Cagliari can reach 12 points as Udinese seek a first home win
What is at stake, with the data behind it
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Udinese host fifth-placed Cagliari today, with five points separating the teams and contrasting home and away records shaping the Serie A meeting.
Udinese v Cagliari kicks off today at 13:00 UTC at Bluenergy Stadium - Stadio Friuli, with referee G. Manganiello overseeing a meeting between 13th and fifth in Serie A. Cagliari arrive with 9 points from four games, while Udinese have 4, making the five-point gap the central measure of the afternoon.
What's at stake
Cagliari are three points behind leaders AS Roma and can move to 12 points with a win, matching Roma's current total. Udinese, who trail the leaders by eight points, can reach 7 points by taking all three; a defeat would leave them on 4 while Cagliari rise to 12, widening the present gap from five points to eight.
The numbers
Udinese's home record is 0W 1D 1L, with 2 goals scored, 3 conceded and no clean sheets. Cagliari have won both away matches, scoring 3 and conceding 1, with one clean sheet. Those figures give Cagliari the stronger venue-specific record before kickoff.
The broader numbers point in different directions. Udinese have scored 8 and conceded 10 across four games, while Cagliari have scored 4 and conceded 2. Recent form also favours Cagliari: Win, Loss, Win, Win, compared with Udinese's Draw, Win, Loss, Loss, listed most recent first.
One to watch
J. Ekkelenkamp is Udinese's leading named scorer in the available chart, with 2 goals and 1 assist in 4 appearances. H. Kamara has the same return of 2 goals and 1 assist in 4 appearances, giving Udinese two players with matching direct contributions to monitor against Cagliari's defence.
Why it matters
For Udinese, today's result is a chance to repair a 1W 1D 2L start and improve a home record without a clean sheet. Cagliari's 3W 0D 1L record offers a route towards the leaders, but absences including M. Felici, R. Idrissi, M. Nzola and Y. Trepy add a team-news factor to a match with clear table consequences.
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Standings source snapshot
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| 1 | AS Roma | WWWW | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 12 | |
| 2 | Inter | WWWW | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 12 | |
| 3 | Como | WWWD | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 10 | |
| 4 | Lazio | DWWW | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | |
| 5 | Cagliari | WWLW | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
| 6 | AC Milan | DDWW | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 | |
| 7 | Frosinone | DWWL | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | |
| 8 | Juventus | LDWW | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | |
| 9 | Sassuolo | LWDWL | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | |
| 10 | Napoli | WLLW | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | |
| 11 | Atalanta | LLWW | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | |
| 12 | Lecce | WLLW | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | |
| 13 | Udinese | LLWD | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | |
| 14 | Monza | WLDLL | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | |
| 15 | Torino | LWLL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | |
| 16 | Fiorentina | WLLL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | |
| 17 | Bologna | LDLL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |
| 18 | Parma | LDLL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |
| 19 | Genoa | DLLL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | |
| 20 | Venezia | LLLL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 0 |