Serie A Gameweek 25 Sun, Feb 21 · 17:30 Stadio Pierluigi Penzo, Venezia
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Away travel739 kmRest days7 · 7Matches / 14d2 · 2
Real contextStrength only
Venezia—%
Draw—%
Cagliari—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Venezia)

Forecast from 6 Feb

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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Venezia and Cagliari. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack

Not enough recorded data for this category yet.

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks

Not enough recorded data for this category yet.

Team strength

VeneziaCagliari
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
15 Current StrengthIn forecast 33
21 AttackIn forecast 31
14 DefenceIn forecast 31
19 Form indexContext 72
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Venezia

Attack—
Defense risk—

Cagliari

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

VeneziaCagliari
0.86 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 0.86
2.29 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.00
1.43 xGVia Att/Def 1.00
2.38 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.95
-0.57 Goals minus xGContext -0.14
57% Scored inContext 71%
14% Clean sheetsContext 43%
14.14 ShotsContext 10.57
4.43 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.67
31% On target shareContext 38%
9.29 Shots in the boxContext 6.57
69% Box shareContext 60%
6% ConversionContext 8%
2.83 OffsidesContext 3.00
17.29 Shots allowedContext 19.57
7.14 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.29
4.14 BlocksContext 4.86
5.50 Goalkeeper savesContext 4.29
69% Save rateContext 81%
54% PossessionIn forecast 41%
470 PassesContext 408
400 Accurate passesContext 345
85% Pass accuracyContext 85%
6.75 Team ratingContext 6.98
9.86 FoulsContext 10.43
10.29 Fouls sufferedContext 8.57
2.86 Yellow cardsContext 1.29
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 7 and 7 games
1.00 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.00
2.30 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.10
1.33 xGVia Att/Def 1.31
2.08 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.82
-0.33 Goals minus xGContext -0.31
60% Scored inContext 70%
10% Clean sheetsContext 30%
13.00 ShotsContext 13.40
4.10 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.22
32% On target shareContext 35%
8.60 Shots in the boxContext 8.50
69% Box shareContext 61%
8% ConversionContext 8%
2.38 OffsidesContext 2.75
17.10 Shots allowedContext 17.10
6.50 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.90
4.50 BlocksContext 4.10
4.56 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.80
65% Save rateContext 78%
51% PossessionIn forecast 45%
438 PassesContext 429
367 Accurate passesContext 365
84% Pass accuracyContext 85%
6.76 Team ratingContext 6.92
10.90 FoulsContext 10.00
11.40 Fouls sufferedContext 9.30
2.30 Yellow cardsContext 1.30
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Venezia
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km199 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 19 · 3 pts vs 7.1 for an average club · -0.7 vs expected
  • W17 OctH · Napoli1–00.6 xPts
  • L12 OctA · Atalanta1–30.5 xPts
  • L19 SepH · Lazio0–20.6 xPts
  • L11 SepH · Fiorentina2–41.2 xPts
  • L6 SepA · Frosinone2–30.9 xPts
Cagliari
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel739 km1,386 km in 14d
Schedule load6%Low
Form 72 · 10 pts vs 7.4 for an average club · +3.8 vs expected
  • L19 OctA · Monza0–41.4 xPts
  • D11 OctH · Juventus1–11.1 xPts
  • W19 SepA · Udinese1–01.2 xPts
  • W12 SepA · Atalanta2–10.8 xPts
  • W7 SepH · Lecce1–01.7 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Venezia Cagliari
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 6
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7Serie A 2026-2027, 14 Feb7Serie A 2026-2027, 14 Feb
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km739 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways199 km1,386 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 2 / 41 / 2 / 4
Next matchdays after this one77

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Venezia Last XI · not confirmed
3-5-2 · vs Napoli (H) 1–0, 17 Oct
1F. Stanković(G)
15Juan Jesus 2M. Moreno 25R. Halhal
5R. Haps 26T. Bašić 19S. Sohm 71Kike Pérez 18A. Hainaut
45A. Adams 10J. Yeboah
Cagliari Last XI · not confirmed
4-3-1-2 · vs Monza (A) 0–4, 19 Oct
1E. Caprile(G)
33A. Obert 15J. Rodríguez 26Y. Mina 2Zé Pedro
4Alessandro Romano 6H. Winks 8M. Adopo
70D. Maldini
18M. Nzola 31Paul Mendy

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Venezia Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Cagliari Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

Venezia · Home 0.75points per game · 4 home games
W-D-L
1-0-3
Scored
0.75
Conceded
2.00
Cagliari · Away 2.25points per game · 4 away games
W-D-L
3-0-1
Scored
1.00
Conceded
1.25

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 2 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head last 4 of 4 meetings

1 Venezia wins2 draws1 Cagliari wins
Goals per game0.75 – 1.25 Over 2.550% Both scored50% Clean sheets25% · 50%
  • 18 May 2025Cagliari3–0Venezia
  • 22 Dec 2024Venezia2–1Cagliari
  • 22 May 2022Venezia0–0Cagliari
  • 1 Oct 2021Cagliari1–1Venezia

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Goal timing

Venezia7 games · scored 6 · conceded 16
2 0-15
1 4 16-30
1 1 31-45
1 3 46-60
2 2 61-75
1 4 76-90
Cagliari7 games · scored 6 · conceded 7
1 0-15
3 16-30
2 31-45
1 1 46-60
1 1 61-75
1 2 76-90
Venezia10 games · scored 10 · conceded 23
1 3 0-15
1 5 16-30
1 3 31-45
3 3 46-60
3 4 61-75
1 5 76-90
Cagliari10 games · scored 10 · conceded 11
2 0-15
4 16-30
2 3 31-45
2 2 46-60
1 1 61-75
1 3 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.