Cagliari vs Cittadella Match Analysis and Prediction

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Cagliari will be resuming their Coppa Italia campaign as they welcome Cittadella on Wednesday off the back of a nine-game winless run in Serie A.

Meanwhile, Cittadella will travel to Sardegna Arena sitting 7th in the Serie B table, after a seven-game unbeaten run.

Having taken much of the season struggling in the Serie A relegation zone, Cagliari manager Walter Mazzarri will be glad with a game away from the pressure of the league.

However, Mazzari knows that he can not be able to afford yet another disappointment result with his only victory in charge of Cagliari coming at home against Sampdoria on October 17.

While The Islanders have been on a four-game unbeaten run ahead of their 4-0 defeat at Inter Milan, with those draws were against teams now sitting in the bottom half of the table.

Attacking midfielder Joao Pedro has been their star player this season, with the Brazilian having now contributed nine goals from his 17 appearances in Serie A.

Cagliari advanced to this stage of the Coppa Italia through a 3-1 victory over Pisa back in August, having scored all the three goals before half time.

Meanwhile for Cittadella, they recorded a 2-1 victory over fellow division team Monza, which is an impressive result, now that their opponents have only conceded eight times in the league this season.

Edoardo Gorini has not had an easy task during his first season in charge, Cittadella losing five times during September and October.

However, they have turned that around by picking up 15 points from their last seven league fixtures, a run that has moved them to within seven points off the leaders.

They have conceded just four goals during that period, while keeping four clean sheets, with their latest win seeing them move past Ascoli in the race for promotion.

Cagliari vs Cittadella head to head

Cagliari have previously met with Cittadella in 4 occasions all in the Serie B competition. Cagliari are leading with 3 victories while Cittadella have won one. Cagliari have scored 6 goals and conceded 2. Cagliari have won in their last two encounters away and home.

Cagliari 3-0 Cittadella 26/11/00

Cittadella 2-0 Cagliari 22/04/01

Cittadella 0-2 Cagliari 04/11/01

Cagliari 1-0 Cittadella 07/04/02

Cagliari latest home form

Cagliari have been struggling with their form at home, having won in just two of their last ten matches, and they have not won in any of their last four matches at home. In their last five games, they have won one, drawn two and lost two in the process.

Cagliari 3-1 Sampdoria 17/10/21

Cagliari 1-2 Roma 27/10/21

Cagliari 1-2 Atalanta 06/11/21

Cagliari 1-1 Salernitana 26/11/21

Cagliari 1-1 Torino 06/12/21

Cagliari latest away form

Cagliari have won just one of their most recent ten matches on the road, which is a poor run of form for the club. Their last victory came on August 4 where they defeated Olbia 3-0 in a Club Friendly match. They have not won in any of their last five.

Fiorentina 3-0 Cagliari 24/10/21

Bologna 2-0 Cagliari 01/11/21

Sassuolo 2-2 Cagliari 21/11/21

Verona 0-0 Cagliari 30/11/21

Inter Milan 4-0 Cagliari 12/12/21

Cittadella latest home form

Cittadella have been on a good run of form at home, as they have lost just two of their last ten matches, with their last defeat coming on October 28 where they beat Parma 2-1. In their last five, they have won two, drawn two and lost one in the process.

Cittadella 0-0 SPAL 17/10/21

Cittadella 1-2 Parma 28/10/21

Cittadella 2-0 Pisa 07/11/21

Cittadella 2-2 Como 01/12/21

Cittadella 2-0 Ascoli 11/12/21

Cittadella latest away form

Citta have recently been on a good run of form away from home, as they have not lost in their last four matches. They last lost away 1-0 to Monza in October in the Serie B. In their last five matches, they have two, drawn two and lost one.

Monza 1-0 Cittadella 23/10/21

Reggina 0-1 Cittadella 01/11/21

Ternana 1-1 Cittadella 20/11/21

Perugia 1-1 Cittadella 27/11/21

Alessandria 0-1 Cittadella 05/12/21

Cagliari news

Cagliari’s defenders Martin Caceres and Diego Godin are likely to be among the players who are to drop to the substitutes’ bench, with Pedro also being shielded away.

Leonardo Pavoletti, Adam Obert, Charalampos Lykogiannis and Christian Oliva are all expected to be given a chance to play by manager Mazzuri.

Cittadella news

With an extra day of rest before heading to this game, Edoardo Gorini may be comfortable with retaining the Cittadella squad which started against Ascoli.

The former Roma attacker Mirko Antonucci has had a rough first season at the club, contributing just one goal from his 17 appearances in Serie B.

Prediction and Odds

The two teams have a contrasting run of form, which will make this match an intresting contest. Cittadella have been on a good run of form which could make them give their hosts a big challenge.

Meanwhile, we could back Cagliari with the experience of a higher tier to come out better in this game, and we predict a narrow home win.

Odds: 1 1.65 X 2.78 2 3.01