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Napoli vs Cagliari Prediction & Betting tips
Napoli performs quite impressive after the winter break, but the freak is that Juventus and AS Roma leave virtually no points. Due to the somewhat surprising defeat of AS Roma last week in the derby against Lazio Roma, Napoli’s confidence has gained a new boost and hence the hunt for direct placement for the Champions League has also come to the fore.
Napoli:
Naples has been running a lot more than months, but Maurizio Sarri’s team got a little bang. Two weeks ago, Sassuolo was on the program and that duel seemed to be very suitable in advance to add a new victory to the total. However, Napoli had to deal with an offday and even had to go deep to prevent defeat. The match seemed to be 2-1 win for Sassuolo, but Arkadiusz Milik seemed to produce the equalizer by the end. Last week, Napoli succeeded in rebuilding self-confidence. The difficult struggle against Internazionale did not go smoothly, but Jose Callejon’s goal just before being turned out to be enough to take the three points to Naples. Due to that profit, the South Italians reduced the hole with number two AS Roma to one point. As Roma said, surprisingly, Lazio and Naples were going to use Lazio and Naples to use the next game against Cagliari to boost pressure.
Sarri will have to make a minimum of change for this duel. Kalidou Koulibaly collected last week in Milan is the fifth yellow card of the season and will therefore have to finish a match on Saturday. Nikola Maksimovic seems to be the logical replacement, but Vlad Chiriches will also hope for playing minutes. There are currently some doubts about Marek Hamsik’s fitness, but the midfielder is likely to “just” be on the run. Should Hamsik make this happen, this is the first league in which he will not make minutes. In addition, Sarri has no further reason to complain, and as a result, Napoli will come up with a strong team.
Probable setup SSC Naples
Reina, Hysaj, Albiol, Maksimovic, Ghoulam, Allan, Jorginho, Hamsik, Callejon, Mertens, Insigne
Cagliari :
Cagliari succeeded last season to make the move to the Serie A, making the assignment for this year simple: enforcement. The mission of Massimo Rastelli’s men was pretty well brought to a good end. Cagliari never got into trouble, and that made the team from Sardinia mainly due to the good balance in home matches. For his own audience, Cagliari almost always succeeds in making it difficult for the opponent, which eventually resulted in nine wins in home games. The bottom five teams in the Serie A did not even get that number, so it is not surprising that Cagliari has not been in trouble. Last week, the performance against Pescara was not too impressive, but a penalty of Joao Pedro proved to be just enough to conquer the three points. Cagliari will now travel to Naples with some confidence, but it is now the question of whether this team has the ability to keep Naples from winning.
Compared to the good results in home matches, it is the lean balance. The men of Rastelli won only three of the seventeen defenders and therefore Cagliari will have to rise above himself to prevent a defeat in Naples. Of the last four matches, Cagliari also won two, but it should be noted that there are doubles with Crotone and Palermo, two degradation candidates.
Rasteli has to deal with some injuries this week and therefore Cagliari will not appear with the best eleven on the run. Incidentally, the bench against Naples will still be in the mind of the players. Napoli is one of the few teams in Sardinia who managed to leave Cagliari without chance. The formation of Sarri really made a football show of December and drove through a 0-5 win at the longest end.
Probable setup Cagliari
Rafael, Pisacane, Salamon, Bruno Alves, Murru, Ionita, Tachtsidis, Barella, Joao Pedro, Farias, Borriello
Napoli vs Cagliari head to head
11.12.16 SA Cagliari Napoli 0 : 5
19.04.15 SA Cagliari Napoli 0 : 3
23.11.14 SA Napoli Cagliari 3 : 3
06.05.14 SA Napoli Cagliari 3 : 0
21.12.13 SA Cagliari Napoli 1 : 1