Serie A – Match-day 35 Sees Cagliari take on Hellas Verona

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Saturday Serie A action from Unipol Domus, as Cagliari take on Verona.

Verona (ninth), travel to Unipol Domus with high expectations, as they take on seventeenth placed Cagliari.

Cagliari’s campaign so far has seen them accrue 28 points this season

Cagliari will be full of confidence, going into this fixture on that back of two successive wins against Genoa and Sassuolo. They will need this if they are to retain their run.

Also, Cagliari need to find a way to generate wins on a consistent basis, as they’ve recorded six losses in their last seven games. With 28 points, they currently sit seventeenth in the League. The breakdown for the team’s record is 6 wins, 19 losses and 10 draws having won six games, drawn 10 games, and lost 19 fixtures.

When Cagliari host Verona, they will do so on the back of three wins, six draws, and eight defeats on their own ground.

A win in this fixture, would take Cagliari’s points from 28 to 31, so far this season.

Hellas Verona arrive at this match, having secured 49 points so far this season

Verona have dropped five points in their last two encounters, drawing 1-1 at Sampdoria and losing 1-2 to Atalanta.

Also, Verona are quickly becoming the Serie A’s draw specialists, having recorded one in their last one game. With a ninth position in the league and 14 wins, 11 losses and 10 draws, they currently have 49 points in the League having won 14 meetings, drawn 10 matches, and lost 11 fixtures.

Verona’s away record is remarkable and poses a significant threat to Cagliari. In the 17 games they’ve played on the road this season, they have so far won four games, drawn seven games, and lost six meetings.

Hellas Verona will have secured 52 points so far this season, should they secure a win.

Good Attacking Performance

Verona have a good scoring record this season, with 61 netted so far (59 from open play and two penalties). This is largely down to the efforts of their stand-out attackers – Antonin Barak (6), Gianluca Caprari (6), and Giovanni Simeone (4). Teams that leak goals on a consistent basis, don’t tend to win anything, such is the situation with Verona so far, having conceded 52 goals in their last fixtures so far.

Igor Tudor could be missing up to three of their players through injury or illness for the game on Saturday.

Cagliari v Hellas Verona – Head-to-Head.

Regarding their historical duels both clubs have previously met each other 23 times with the tally being nine victories and six draws for Cagliari. In addition, the two sides have drawn the last one game they’ve played. The last time both teams met in this competition was November 2021 and the score line ended up with a 0-0 draw.

Other players of note for Cagliari are Gaston Pereiro and Alessandro Deiola with three goals and two goals respectively and for Verona are Gianluca Caprari and Giovanni Simeone with six goals and four goals respectively.

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