Udinese vs Cagliari

No player has scored more header goals in this league than Lorenzo Lucca (three, like Marcus Thuram and Mateo Retegui) - more generally, since the beginning of last Serie A tournament only Duvan Zapata (10) counts more with this fundamental than Udinese’s forward (six).

No team scored more header goals than Udinese this season in the top five European leagues (five, as Aston Villa, Mainz and Reims).

Among Serie A players who have scored at least 15 goals in all competitions since last season, only Charles De Ketelaere (15 - March 2001) and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (15 - February 2001) are younger than Lorenzo Lucca (15 - September 2000), who is consequently the youngest Italian to have scored so many goals in the period.

Udinese have won 27 of the 56 matches played against Cagliari in Serie A (D17, L12) – against no other team have the Friulians won more in the top flight, equal with Atalanta and Lazio.

Udinese have lost just one of their last 10 matches against Cagliari in Serie A (W6, D3), with the Sardinians' only success in the period coming in April 2021 in Friuli (1-0).

Udinese and Cagliari drew both matches last season and only once they have recorded three draws in a row in Serie A: between 1982 and 1983.

Udinese have won three of their four home league games this season (L1) – they have not achieved four wins in the first five home games of the season in Serie A since 2014/15, with Andrea Stramaccioni as manager.

Cagliari are unbeaten in their last three Serie A matches (W2, D1), after three defeats in a row without scoring; after the success in the last round (3-2 vs Torino), the Sardinians could achieve two victories in a row in Serie A for only the second time this calendar year (the previous one in March, 1-0 vs Empoli and 4-2 vs Salernitana).