Davide Nicola

Not currently in charge Serie A 130 matches in 5 years

130 matches · 19 Feb 2022 – 16 Mar 2026 · usually 3-5-2

1.01points per game

30-41-59won · drawn · lost

-11.1points vs expected

25%came back when trailing (79)

58%held the lead when ahead (52)

Split	P	W	D	L	PPG	GF	GA	xG	xGA	Scored first	Won when first	Lead mins	Trail mins	Late GF	Late GA
All	130	30	41	59	1.01	1.01	1.49	1.10	1.62	36%	57%	16.7	29.0	0.25	0.26
Home	65	18	22	25	1.17	1.17	1.37	1.30	1.48	43%	61%	19.0	24.5	0.28	0.22
Away	65	12	19	34	0.85	0.85	1.62	0.92	1.75	29%	53%	14.5	33.6	0.23	0.31

10 matches · 12 Jan 2026 – 16 Mar 2026 · usually 3-5-2

0.20points per game

0-2-8won · drawn · lost

-7.9points vs expected

0%came back when trailing (8)

–held the lead when ahead (0)

Split	P	D	L	PPG	GF	GA	xG	xGA	Scored first	Won when first	Trail mins	Late GF	Late GA
All	10	2	8	0.20	0.30	2.10	1.09	1.77	0%	–	48.1	0.10	0.40
Home	5	2	3	0.40	0.20	1.60	1.32	1.50	0%	–	28.0	0.00	0.40
Away	5	0	5	0.00	0.40	2.60	0.86	2.04	0%	–	68.2	0.20	0.40

29 matches · 23 Aug 2025 – 16 Mar 2026 · usually 3-5-2

0.83points per game

5-9-15won · drawn · lost

-2.8points vs expected

6%came back when trailing (16)

62%held the lead when ahead (8)

Split	P	W	D	L	PPG	GF	GA	xG	xGA	Scored first	Won when first	Lead mins	Trail mins	Late GF	Late GA
All	29	5	9	15	0.83	0.79	1.52	1.00	1.77	28%	62%	13.8	31.7	0.24	0.24
Home	14	2	6	6	0.86	0.86	1.50	1.21	1.60	36%	40%	15.0	27.0	0.36	0.29
Away	15	3	3	9	0.80	0.73	1.53	0.81	1.93	20%	100%	12.7	36.0	0.13	0.20

Style vs Serie A peers (5-year window · 130 matches · 50 peers)

Metric	Coach	vs peers
Points per game	1.01	-0.39
xG difference / match	-0.51	-0.68
Possession %	44.4	-0.77
Shots / match	10.6	-0.89
Open-play share of xG	70%	-0.04	+ = open play, − = set pieces
Tackles + interceptions	22.7	-0.51
Fouls / match	13.1	+0.50
Cards / match	2.72	-0.01
Came back when trailing	25%	-0.46	of matches trailed
Held lead when ahead	58%	-0.04	of matches led
Substitutions / match	4.74	+0.52
First substitution (min)	52.6	-0.53	+ = later
Changes shape between games	41%	+0.35

Usual shape: 3-5-2 (12 shapes used)
First sub when trailing: 51.9'
First sub when leading: 57.4'
Makes a change before 60': 65% of matches

Shape	P	Share	W	D	L	PPG	xG diff	Last used
3-5-2 usual	65	50%	15	20	30	1.00	-0.52	16 Mar 2026
3-4-2-1	23	18%	7	10	6	1.35	-0.27	23 Apr 2025
4-2-3-1	11	8%	0	7	4	0.64	-0.87	07 Mar 2025
4-4-1-1	6	5%	2	1	3	1.17	-0.18	10 May 2025
3-5-1-1	5	4%	0	1	4	0.20	-0.17	12 Apr 2025
3-1-4-2	4	3%	2	1	1	1.75	-0.71	01 Dec 2025
4-4-2	4	3%	1	0	3	0.75	-0.88	02 Mar 2025
4-3-3	4	3%	1	0	3	0.75	–	01 Apr 2024
4-5-1	3	2%	0	1	2	0.33	-0.91	23 Feb 2025
3-4-1-2	3	2%	2	0	1	2.00	+0.35	29 Nov 2024
5-3-2	1	1%	0	0	1	0.00	-2.09	04 Oct 2025
4-3-2-1	1	1%	0	0	1	0.00	–	03 Mar 2024

Shape	P	Share	W	D	L	PPG	xG diff	Last used
3-5-2 usual	10	100%	0	2	8	0.20	-0.68	16 Mar 2026

