Italy - Serie AStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Cagliari and Empoli, taking place on Saturday, 30 December 2023, at The Unipol Domus in Cagliari.
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Cagliari, Recent FormThere will be a feeling of disappointment amongst the Cagliari players having failed to take any points away from their recent 2-0 away defeat at the hands of Hellas Verona. They came away from that fixture with 41% of the possession and clocked up 12 attempts on goal with 3 on target. By comparison, Hellas Verona managed 13 attempts on goal, with 5 on target.
While they have shown an appetite for goals over the last 6 matches, clocking up 5, they have not had it all their own way at the back and have given away 9 goals and some valuable points in the process. They have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 13 games.
With 4 defeats and just 1 victory in their last 6 league matches, they have had a poor run and will need to turn that around if they want to start climbing the table.
Empoli, Recent FormThe 2-0 home defeat to Lazio will not have sat easily with the Empoli squad, who would not have been pleased to squander all three points. In that game they had 54% possession and managed 21 attempts on goal, with 7 on target, compared to Lazio who had 14 attempts and 7 on target.
They may consider themselves adept at breaking through their opponent's defences, having scored 6 goals in their last 6 outings, but they have had their own defensive frailties to worry about, having conceded 9 and seen valuable points lost. They have scored in 4 of their last 6 away games, but they have failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games overall.
They're experiencing a bit of an unwelcome spell of form away from home, having lost 3 of their last 6 on the road and picking up only 2 wins.
Francesco Caputo has scored 2 goals in the last 6 away games and will be looking to add more in this fixture against Cagliari.
In the previous encounter between these sides, both teams grabbed goals, with the match finishing in a 1-1 draw.
Azzurri will feel sure their attacking prowess will yield results in this one, having scored at least 1 goal in the previous 7 encounters with Cagliari. We've seen plenty of goals from Empoli when they've visited Casteddu in the league, in their last 3 games they've scored a total of 6 goals, which is an average of 2 per game.
In their last 4 league meetings, Cagliari have failed to record a victory against Empoli.
With only Marko Rog (Cruciate ligament) and Eldor Shomurodov (Foot) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Claudio Ranieri will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
Aurelio Andreazzoli has a number of injury concerns in his Empoli squad to contend with: Bartosz Bereszyński (Muscle), Francesco Caputo (Muscle) and Giuseppe Pezzella (Back)
Cagliari Playing at home | Empoli Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.4 | Goals scored | 0.6 |
| 1.9 | Goals conceded | 2 |
| 57' | Time first goal scored | 66' |
| 32' | Time first goal conceded | 31' |
| 1.9 | Yellow cards | 2.1 |
| 0.1 | Red cards | 0 |
| 5 | Subs used | 5 |
| 4-3 | Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| 4-1 | Biggest defeat | 7-0 |
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