Serie A

Cagliari vs Lecce to get back to winning ways

A head-to-head clash with both Cagliari and Lecce on equal points and both teams coming off the back of a defeat means that they will be looking to bounce back.

Cagliari welcome Lecce to the Unipol Domus for matchday 3 of the Serie A campaign. The Sardinians' plan will be to put the defeat to Inter behind them and bounce back to secure survival. The Salento side will be in a similar position, as despite beating Venezia on matchday 1, the team suffered a defeat at the hands of Roma. They will therefore be looking to overtake this week’s opponents in the league table.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

The two sides have met 22 times in Sardinia: 7 Cagliari wins (most recently 4-1, Serie A 2024/25), 9 draws (most recently 1-1, Serie A 2023/24) and 6 Lecce wins (most recently 2-0, Serie A 2025/26).

DID YOU KNOW?

Cagliari have conceded more shots from inside the penalty area than any other Serie A team in 2026/27 (28, level with Torino) after the opening two matchdays.

Only Atalanta and Sassuolo (33 each) have won fewer duels than Cagliari (41) in the opening two Serie A matchdays of 2026/27.

Only Frosinone (44) have conceded more shots than Cagliari (41) in the opening two Serie A matchdays.

Lecce have won 3 of their last 4 away matches in Serie A.

Lecce have conceded more shots on target than any other Serie A team (14, level with Fiorentina) in the opening two matchdays.

The two Serie A teams to have suffered the fewest fouls in the opening two matchdays face each other: Cagliari (10) and Lecce (14).

COACHES and PLAYERS

Fabio Pisacane and Eusebio Di Francesco will meet for the third time in an official match: in their 2 previous encounters, both in Serie A 2025/26, they recorded 1 win apiece, with both matches ending in 2-0 away wins.

Eusebio Di Francesco is the former manager facing his old club: he managed Cagliari from September 2020 to February 2021, taking charge of 27 official matches with 5 wins, 7 draws and 15 defeats.

Wladimiro Falcone has made more saves than any other Serie A goalkeeper (10, level with Marco Carnesecchi) in the opening two matchdays.

Only Patrizio Masini (9) has won more tackles than Kialonda Gaspar (8, level with Nico Paz and Anthony Oyono) in the opening two Serie A matchdays.

Lassana Coulibaly has hit the woodwork more times than any other Serie A player (2) in the opening two matchdays.

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: none

Cautioned: none

REFEREE

SACCHI J.L. (COSTANZO – LUCIANI) IV: FOURNEAU VAR: PICCININI AVAR: MAZZOLENI

UPCOMING MATCHES

Atalanta-Cagliari (12/9, 20.45)

Lecce-Monza (13/9, 15.00)

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