Serie A

Frosinone head to Cagliari with an eye on the Champions League places

Hosts Cagliari are looking to get their season back on track, while visitors Frosinone are aiming to continue their climb up the table.

Cagliari and Frosinone meet at the Unipol Domus in contrasting form. Both sides enjoyed impressive starts to the Serie A season and looked capable of emerging as surprise packages, but their fortunes have since diverged. Cagliari have lost their last four matches against Monza, Bologna, Roma and Lazio, while Frosinone have taken 10 points over the same period, scoring an impressive 15 goals. The hosts are desperate to stop their slide, while Alvini's men are determined to keep dreaming big.

HEAD TO HEAD

There have been 7 previous competitive meetings between the two sides in Sardinia: 5 wins for Cagliari (most recently 4-1 in the Coppa Italia 2025/26), 1 draw (0-0 in Serie B 2022/23) and 1 win for Frosinone (2-1 in the Coppa Italia 2013/14, in a match played in Trieste).

DID YOU KNOW?

7 November 1944: Gigi Riva was born. The Cagliari legend was born in Leggiuno, in the province of Varese. With 35 goals in 42 appearances, he remains Italy’s all-time leading goalscorer and won the European Championship with the Azzurri in 1968. In 1970, he inspired Cagliari to the Scudetto, a historic achievement for Italian football and for Sardinia. He finished as Serie A top scorer 3 times, as well as 3 times in the Coppa Italia. His career came to an end following the serious injury suffered in Cagliari-Milan 1-3 on 1 February 1976.

Cagliari have lost 4 consecutive matches: their most recent positive result came on 11 October (Cagliari-Juventus 1-1), while their last victory was away to Udinese on 19 September (Udinese-Cagliari 0-1).

Cagliari have had fewer different goalscorers than any other team (4, level with Parma and Venezia).

Cagliari have conceded 13 goals in their last 5 matches: Fabio Pisacane’s side had allowed just 2 across the opening 5 Serie A Matchdays.

Frosinone have conceded more penalties than any other team after 10 Matchdays (3, level with Atalanta, Sassuolo and Venezia).

Frosinone have collected 10 points from their last 4 Matchdays: their most recent defeat was the 3-0 loss away to Napoli on 10 October.

COACHES and PLAYERS

This will be the 2nd official meeting between Fabio Pisacane and Massimiliano Alvini: the Cagliari coach won their only previous encounter (Cagliari-Frosinone 4-1, Coppa Italia 2025/26).

Massimiliano Alvini recorded the 300th positive result of his professional coaching career: last Sunday’s 2-0 home win over Torino took his overall record to 147 wins and 153 draws in 447 competitive matches.

Fares Ghedjemis scored against Torino: it was the Algerian forward’s 1st Serie A goal. Last season in Serie B, he finished the campaign with 15 goals.

Giacomo Calò scored against Torino: it was his 5th Serie A goal of the season, leaving him 5 short of his career-best tally of 10 in Serie B 2025/26.

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: Obert (Cagliari)

Cautioned: Deiola (Cagliari); Bracaglia (Frosinone)

REFEREE

AYROLDI (MORO – COLAIANNI) IV: PERRI, VAR: MARINI, AVAR: PRONTERA

UPCOMING MATCHES

Como-Cagliari (21/11, 15.00)

Milan-Frosinone (22/11, 18.00)

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