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Match preview · Serie A

Bologna – Cagliari

Bologna 18th in Serie A Home 1.41 projected goals by the model
Cagliari 4th in Serie A Away 0.82 projected goals by the model

Model updated 4 October, 03:30 Odds not yet available

What the model expects

expected goals
1.41 0.82
Bologna Cagliari
Bologna
50%
Draw
32%
Cagliari
19%
The odds each result is fair at by the model's chance of it, with no margin in it
Bologna Draw Cagliari
Fair odds 2.02 3.16 5.31
Total goals
2.23
Over 2.5 goals
39%
Both teams to score
48%
Data coverage · full

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The model's case

Why the model leans Bologna

50% Bologna to win

Attack
15th vs 17th
Bologna attack v Cagliari defence
Defence
3rd vs 17th
Bologna defence v Cagliari attack
Recent xG form
+0.14 vs -0.38
xGD per match, last 6
Projected goals
1.41 – 0.82
Bologna v Cagliari
How the model arrived here →

Team comparison

Season to date, per match, with each club's placing in the competition. The last row is the last 6 matches.

Overview: Bologna and Cagliari compared, each figure with where it places in the competition.
Reading Bologna Cagliari
xG / match (better) 1.18 · 14th 1.09 · 15th
xGA / match (better) 0.95 · 2nd 1.76 · 15th
xGD / match (better) +0.24 · 10th -0.66 · 16th
xPts / match (better) 1.55 · 10th 1.11 · 13th
Last 6 xGD / match (better) +0.13 -0.38

The scorelines behind the model's numbers

No exact score is especially likely. The 3 most probable scorelines account for 40% of the model's distribution.

Bologna clean sheet
41%
Bologna 2+ goals
42%
Under 2.5 goals
61%
Both teams to score: no
52%

Most likely scorelines

1:1
16.3%
1:0
12.8%
2:0
10.9%
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Match result

Bologna to win
49.5% 2.02 —
Draw
31.6% 3.16 —
Cagliari to win
18.8% 5.31 —

Goals

Over 1.5 goals
69.7% 1.43 —
Under 1.5 goals
30.3% 3.30 —
Over 2.5 goals
39.1% 2.56 —
Under 2.5 goals
60.9% 1.64 —

Both teams to score

Both teams to score
48.4% 2.07 —
Both teams not to score
51.6% 1.94 —

Team goals — Bologna

Bologna to score
78.4% 1.28 —
Bologna not to score
21.6% 4.63 —
Bologna 2+ goals
42.3% 2.36 —
Bologna at most 1 goal
57.7% 1.73 —

Team goals — Cagliari

Cagliari to score
59.3% 1.69 —
Cagliari not to score
40.7% 2.46 —
Cagliari 2+ goals
19.2% 5.20 —
Cagliari at most 1 goal
80.8% 1.24 —

Model details

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the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Bologna sample
20 matches
Cagliari sample
20 matches
Home xG sample · Bologna
3 matches
Away xG sample · Cagliari
3 matches
Computed
Sunday, 04/10/2026 at 03:30

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.