Last weekend’s loss to Inter Milan was the latest hammer blow to their ambitions. Juve looks to bounce back and consolidate their top-four spot with a win at Cagliari on Saturday with a kickoff at 9:45 pm.
Juventus will travel to Sardinia after their Derby d’Italia defeat against Inter effectively ended their hopes of winning the Scudetto this season. Their hosts have lost four successive Serie A matches to slip into acute danger near the foot of the standings.
Despite failing to equalize during the second half, Juventus were ultimately undone by Hakan Calhanoglu’s re-taken penalty during first-half stoppage time. A 1-0 defeat now leaves them four points adrift of the reigning champions and a further four behind leaders Milan.
Their second successive loss in the Derby d’Italia, after January’s Supercoppa Italiana also went the way of the Nerazzurri, sees Max Allegri’s men with only the Coppa Italia securing a return to the Champions League to play for.
Juventus dominated their meetings with Cagliari, and the Sardinian side entered this weekend’s fixture having lost nine of their last ten league games at home to the Bianconeri. They also enter the weekend on a run of four straight losses, conceding 11 goals. That equals the club’s worst run since they began last year in the bottom three.
Cagliari vs. Juventus Head to Head
Both sides have 27 games against each other, with hosts taking three wins while visitors with twentywins. Here is a look at their previous encounters:
Home
- Udinese 5-1 Cagliari
- Cagliari 0-1 Milan
- Spezia 2-0 Cagliari
- Cagliari 0-3 Lazio
- Torino 1-2 Cagliari
Away
- Juventus 0-1 Inter
- Juventus 2-0 Salernatina
- Villarreal 3-0 Juventus
- Sampdoria 1-3 Juventus
- Juventus 1-0 Spezia
Cagliari Team News
It is not the first time in recent months that Max Allegri has been forced to alter his starting lineup, as both Mattia De Sciglio and Alvaro Morata are serving suspensions following the defeat to Inter. Manuel Locatelli is also likely to miss the game through injury, meaning that Denis Zakaria will likely return to the heart of the Juventus midfield.
Juventus Team News
Meanwhile, Cagliari’s injury list stubbornly refuses to shorten, as midfielder Alberto Grassi misses Juventus’ visit due to his late dismissal against Udinese and joins fellow midfielders Nahitan Nandez, Kevin Strootman, and Daniele Baselli on the treatment table.
Prediction and Odds
Only shipping five goals in Udine demonstrates how brittle Cagliari can be defensively, so the visitors should dominate midfield and leave everything else to Vlahovic upfront.
- Juventus Win
- Goals Over 1.5
- Dusan to Score
