📊 Form Guide

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Cagliari

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Cagliari won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 0-4 Serie A defeat in their last game at the hands of SSC Napoli.

In that match, Cagliari had 51% possession and 19 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. On the other side, Napoli had 13 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (18'), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (66'), Romelu Lukaku (70') and Alessandro Buongiorno (93') scored for SSC Napoli.

It’s not been often in recent times where Cagliari have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Cagliari have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 10 goals in the process. That trend might not be sustained into this match, though.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Cagliari:

• have not lost a league tie with Empoli in their previous 3 matches.
• have not won at home in their last 6 league games. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.

Empoli

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In their previous game, Empoli drew 0-0 in the Serie A match with Juventus.

In that match, Empoli had 34% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Juventus got 15 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.

A sequence of outstanding performances from the Empoli defenders has seen their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 4 from their past 6 outings in total. Over that same period of time, their own attack force has managed to score 9.

A look at their previous results shows us that Empoli:

• haven't been defeated by Cagliari when having played them away from home in the previous 3 league games.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 3 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their past head-to-head clashes going back to 19/08/2018 shows that Cagliari have won 1 of them & Empoli 2, with the tally of drawn results being 3.

A combined sum of 11 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 4 for Casteddu / Rossoblu and 7 netted by Azzurri. That’s an average goals per game of 1.83.

The last league match featuring the two was Serie A match day 27 on 03/03/2024 and the score finished Empoli 0-1 Cagliari.

That time, Empoli had 56% possession and 16 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

For their opponents, Cagliari had 8 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Jakub Jankto (69') scored.

The referee was Antonio Rapuano.

📰 Team News: Cagliari

Regarding absentees, there’s just the sole fitness concern for the Cagliari boss Davide Nicola to contend with thanks to an almost full-strength set of players. Matteo Prati (Injury to the ankle) is out of contention.

It’s our opinion that Casteddu / Rossoblu should employ a 3-5-2 system in the match, beginning the first half with Simone Scuffet, Gabriele Zappa, Yerry Mina, Sebastiano Luperto, Paulo Azzi, Alessandro Deiola, Razvan Marin, Gianluca Gaetano, Tommaso Augello, Zito Luvumbo and Roberto Piccoli.

🗞️ Team News: Empoli

Empoli boss Roberto D'Aversa has not got a full squad to pick from. Szymon Żurkowski (unknown injury), Luca Belardinelli (unknown injury), Saba Sazonov (Cruciate ligament injury), Samuele Perisan (Ankle sprain), Jacopo Fazzini (Hip injury) and Tyronne Ebuehi (Cruciate ligament tear) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.

We reckon that Azzurri will likely elect for a 3-4-2-1 formation, going with Devis Vasquez, Saba Goglichidze, Ardian Ismajli, Mattia Viti, E. Quartsin Gyasi, Giuseppe Pezzella, Alberto Grassi, Liam Henderson, Sebastiano Esposito, Youssef Maleh and Lorenzo Colombo.

💭 Prediction

Our assessment is that Empoli are certainly able to put a goal past this Cagliari team, but it probably won’t quite be enough to avoid a loss.

We’re tipping a close game with a 2-1 victory for Cagliari at full-time. Let’s see what happens here.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 16:07 20/09/2024