Bologna are winless for five matches. In the Champions League, Vincenzo Italiano's side have lost twice in that stretch. The Italians' visit to England for matches against Liverpool and Aston Villa ended with similar scores of 2-0. In the championship, however, three consecutive draws were recorded. Thus, the Felsinese shared points with Atalanta (1:1), Bologna (0:0) and Genoa (2:2). In the last two cases it can be considered a loss of points, with the Bergamaschi - on the contrary. "Stormy" Bologna in the championship partly also because of the tight schedule. What should change now? The meeting with Milan, which was supposed to take place on the 26th, has been postponed. The Italiano team now has time to rest.

Cagliari broke their four-match unbeaten streak on Friday. "Islanders" guested at the "Stadio Friuli" from inhospitable Udinese. The hosts started the game actively and kept the pressure on. In the 30th minute Makumbu couldn't stand it. The Congolese received a second yellow card and left the field early. Before the end of the first half Udinese managed to score, and in the second half they doubled their lead and set the final score. Before that, Cagliari had beaten Torino and Parma by identical scores of 3-2, knocked Cremonese out of the Italian Cup and took points away from Juventus in a very unexpected fashion.

Bologna are underachieving on points. Thus, according to the xG metric Vincenzo Italiano's wards should have earned 2.03 points more than they have now. Cagliari has an underdog in terms of goals conceded. Thus, xGA shows that the team should have conceded almost two goals more. And this is despite the fact that in nine games the Sardis have already taken the ball out of their own net 15 times. However, in this game everything will be decided far from that. On the side of the guests will be the factor of rest, which they got without playing against Milan. With such a tight calendar, every such moment counts. Moreover, the Islanders played for more than an hour against Udinese with ten men. Obviously, this fact seriously affected the physical condition of Davide Nicola's wards. The absence of the disqualified Makumba will also have an impact. Bologna is the favourite of this meeting on many parameters. The team should squeeze maximum points out of it.