Previous meetings between Cagliari and Napoli
There have been 44 competitive meetings between the two sides in Sardinia. The head-to-head record stands at nine Cagliari wins, the last of which came in the 2008/09 season, 22 draws, the last of which came in the 2023/24 season, and 13 Napoli wins, the last of which came in the 2024/25 season.
The Sardinians have not beaten Napoli at home since 19 April 2009, in a 2-0 victory in which Jeda and Andrea Lazzari got on the scoresheet. Since then there have been 14 matches, with a record of five draws and nine Napoli wins.
In the last 11 matches in Sardinia, Napoli have always got on the scoresheet, racking up a total of 27 goals. The last time they didn’t find the net against Cagliari away from home was back in 2011.
Match analysis
Cagliari are on a six-game winless run. Their last victory was on 31 January, when they beat Verona 4-0 at home. Since then they have drawn twice and lost four times.
At the Unipol Domus this weekend is we will be watching the team to have been awarded the fewest number of penalties in Serie A (one, Cagliari) and the team that have conceded the most (Napoli, eight).
No team in this 2025/26 Serie A season has received as many yellow cards as Cagliari – 66.
Napoli go into this game on the back of three consecutive victories, all with the same scoreline - 2-1 against Verona away, followed similar victories over Torino and Lecce.
Napoli have gone 11 games without keeping a clean sheet in all competitions, conceding 18 goals along the way. Their last shutout was on 17 January, in a 1-0 home win over Sassuolo. However, they have also gone many games consistently scoring – nine matches in a row. The last time the Neapolitans didn’t find the net was in a 3-0 away defeat to Juventus on 25 January.
Napoli have scored nine goals in the first 15 minutes of matches this season, equalling Como and Inter’s record in Serie A.
The Azzurri have had 19 different goalscorers this season, more than any other team in Serie A.
Napoli have the highest shot-to-goal conversion percentage (12.4%) in Serie A this season: followed by Inter (11.9%), Sassuolo (11.6%), Como (11.5%) and Genoa (11.3%).
This will be the third meeting between coaches Fabio Pisacane and Antonio Conte. In the two previous meetings - both this season in the league and the Coppa Italia – Napoli won once and drew once.
Conte has won Serie A five times as coach, and for two of these title triumphs the league was decided in matches against Cagliari. The first was in 2011/12, when Juventus beat Cagliari 2-0, and the second was in the 2024/25 season, when Napoli overcame Cagliari 2-0 at home.
