Serie A – Match-day 33: Cagliari v Sassuolo

This Saturday sees Cagliari go head to head with Sassuolo at Unipol Domus – Kick-off 12:30pm GMT.

Visitors Sassuolo, will be keen to maintain or improve their League position, (ninth), when they face seventeenth placed Cagliari.

Cagliari’s Serie A season, has so far seen them gain 25 points, going into this game

A loss to Juventus home, and then Udinese at away is not good enough to retain a credible run of form in the Serie A. Cagliari will see this as an opportunity to get their season back on track.

Also, Cagliari have a huge task to over-turn their opponents in this match, having already lost five matches this season. With 25 points (5W, 17L and 10D), they are established in seventeenth position in the League having won five meetings, drawn 10 games, and lost 17 games.

Playing at home, Cagliari have won two matches, drawn six fixtures, and lost eight meetings.

Cagliari will have 28 points if they manage to secure a victory.

Walter Mazzarri will be forced to make changes to the plans for his squad, as injury or illness has depleted him of six of his Cagliari players.

Sassuolo’s campaign so far has seen them accrue 46 points this season

Sassuolo will hope to increase their wins in a row, having secured a 2-1 victory over Atalanta in their last fixture.

Also, Sassuolo keep finding ways to win, having secured five victories in their last seven fixtures is astonishing this season. With 46 points, they currently sit ninth in the League. The breakdown for the team’s record is 12 wins, 10 losses and 10 draws having won 12 matches, drawn 10 games, and lost 10 fixtures.

Sassuolo’s away record is remarkable and poses a significant threat to Cagliari. In the 16 games they’ve played on the road this season, they have so far won six meetings, drawn five games, and lost five fixtures.

Victory for Sassuolo would take their points tally to 49 so far this season.

Good Attacking Performance

They have a good scoring average of 58 goals (54 from open play and four penalties). This is largely down to the efforts of their stand-out attackers – Hamed Junior Traoré (6), Gianluca Scamacca (5), and Domenico Berardi (4). Teams that leak goals on a consistent basis, don’t tend to win anything, such is the situation with Sassuolo so far, having conceded 52 goals in their last fixtures so far.

Sassuolo’s squad will likely be depleted of five of their key players when they start on Saturday, due to injury or illness.

Cagliari v Sassuolo – Head-to-Heads.

Regarding their historical duels the clubs have previously met each other 17 times with the tally being four victories and 10 draws for Cagliari. In addition, in ten of the last 16 matches between these sides, the result has been a draw.

Players to watch

For Cagliari, Joao Pedro, one of their best scorers, has nettedthree goals in 32 League fixtures this Serie A Season, while Hamed Junior Traoré is a top performing player who has scoredsix goals in 32 League matches this campaign for Sassuolo.

Other players of note for Cagliari are Joao Pedro and Gaston Pereiro with three goals both and for Sassuolo are Gianluca Scamacca and Domenico Berardi with five goals and four goals respectively.