Serie A

Cagliari vs. Parma: Serie A returns

Parma and Cagliari both have one point as they hunt for their first win of the season

After Italy’s wins over Estonia and Israel, Serie A resumes at the Unipol Domus where Fabio Pisacane’s Cagliari take on Carlos Cuesta’s Parma, with both teams sitting on one point after two matches. It’s also a showdown between two coaches in their debut season. The Sardinians, officially the tallest team in the world, are looking for their first win after drawing with Fiorentina and losing in the dying seconds to reigning champions Napoli at the Maradona. Their aim is to kickstart their survival battle. Parma share the same goal and come into the game having bounced back from an opening-day defeat at Juventus with a draw against Atalanta.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

There have been 38 official meetings between the two sides in Sardinia: 21 Cagliari wins, 11 draws, and 6 Parma victories. Cagliari have scored at home against Parma in eight consecutive matches, totaling 19 goals —an average of over two per game. Parma have not won in Sardinia since March 2000 (3–2 in Serie A), as their most recent away success against Cagliari came in Trieste (1–0 in the 2012/13 Serie A Enilive, with a decisive goal by Rosi).

DID YOU KNOW?

Leonardo Pavoletti has scored five career goals against Parma, four of them for Cagliari; among the current Serie A Enilive clubs, it is the team he has scored against most, alongside Sassuolo. All four of his goals for Cagliari came at home. Zito Luvumbo netted his only brace in Italy against Parma, in the 2022/23 Serie BKT playoffs. Patrick Cutrone has scored his 28th goal in Serie A. Cagliari are the second team he has scored against the most (three goals) among the current 20 Serie A clubs; only against Verona has he scored more (five).

COACHES and PLAYERS

This is the first official head-to-head between Fabio Pisacane and Carlos Cuesta, the only two head coaches making their top-flight debuts in the 2025/26 Serie A season.

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: none Cautioned: none

REFEREE

FOURNEAU (GARZELLI – MINIUTTI) IV:TURRINI, VAR: CHIFFI, AVAR: DOVERI

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A

Lecce-Cagliari (Friday 19 September, 20.45 CEST) Cremonese-Parma (Sunday 21 September, 15.00 CEST) (Photo Getty Images)