at the end of this one.

Peter Guest, 18:02 18/05/2025