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Venezia vs. Cagliari: a relegation clash
Serie A

Venezia vs. Cagliari: a relegation clash

Venezia and Cagliari will meet at the Penzo in a vital match in the relegation battle

Three vital points are at stake when Venezia take on Cagliari at 15:00 CET in Venice. Together with Monza, the hosts remain at the bottom of the table and five points adrift of safety despite an excellent draw away to Juventus last week. Sitting four points ahead of Venezia are the Sardinians, who, after two narrow defeats to Fiorentina and Atalanta, want a win to escape the relegation zone.

HEAD TO HEAD

After losing their first Serie A meeting with Cagliari in November 1966, Venezia have since gone unbeaten in the next seven matches against the Sardinians in the competition (W3 D4) which is already their record of consecutive games without defeat against a single opponent in the top-flight. Cagliari are the team against which Venezia has played the most home games without ever losing in Serie A, recording two wins and two draws in four such matches.

DID YOU KNOW?

Cagliari are unbeaten in nine of their last 11 matches against newly promoted teams in Serie A (W3 D6), winning the most recent one in September (3-2 against Parma). Venezia are the team that have dropped the most points from winning positions this season in the big five European leagues (18 - at least six more than any other Serie A side).

PLAYERS

Gaetano Oristanio has been involved in four goals in 16 appearances in Serie A this season (2 goals, 2 assists), already one more than he managed in 25 Serie A appearances last season with Cagliari (2 goals, 1 assist). Roberto Piccoli has scored four goals in Serie A this season, including Cagliari's last two league goals (against Genoa and Hellas Verona); the 23-year-old is just one goal away matching his best goal tally in a single Serie A season, netting five times in both 2023/24 and 2020/21.

DISCIPLINE

Suspended: none Cautioned: Zampano (Venezia); Marin (Cagliari)

REFEREE

GUIDA (ROSSI C. – TRINCHIERI) IV: ZUFFERLI, VAR: MARINI, AVAR: SOZZA

UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A

Napoli-Venezia (Sunday 29 December, 15.00 CET) Cagliari-Inter (Saturday 28 December, 18:00 CET) (Photo Getty Images)