It’s a match for safety between Cagliari and Monza. Both need points to improve their position in the table.

Cagliari vs. Monza will get going just after midday at the Unipol Domus. The home side have won only two points in their last five matches, which has still left them in a rather uncomfortable position. They need to find a win that has been missing since 9 February, to get out of the relegation fight for good.

Monza have won only twice this season and they are ten points from safety. With 27 points still available, they need to win as soon as possible to stay in Serie A next season.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

Cagliari and Monza have met three times in Serie A, winning a game eachh (D1); the Brianzoli have found the net in each of those three meetings.

Cagliari are unbeaten in each of their last seven home matches against Monza between Serie A and Serie B, winning two games and drawing five from 1984 onwards.

DID YOU KNOW?

Cagliari have only scored two goals in their last five league games (an average of 0.4 goals per match), failing to find the net on three occasions: as many as they did in their previous nine Serie A meetings (an average of 1.2 goals per game in the period).

Monza have earned 15 points in Serie A this season, while last term they had accrued 42 points after 29 games; the difference of 27 points is the largest among the teams present both in this and last season.

Monza and Cagliari are the two teams to have conceded the most goals from corners in the current Serie A season (both eight); furthermore, the Sardi have shipped the most goals from set pieces (17).

PLAYERS

Roberto Piccoli has challenged for 376 duels in Serie A this season; among the forwards in the Big five European leagues, only Bournemouth’s Antoine Semenyo (437) and Borussia Mönchengladbach’s Tim Kleindienst (405) have attempted more; Cagliari striker has scored seven goals in the current top-flight season, already his best tally of goals in a single Serie A season.

After scoring with each of his first four total shots (four goals) in Serie A this season, Dany Mota failed to find the net with his next 23 shots: his longest streak of shots without netting in the top-flight.

DISCIPLINE 

Suspended: none 

Cautioned: Marin, Mina, Deiola, Obert (Cagliari); Carboni, Kyriakopoulos (Monza)

REFEREE

FOURNEAU (MELI – ALASSIO), IV: PERRI, VAR: GHERSINI, AVAR: AURELIANO

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A

Empoli-Cagliari (Sunday 6 April, 15.00 CET)

Monza-Como (Saturday 5 April, 15.00 CET)

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Cagliari Monza Serie A