Shape	P	Share	W	D	L	PPG	xG diff	Last used
3-5-2 usual	24	83%	3	8	13	0.71	-0.72	16 Mar 2026
3-1-4-2	4	14%	2	1	1	1.75	-0.71	01 Dec 2025
5-3-2	1	3%	0	0	1	0.00	-2.09	04 Oct 2025

4 clubs · match figures cover the last five years

Club	From	To	P	W-D-L	PPG	vs xPts	First 10	Predecessor	Bounce
Cremonese	Jul 2025	Mar 2026	29	5-9-15	0.83	-2.8	1.40	1.40	+0.00
Cagliari	Jul 2024	Jun 2025	38	9-9-20	0.95	-8.9	0.90	1.00	-0.10
Empoli	Jan 2024	Jul 2024	18	6-5-7	1.28	+0.6	1.20	0.60	+0.60
Salernitana	Feb 2023	–	8	1-6-1	1.13	–	1.13	0.50	+0.63
Salernitana	Feb 2022	Feb 2023	37	9-12-16	1.05	–	1.20	0.60	+0.60

Date	Comp	Opponent	Score	xG	Shape	Subs
16 Mar 2026	ITA SA	v FIO	1–4 L	1.30 · 1.03	3-5-2	5 (first 46')
08 Mar 2026	ITA SA	at LEC	1–2 L	1.11 · 1.78	3-5-2	5 (first 46')
01 Mar 2026	ITA SA	v MIL	0–2 L	1.09 · 2.50	3-5-2	4 (first 66')
22 Feb 2026	ITA SA	at ROM	0–3 L	0.10 · 2.63	3-5-2	4 (first 49')
15 Feb 2026	ITA SA	v GEN	0–0 D	2.77 · 1.76	3-5-2	5 (first 58')
09 Feb 2026	ITA SA	at ATA	1–2 L	0.96 · 2.35	3-5-2	5 (first 39')
01 Feb 2026	ITA SA	v INT	0–2 L	0.64 · 1.60	3-5-2	4 (first 67')
25 Jan 2026	ITA SA	at SAS	0–1 L	0.80 · 0.88	3-5-2	5 (first 23')
19 Jan 2026	ITA SA	v VER	0–0 D	0.81 · 0.61	3-5-2	5 (first 73')
12 Jan 2026	ITA SA	at JUV	0–5 L	1.32 · 2.56	3-5-2	5 (first 46')
08 Jan 2026	ITA SA	v CAG	2–2 D	1.52 · 2.09	3-5-2	5 (first 60')	dropped lead
04 Jan 2026	ITA SA	at FIO	0–1 L	0.74 · 2.38	3-5-2	5 (first 29')
28 Dec 2025	ITA SA	v NAP	0–2 L	0.55 · 2.85	3-5-2	5 (first 60')
20 Dec 2025	ITA SA	at LAZ	0–0 D	0.53 · 0.35	3-5-2	5 (first 69')
13 Dec 2025	ITA SA	at TOR	0–1 L	0.67 · 1.73	3-5-2	5 (first 51')
07 Dec 2025	ITA SA	v LEC	2–0 W	1.93 · 1.17	3-5-2	5 (first 68')
01 Dec 2025	ITA SA	at BOL	3–1 W	1.54 · 3.10	3-1-4-2	4 (first 67')
23 Nov 2025	ITA SA	v ROM	1–3 L	0.97 · 1.33	3-5-2	5 (first 57')
07 Nov 2025	ITA SA	at PIS	0–1 L	0.97 · 1.20	3-1-4-2	4 (first 77')
01 Nov 2025	ITA SA	v JUV	1–2 L	0.61 · 1.87	3-5-2	4 (first 62')
29 Oct 2025	ITA SA	at GEN	2–0 W	1.69 · 1.85	3-1-4-2	4 (first 73')
25 Oct 2025	ITA SA	v ATA	1–1 D	1.05 · 1.92	3-1-4-2	4 (first 46')	dropped lead
20 Oct 2025	ITA SA	v UDI	1–1 D	0.99 · 0.98	3-5-2	4 (first 61')	dropped lead
04 Oct 2025	ITA SA	at INT	1–4 L	0.63 · 2.72	5-3-2	5 (first 46')
27 Sep 2025	ITA SA	at COM	1–1 D	0.46 · 1.18	3-5-2	5 (first 46')	came back
21 Sep 2025	ITA SA	v PRM	0–0 D	0.10 · 1.33	3-5-2	5 (first 16')