📏 Form Guide

Cagliari

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Cagliari head into this fixture coming off the back of a 1-1 Serie A draw vs Hellas Verona.

In that match, Cagliari had 51% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 2 on target. The scorer for Cagliari was Ibrahim Sulemana (74'). At the other end, Hellas Verona had 8 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Federico Bonazzoli (30') was the scorer for Hellas Verona.

It has been seldom in recent games where Cagliari have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that Cagliari have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 6 goals along the way.

Coming into this contest, Cagliari have not been beaten in their last 3 home league matches.

Atalanta

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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Fiorentina in Coppa Italia action, Atalanta and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, Atalanta had 51% possession and 10 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. For their opponents, Fiorentina had 20 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Rolando Mandragora (31') scored for Fiorentina.

The stats don’t lie, and Atalanta have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 7 goals in all. In defence, Atalanta have clearly had some problems. Such a pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward into this match, though.

Pre-game facts show that Atalanta:

• are undefeated by Cagliari when having played them away from home in the previous 4 league matches. A very good run of results for them.
• are undefeated in their previous 2 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their most recent head to head clashes stretching back to 04/10/2020 shows that Cagliari have won 1 of them & Atalanta 5, with the tally of drawn games being 0.

An aggregate of 20 goals were produced between them in these games, with 6 of them for Casteddu / Rossoblu and 14 being from La Dea. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.33.

The last league fixture between these clubs was Serie A match day 5 on 24/09/2023 when it ended Atalanta 2-0 Cagliari.

That day, Atalanta managed 56% possession and 10 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. The goalscorers were Ademola Lookman (33') and Mario Pašalić (76').

For their opponents, Cagliari got 10 attempts on goal with 0 on target.

The referee was Ermanno Feliciani.

📋 Team News: Cagliari

Andrea Petagna (Calf injury), Marco Mancosu (Knee surgery) and Leonardo Pavoletti (Ankle sprain) are not available for Cagliari boss Claudio Ranieri.

It looks as if Casteddu / Rossoblu will possibly opt for a 4-2-3-1 system in the match and select Simone Scuffet, Gabriele Zappa, Yerry Mina, Alberto Dossena, Tommaso Augello, Antoine Makoumbou, Ibrahim Sulemana, Nahitan Nandez, Gaetano Oristanio, Zito Luvumbo and Gianluca Lapadula.

📋 Team News: Atalanta

Thanks to a largely available group, there’s only the one fitness issue for the Atalanta gaffer Gian Gasperini to be concerned about. Giorgio Scalvini (Hamstring muscle injury) won’t be playing here.

We’re of the thinking that La Dea will likely utilise a 3-4-2-1 system, starting Marco Carnesecchi, Berat Djimsiti, Isak Hien, Sead Kolasinac, Davide Zappacosta, Matteo Ruggeri, Marten de Roon, Ederson, Teun Koopmeiners, Gianluca Scamacca and Ademola Lookman.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the view that Cagliari have the ability to find the back of the net against this Atalanta lineup, however a single goal is unlikely to be enough.

Our tip is for a very close game with a 1-2 win for Atalanta after 90 minutes. Looking forward to seeing how this one unfolds.

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Lucas Pereira, 15:05 07/04/2024