The big picture

Fiorentina come in 15th on the ladder with 9 points; Cagliari are 9th on 16. Cagliari are the side higher up the table.

Fiorentina are 2–6–2 in Serie A 2026-27, averaging 1.5 goals for and 2.3 against.

Cagliari are 4–5–1 in Serie A 2026-27, averaging 0.9 goals for and 1.5 against.

Form

Fiorentina have won one of their last five and most recently beat Sassuolo 4–2.

Cagliari have won zero of their last five and most recently lost to Lazio 1–2.

Cagliari have lost their last four.

Head to head

These sides have met 41 times on our records since 2004: Fiorentina 20, Cagliari 10, 10 drawn.

Last time out (2025-26), Cagliari won 2–1 at Stadio Artemio Franchi.

Biggest margin between these two: Fiorentina by 4 goals in 2014-15 (4–0).

Players to watch

For Fiorentina, watch Franco Mastantuono (0.4 goals a game in 2026-27) and Mateo Pellegrino (0.3 goals a game in 2026-27).

For Cagliari, watch Daniel Maldini (0.5 goals a game in 2026-27) and M'Bala Nzola (0.5 goals a game in 2026-27).

At Stadio Artemio Franchi

Fiorentina have won 4 of their last 20 at Stadio Artemio Franchi.

What the numbers say

On the numbers this is too close to split.