Udinese vs Cagliari Match Analysis and Prediction

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Cagliari will travel to the Dacia Arena to face Udinese on Sunday, as they the continue their push away from the relegation places.

The hosts have taken enough points from a tough run of fixtures to secure a mid-table spot, while Cagliari suffered a thirs straight defeat just before the international break which left them hanging above the relegation zone.

Udinese suffered a 2-1 defeat against Napoli last time out, after an early lead through Gerard Deulofeu was overtuned by the Scudetto contenders during the second half.

Despite falling for another away defeat, recent draws against Milan, Lazio and Roma have helped stabilize Gabriele Cioffi’s side, who had arrived in Naples unbeaten in four matches.

Since October, I Bianconeri have lost the fewest home matches of any team in the Serie A, with only one defeat in 10 games at the Dacia Arena during that period.

Promoted into the top job when former boss Luca Gotti was dismissed mid-season, Cioffi should now be confident of steering his side to safety come May, particularly given a series of fixtures against Venezia, Empoli and Bologna to follow after Cagliari’s visit.

Despite their less impressive recent record against Udinese, Cagliari managed to overturn them 1-0 on their last visit to the Dacia Arena nearly a year ago, and they could certainly want to repeat that result this weekend.

After Cagliari picked up nine points during a five-match unbeaten run to climb away from the foot of the table, they have since suffered three consecutive defeats without scoring.

Walter Mazzarri’s side were condemned to their 15th Serie A defeat of the season prior to the international break, losing 1-0 to Milan.

Having started out with survival as their primary objective, the Sardinian outfit have picked up 25 points so far in their 2021-22 campaign.

Udinese vs Cagliari head to head

The two teams have previously met on 45 occasions, where Udinese are leading with 25 victories while Cagliari have won 11, and they have drawn in nine. Udinese have scored 77 goals and conceded 49. In their last five meetings, Udinese have won three, Cagliari once and they have drawn once.

Udinese 2-1 Cagliari 21/12/19

Cagliari 0-1 Udinese 26/07/20

Cagliari 1-1 Udinese 20/12/20

Udinese 0-1 Cagliari 21/04/21

Cagliari 0-4 Udinese 18/12/21

Udinese latest home form

Udinese have recently been on a good run of form at home, having been unbeaten in their four most recent matches. Their last home defeat came on January 9 when they lost 6-2 to Atalanta in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored eight goals and conceded nine.

Udinese 2-6 Atalanta 09/01/22

Udinese 2-0 Torino 06/02/22

Udinese 1-1 Lazio 20/02/22

Udinese 2-1 Sampdoria 05/03/22

Udinese 1-1 Roma 13/03/22

Udinese latest away form

Udinese have recently been on a poor run of form on the road, having failed to win in any of their six last matches. They lost 1-0 to Lazio after extra time in the Coppa Italia on January 18. In their last five matches, they have scored two goals and conceded eight.

Lazio (E)1-0 Udinese 18/01/22

Genoa 0-0 Udinese 22/01/22

Verona 4-0 Udinese 13/02/22

AC Milan 1-1 Udinese 25/02/22

Napoli 2-1 Udinese 19/03/22

Cagliari latest home form

Cagliari have recently been on a poor run of form at home, having failed to win in any of their four most recent matches. Their last home victory came on January 11 when they defeated Bologna 2-1. In their last five matches, they have scored four goals and conceded seven.

Cagliari 2-1 Bologna 11/01/22

Calgliari 1-1 Fiorentina 23/01/22

Cagliari 1-1 Napoli 21/02/22

Cagliari 0-3 Lazio 05/03/22

Cagliari 0-1 AC Milan 19/03/22

Cagliari latest away form

Cagliari have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having won only two of their six most recent matches. They lost 1-0 to Sassuolo in the Coppa Italia on January 19. In their last five away matches, they have scored five goals and conceded six.

Sassuolo 1-0 Cagliari 19/01/22

Atalanta 1-2 Cagliari 06/02/22

Empoli 1-1 Cagliari 13/02/22

Torino 1-2 Cagliari 27/02/22

Spezia 2-0 Cagliari 12/03/22

Udinese news

Centre-back Pablo Mari is on suspension for his late sending-off against Napoli last time out, so either Filip Benkovic or Marvin Zeegelaar should replace him.

Ignacio Pussetto is set to replace Gerard Deulofeu up front, with Beto leading the line alongside him, while Nehuen Perez remains sidelined with an ankle injury.

Cagliari news

Cagliari will be without striker Leonardo Pavoletti who has tested positive for COVID-19, and midfielder Razvan Marin is also isolating with the virus.

Nahitan Nandez and Kevin Strootman are both still unavailable due to injury, so Daniele Baselli and Alessandro Deiola could start in Walter Mazzarri’s three-man mid on Sunday.

Prediction and Odds

This game has all the makings of a tough contest, especially with Cagliari coming off the back of three straight defeats and will be looking for a positive result.

Although Udinese may enter the match as favourites to win having the home advantage, it may end level or home win.

Odds: 1 2.15 X 2.05 2 2.35