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Cagliari vs Udinese is an Italian matchup whose balance can swing sharply between compact contests and emphatic away performances. Udinese won 4–0 in Sardinia in 2021 and 5–1 at home in 2022, but Cagliari have also made the fixture uncomfortable, including a 4–3 home win in 2015 and a 1–1 draw in 2020. That volatility gives future meetings a clear question: which version of the contest will emerge?
Past matches, Cagliari vs Udinese
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes Cagliari
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24G
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12G
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19F
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26D
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28D
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25M
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40M
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37F
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14M
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9F
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18D
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20F
Udinese Substitutes
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G
93
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G
90
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G
1
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F
15
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F
9
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M
38
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D
33
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M
6
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D
13
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F
7
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M
20
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M
29
Match events
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34'Michel Adopo Penalty cancelled
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44'Kingsley Ehizibue Yellow Card
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53'Zé Pedro Yellow Card
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55'N. Bertola B. Mlacic
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55'L. Miller J. Piotrowski
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55'L. Miller J. Piotrowski
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55'N. Bertola B. Mlacic
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56'⚽A. Buksa Normal Goal (Asst: H. Kamara)
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62'I. Sulemana J. Pedro
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62'G. Zappa M. Palestra
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62'G. Zappa M. Palestra
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62'I. Sulemana J. Pedro
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65'K. Davis A. Buksa
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73'A. Albarracin M. Folorunsho
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78'I. Gueye N. Zaniolo
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78'J. Arizala K. Ehizibue
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88'A. Belotti M. Adopo
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88'Y. Trepy A. Obert
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89'Y. Trepy A. Obert
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90' +2Keinan Davis Yellow Card
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90'⚽I. Gueye Normal Goal (Asst: K. Davis)
Stats for this game
Matchup Cagliari VS Udinese
A matchup of swings
Udinese’s stronger historical profile is easiest to see when the fixture opens up. In December 2021, Udinese won 4–0 at Cagliari as Jean-Victor Makengo, Gerard Deulofeu twice and Nahuel Molina found the net. Four months later, Udinese again produced a wide margin at home, winning 5–1 after João Pedro had briefly put Cagliari ahead; Rodrigo Becão and Beto, who scored three times, drove the response. Those results show how quickly a close-looking pairing can become one-sided.
Cagliari can change the tone
The counterweight is substantial. Cagliari beat Udinese 4–3 in May 2015, a reminder that the Sardinian side can turn the same fixture into an attacking exchange of its own. A 1–1 draw in December 2020 supplies a quieter version, with neither team able to impose a decisive margin. The next meeting will therefore test the balance between Udinese’s capacity to punish openings and Cagliari’s ability to keep the game unpredictable.