Bologna lock horns with Cagliari at Stadio Renato Dall’Ara with both of these sides having lost their last two Serie A games, leaving the pair searching for a response in this meeting on Monday.
Bologna are hoping to bounce back after consecutive tough defeats to the top two Serie A sides AC Milan and Napoli. This match truly provides the hosts with a great opportunity to rebound from the recent failures caused by a tough run of fixtures.
Bologna have had a superb form on the home turf until they fell 2-4 to AC Milan in the previous league clash on home turf. Bologna have won three, drawn one, and lost one of five league outings this season. Sinisa Mijhalovic´s side have also been leaking goals with 20 conceded including a 6-1 loss at champions Inter and a 4-2 home reversal against league leaders Milan.
Bologna come to this match following the 3-0 Serie A loss in their previous game against Napoli in the game with 34% possession and 8 shots on goal with 1 on target. Bologna sit at the 13th position with 12 points in the 10 fixtures.
Visiting Cagliari on the other hand, sit bottom in the standings with just 1 win from their opening 10 league matches. Cagliari made a managerial change but the appointment of Walter Mazzarri has not brought them the wanted impact.
The visitors have lost three of their four away games this season, while they’ve been beaten in six fixtures in the 10 fixtures played so far. Cagliari come from a 1-2 defeat last time out to Roma in Serie A competition in the match Cagliari with 41% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Leonardo Pavoletti got the net for Cagliari.
Bologna vs Cagliari head to head
Bologna have won 9, drawn 3 and lost 3 of 15 home clashes against Cagliari over the course of history and they have not lost to Cagliari in their last 9 encounters. Cagliari haven’t won any of their last 6 away matches.
- Cagliari 1-0 Bologna 03/03/21
- Bologna 3-2 Cagliari 31/10/20
- Bologna 1-1 Cagliari 01/07/20
- Cagliari 3-2 Bologna 30/10/19
- Bologna 2-0 Cagliari 10/03/19
Home
- Napoli 3-0 Bologna
- Bologna 2-4 Milan
- Udinese 1-1 Bologna
- Bologna 3-0 Lazio
- Empoli 4-2 Bologna
Away
- Cagliari 1-2 Roma
- Fiorentina 3-0 Cagliari
- Cagliari 3-1 Sampdoria
- Cagliari 1-1 Venezia
- Napoli 2-0 Cagliari
Bologna team news
Kevin Bonifazi , Nicolas Viola, Marko Arnautovic and Kingsley Michael are on injuries. Adama Soumaoro and Roberto Soriano are both suspended.
Cagliari team news
Sebastian Walukiewicz , Nahitan Nández , Paolo Faragò, Diego Godín, Martín Cáceres, Riccardo Ladinetti, Dalbert and Marko Rog will miss this match.
Prediction and Odds
- Bologna win
- Goals under 2.5
