Serie A

December 2, 2012
  • FTFT
     
    Napoli
    US Pescara
    5
    1
    5
    1
    1
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    Bologna
    Atalanta
    2
    1
    2
    1
    2
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    Genoa
    Chievo
    2
    4
    2
    4
    3
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    Inter
    Palermo
    1
    0
    1
    0
    4
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    Lazio
    Parma
    2
    1
    2
    1
    5
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    Siena
    AS Roma
    1
    3
    1
    3
    6
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    Udinese
    Cagliari
    4
    1
    4
    1
    7
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    Fiorentina
    Sampdoria
    2
    2
    2
    2
    8

Full-time

Udinese

4 - 1

Cagliari

Serie A

14:00 +00:00, December 2, 2012

Stadio Friuli

Udinese v Cagliari: Preview

Team Stat Comparison

Udinese Cagliari
Matches Played 38 38
Table Position 5 11
Points 66 47
Goal Difference 14 -12
Goals for * 1.6 1.0
Goals against * 0.8 1.6
Last 5 W-W-W-W-W W-D-L-D-L
Last 5 home W-W-W-W-D W-L-L-W-W
Last 5 away W-W-W-W-L D-D-L-D-D
*  Goals per match - home matches for home club and away matches for away club
Stats: Udinese | Cagliari

Competition Stats

Udinese Cagliari
Goals Antonio Di Natale 23 Marco Sau 12
Assists
Yellows Maurizio Domizzi 12 Daniele Conti 16
Reds Danilo 2 Davide Astori 2
Squads: Udinese | Cagliari

Tables

POTEAMPWDLFAGDPts
1
Juventus
 38 27 6 5 71 25 46 87
2
Napoli
 38 23 9 6 73 36 37 78
3
Milan
 38 21 9 8 67 39 28 72
4
Fiorentina
 38 21 7 10 72 44 28 70
5
Udinese
 38 18 12 8 59 45 14 66
6
AS Roma
 38 18 8 12 71 56 15 62
7
Lazio
 38 18 7 13 51 42 9 61
8
Catania
 38 15 11 12 50 46 4 56
9
Inter
 38 16 6 16 55 57 -2 54
10
Parma
 38 13 10 15 45 46 -1 49
11
Cagliari
 38 12 11 15 43 55 -12 47
12
Chievo
 38 12 9 17 37 52 -15 45
13
Bologna
 38 11 11 16 46 52 -6 44
14
Sampdoria
 38 11 10 17 43 51 -8 42
15
Atalanta
 38 11 9 18 39 56 -17 40
16
Torino
 38 8 16 14 46 55 -9 39
17
Genoa
 38 8 14 16 38 52 -14 38
18
Palermo
 38 6 14 18 34 54 -20 32
19
Siena
 38 9 9 20 36 57 -21 30
20
US Pescara
 38 6 4 28 27 84 -57 22

It was supposed to be one of the biggest weeks of the season for Udinese, but instead it will be seven days tinged with disappointment and regret.

Udinese host Liverpool in the Europa League on Thursday night, but what was planned to be one of the biggest nights at the Stadio Friuli in recent years is unlikely to attract more than a few thousand fans.

Defeats to Young Boys and Anzi mean Udinese are eliminated from Europe already while a 3-0 defeat to Lazio has left them in the bottom half of the Serie A table.

Tomorrow's game against Cagliari is therefore about restoring some lost pride and coming to terms with a new reality, one which does not foresee European football in 2013.

"If we carry on playing like this, then we are not going to go very far,'' lamented coach Francesco Guidolin after the defeat to Lazio on Monday.

"We need to bounce back immediately.

"This cannot be the real Udinese. This team can give a great deal more.

"We know where we can go, but inevitably we are going to have to reassess our objectives. We need to get back on the right track immediately.''

To make matters worse for Udinese, they have lost defender Maurizio Domizzi to a thigh injury and he may not play again in 2012.

Cagliari's form is equally disappointing, though, and they arrive in the north east without a win in their last four matches, leaving them on 16 points like their hosts.

The disappointment was even greater for them last weekend when they marked their first game inside a full Is Arenas stadium with a 1-0 defeat to Napoli.

There is good news on the injury front, though, with Andrea Cossu and Nene both in line for a return tomorrow.