Week 18
Before the match

Serie A 2026/27 · Week 18

Napoli – Cagliari

Stadio Diego Armando Maradona (on Google Maps, opens in a new tab)Capacity: 54,726. City: Naples. Opened: 1959. Surface: Grass.

Pre-Match Forecast

Napoli
66%
Draws
21%
Cagliari
13%
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Exact Scoreline Probabilities

Likelihood of each final scoreline, from the model's Poisson grid.
Napoli ↓ · Cagliari →0123456
07.0%4.5%1.8%0.4%0.1%0.0%0.0%
112.8%10.0%3.5%0.9%0.2%0.0%0.0%
2Most Likely Result: 13.1%9.6%3.5%0.9%0.2%0.0%0.0%
38.6%6.3%2.3%0.6%0.1%0.0%0.0%
44.3%3.1%1.2%0.3%0.1%0.0%0.0%
51.7%1.2%0.5%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
60.6%0.4%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Most Likely Result
2 - 0 (13.1%)
Expected Goals (xG)
1.98 – 0.73
Expected Points
2.20 – 0.59
Both Teams to Score
45.2%
Over 2.5
50.9%
Under 2.5
49.1%

Limits of the forecast

  • Goals-only model: injuries, suspensions and lineups are not modelled.
  • Promoted clubs with no Serie A history are excluded.

Match context

  • Napoli have kept 5 clean sheets in their last 10 home matches.
  • Napoli haven't lost to Cagliari in their last 11 meetings (8W, 3D).
  • Napoli have scored in 9 consecutive Serie A matches.

Recent form

Last five Serie A matches, most recent first.

Napoli

  1. L
  2. W
  3. D
  4. L
  5. W

Cagliari

  1. W
  2. L
  3. L
  4. L
  5. L

WwinDdrawLdefeat

Head to Head

Napoli
15
Draws
4
Cagliari
1

20 Serie A meetings, 2014/15 to 2025/26. The ten most recent are listed.

The letter on each result is how Napoli finished it:WwinDdrawLdefeat

  1. 0 – 1Wat Cagliari2025/26
  2. 1 – 0Wat Napoli2025/26
  3. 2 – 0Wat Napoli2024/25
  4. 0 – 4Wat Cagliari2024/25
  5. 1 – 1Dat Cagliari2023/24
  6. 2 – 1Wat Napoli2023/24
  7. 1 – 1Dat Cagliari2021/22
  8. 2 – 0Wat Napoli2021/22
  9. 1 – 1Dat Napoli2020/21
  10. 1 – 4Wat Cagliari2020/21

How the model works

How this is calculated

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Limits

  • Goals-only model: injuries, suspensions and lineups are not modelled.
  • Promoted clubs with no Serie A history are excluded.

How a prediction is made