Roma vs Cagliari Live Stream, Predictions

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Roma

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Roma will be looking to improve on their last outing here following the 3-4 Serie A defeat last time out to Juventus.

In that game, Roma had 52% possession and 19 shots at goal with 7 on target. For Roma, the goals were scored by Tammy Abraham (11'), Henrikh Mkhitaryan (48') and Lorenzo Pellegrini (53'). Juventus had 14 shots on goal with 5 on target. Paulo Dybala (18'), Manuel Locatelli (70'), Dejan Kulusevski (72') and Matteo De Sciglio (77') scored for Juventus.

Matches involving Roma have often been lively encounters lately with plenty of scoring the rule rather than the exception. Over their past half dozen games, a total of 25 goals have flown in for both teams combined (at an average of 4.17 goals per game) with 14 of those belonging to Roma. That trend won’t necessarily be carried forward into this match, though.

Heading into this contest, Roma are without a home win in the past 2 league games.

Cagliari

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Cagliari will go into the encounter following a 2-1 Serie A win with the defeat of Bologna in their most recent match.

In that game, Cagliari managed 53% possession and 13 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. For Cagliari, the goalscorers were Leonardo Pavoletti (71') and Gastón Pereiro (93'). Bologna had 9 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Riccardo Orsolini (54') scored for Bologna.

In a total of 5 out of the previous 6 games involving Cagliari, a minimum of three goals have been hit. The overall average number of goals per game within that time is 3.33, with the average number of goals for Cagliari coming out as 1.17.

Coming into this meeting, Cagliari are winless against Roma in games played away from home for the previous 7 matches in the league. They really have not been travelling well at all.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 27/04/2019 shows us that Roma have won 4 of these and Cagliari 1, with the number of draws being 1.

A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 25 in total at an average of 4.17 goals per match.

The last league encounter between these sides was Serie A match day 10 on 27/10/2021 when it finished Cagliari 1-2 Roma.

That time, Cagliari had 41% possession and 7 shots at goal with 5 on target. Their only player to score was Leonardo Pavoletti (52').

For their opponents, Roma had 22 shots at goal with 3 on target. Roger Ibañez (71') and Lorenzo Pellegrini (78') scored.

The match was refereed by Ivano Pezzuto.

ℹ️ Team News: Roma

Chris Smalling (Unknown Injury), Stephan El Shaarawy (Muscle Fatigue) and Leonardo Spinazzola (Achilles tendon rupture) will not be taking part for Roma boss José Mourinho. The players ineligible for this match because of suspension are Amadou Diawara, Ebrima Darboe, Roger Ibañez and Bryan Cristante.

It looks as if i Giallorossi may well employ a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game and select Rui Patricio, A. Maitland-Niles, Gianluca Mancini, Marash Kumbulla, Matias Vina, Sergio Oliveira, Jordan Veretout, Nicolo Zaniolo, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Felix Afena-Gyan and Tammy Abraham.

ℹ️ Team News: Cagliari

Cagliari manager Walter Mazzarri has to choose a team with limited availability. Damir Ceter (Knee Problems), Christian Oliva (Corona virus), Sebastian Walukiewicz (Hip Injury), Luca Ceppitelli (Unknown Injury), Kevin Strootman (Knee Surgery) and Marko Rog (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) won’t be making appearances. Keita Baldé cannot play in this game through suspension.

It’s our belief that Casteddu / Rossoblu seem likely to make use of a 3-5-2 lineup, starting Alessio Cragno, Giorgio Altare, Matteo Lovato, Andrea Carboni, Raoul Bellanova, Alessandro Deiola, Alberto Grassi, Razvan Marin, Dalbert, Joao Pedro and Leonardo Pavoletti.

✨ Prediction

It certainly seems that Cagliari could really find it hard to score against a Roma side who should own this match if all goes as we expect it to.

We reckon that it will be a comprehensive 3-0 margin for Roma when all is said and done.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 00:51 12/01/2022