Cagliari vs Fiorentina Match Analysis and Prediction

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Cagliari will be hosting Firentina at the Unipol Domus on Sunday, as they will be hoping to pull themselves out of the relegation zone in Serie A.

The hosts enter this fixture off the back of two narrow defeats in the league and cup, while Fiorentina have had an excellent past 10 days, which has seen them win successive encounters and score 11 goals in the process.

After picking up victories from two clashes on their return from the winter break against Sampdoria and Bologna, Cagliari have been able to continue that revival over the past week.

Those results have been followed by back-to-back defeats at Roma in Serie A last weekend and at Sassuolo in the Coppa Italia on Wednesday.

Despite a failure to advance to the quarter-finals of the cup being a disappointment for manager Walter Mazzarri, it does allow them to turn their full attention into their attempted survival in Serie A.

A victory on Sunday could lift Cagliari to safety going into the international break, while providing another boost to their confidence ahead of tough challenge at Atalanta upon return.

On the other hand, Fiorentina head to the Unipol Domus off the back of big victories over Napoli in the Coppa Italia, and Genoa in Serie A last weekend.

The 5-2 victory over Napoli after extra time was a thriller, and secured Fiorentina’s progression to the quarter-finals of the cup, while the 6-0 thumping of Genoa last Saturday was a sign of how far they have come this season.

Fiorentina come into the game sitting 8th in the table, level on points with Roma and Lazio above them in their pursuit of the European places.

A trip to a relegation-threatened side proves to be a good opportunity to put pressure on the teams above them in the table.

Cagliari vs Fiorentina head to head

The two teams have previously met on 45 occasions, where Fiorentina are leading with 22 victories while Cagliari have won 12, and they have drawn in 11. Fiorentina have scored 66 goals and conceded 47. In their last five meetings, Fiorentina have won two, Cagliari one and they have drawn once.

Cagliari 5-2 Fiorentina 10/11/19

Fiorentina 0-0 Cagliari 08/07/20

Fiorentina 1-0 Cagliari 10/01/21

Cagliari 0-0 Fiorentina 12/05/21

Fiorentina 3-0 Cagliari 24/10/21

Cagliari latest home form

Cagliari won their last league home game 2-1 over Bologna, which could be an upturn of form if they maintain such result. They also recently defeated Cittadela 3-1 in the Coppa Italia. In their last five home matches, they have won two, drawn two and lost one in the process.

Cagliari 1-1 Salernitana 26/11/21

Cagliari 1-1 Torino 06/12/21

Cagliari 3-1 Cittadela 15/12/21

Cagliari 0-4 Udinese 18/12/21

Cagliari 2-1 Bologna 11/01/22

Cagliari latest away form

Cagliari have recently been on a poor run of form on the road, having won just one of their five most recent away matches. They lost their last away match 1-0 to Sassuolo in the Coppa Italia. In their last five away matches, they have scored 2 goals and conceded 9.

Inter Milan 4-0 Cagliari 12/12/21

Juventus 2-0 Cagliari 21/12/21

Sampdoria 1-2 Cagliari 06/01/22

Roma 1-0 Cagliari 16/01/22

Sassuolo 1-0 Cagliari 19/01/22

Fiorentina latest home form

Fiorentina have recently been on a good run of form at home, as they have been unbeaten in their last eight matches. They recently defeated Benevento 2-1 in the Coppa Italia on December 15. In their last five matches, they have scored 17 goals and conceded just four in the process,

Fiorentina 3-1 Sampdoria 30/11/21

Fiorentina 4-0 Salernitana 11/12/21

Fiorentina 2-1 Benevento 15/12/21

Fiorentina 2-2 Sassuolo 19/12/21

Fiorentina 6-0 Genoa 17/01/22

Fiorentina latest away form

Fiorentina won their last away match 5-2 over Napoli after extra time in the Coppa Italia. However, they have not been on a good form on the road. They lost 4-0 to Torino in their last league away game. In their last five, they have won two, drawn one and lost two.

Empoli 2-1 Fiorentina 27/11/21

Bologna 2-3 Fiorentina 05/12/21

Verona 1-1 Fiorentina 22/12/21

Torino 4-0 Fiorentina 10/01/22

Napoli 2-5(E) Fiorentina 13/01/22

Cagliari news

Chalarampos Lykogiannis, Nicolo Cavuoti and Alessandro Deiola will all return, while Andrea Carboni and Leonardo Pavoletti will sit out for Sunday’a clash due to one-match suspensions.

Meanwhile, Raoul Bellanova, Alessio Cragno, Alberto Grassi, Simone Aresti and Matteo Lovato are all doubts for Sunday due to their contraction of the virus.

Fiorentina news

Sofyan Amrabat will remain absent as he still participates at the Africa Cup of Nations with Morocco.

Vlahovic should lead the attack alongside Nicolas Gonzalez and Riccardo Saponara, while the likes of new signing Jonathan Ikone, Jose Callejon and Krzysztof Piatek will have to settle for places on the bench.

Prediction and Odds

Cagliari’s recent upturn of form could give them confidence entering this contest, but their visitors should have more quality to see them off on Sunday. Fiorentina will enter this clash taking it as an opportunity to add more goals to their tally, and we back them to take the victory.

Odds: 1 2.80 X 3.05 2 1.65