Crotone vs Cagliari
Italian Serie A.
Date: Sunday, 26 February 2017
Kick-Off: 14:00 UK,
Venue: Stadio Ezio Scida (Crotone).
Crotone will hope to use Cagliari’s bad away record to their advantage as the debutants scrap for some much needed points on Sunday.
The Squali have lost their last four games in a row and nine points away from safety. Still, there are 12 more rounds to go and they will keep on fighting to stay afloat until it becomes mathematically impossible. Although Crotone have lost back to back home fixtures, that was against Roma and Juventus, who just so happen to be the top two sides in Serie A.
Cagliari have over double the points (28) of Crotone (13) but the Rossoblu have been very poor on the road. They have won just once and have failed to score in four out of their last five home fixtures. In addition, they ship on average at least two goals per game in their travels, which is no surprise they have one of the worst defenses in the league.
In fact, up until Pescara’s shipping a bucket load of goals during some heavy defeats to Torino (5-3) and Lazio (6-2), Cagliari did have the worst defense, and 51 goals conceded in 25 games means that Crotone should fancy themselves grabbing a goal here.
Cagliari have conceded in 21 consecutive matches and yet have to keep a clean sheet on their travels. The Squali have already beaten Empoli, Pescara, and Chievo so far and with the vast majority of their points coming at the Stadio Ezio Sciada, one can bet on Crotone picking up a result on Sunday.
Crotone vs Cagliari: Head-to-head statistics
Cagliari are winless in their last five league games (D2 L3) – the last time they went winless for six games in a row was in April 2015. That was a run that ended up with 11 games without a win.
Crotone have scored at least 2 goals in their last 3 home matches against Cagliari in all competitions. The Squali have won their last 3 home matches against Cagliari in all competitions
The Rossoblu have failed to win their last 9 away matches.
Crotone vs Cagliari: Predictions
Although Crotone have failed to score in 7 of their last 9 matches and have lost their last four games, Cagliari have failed to win their last nine away matches. The Rossoblu have picked up just five points in their travels and despite being well ahead of Crotone in the table, they may be in for a surprise as the Squali are in a desperate battle to stay afloat with time running out.
Crotone vs Cagliari: Bet Tips
Crotone – WIN at 6/4 (2.50)
Under 2.5 goals at 4/6 (1.67).
