Cagliari travel to Monza to defend fourth place

Monza and Cagliari contest the penultimate fixture of Matchday 7 in Serie A. After beating Sassuolo, the hosts were defeated by Lazio and are now looking to bounce back and pull away from the relegation zone. That will be no easy task, however, with the Sardinians arriving at the Brianteo in excellent form after collecting ten points from their last four matches, the most recent of which came against Juventus on Sunday. Pisacane’s side - without their suspended coach on the touchline - will be aiming to add to their tally and defend their surprising fourth place in the table.

HEAD TO HEAD

There have been 22 official meetings between the two teams in Monza: 9 Biancorossi wins

(most recent 1-0, Serie A 2023/24), 6 draws (most recent 0-0, Serie B 1997/98) and 7 Cagliari

wins (most recent 1-2, Serie A 2024/25).

DID YOU KNOW?

Monza have scored in all 8 official matches of the 2026/27 season: 13 goals scored by the

Biancorossi in total.

Monza are the team that have scored the most goals from set pieces (4, level with Lecce).

Cagliari are the team that have conceded the fewest goals (3, level with Roma).

Cagliari are the team with the fewest different goalscorers (3, level with Fiorentina, Genoa

and Parma).

Cagliari are the only team whose goals, both scored and conceded, have all come from

starting players and never from substitutes in the 2026/27 Serie A season.

Cagliari are coming off 4 consecutive away wins in Serie A.

Cagliari are the team with the fewest touches in the opposition box (69).

Cagliari are the team with the highest chance conversion rate (57.14%).

COACHES and PLAYERS

This will be the first official meeting between Ivan Juric and Fabio Pisacane.

Eddy Kouadio is the player with the most interceptions (36) in the 2026/27 Serie A season.

Saba Goglichidze scored against Lazio: his 1st Serie A goal and the 7th Georgian player to score in Italy’s top flight.

Only Wladimiro Falcone (31) has made more saves than Elia Caprile (29).

Paul Mendy and Daniel Maldini are two of the 4 players to have been substituted in every

appearance, alongside Hojlund (Napoli) and Conceição (Juventus).

Daniel Maldini scored against Juventus: the Italian forward’s 4th goal of this league

campaign. In just the first 6 matchdays, he has equalled his previous record for goals in a single league season (4 goals for Monza in the 2023/24 season).

DISCIPLINE 

Suspended: Lucchesi (Monza); Pisacane (Cagliari)

Cautioned: none

REFEREE

CALZAVARA (PERROTTI – SCATRAGLI) IV: PAIRETTO, VAR: AURELIANO, AVAR: DI VUOLO

UPCOMING MATCHES

Torino-Monza (23/10, 20.45)

Cagliari-Bologna (24/10, 15.00)

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