Fiorentina vs Cagliari
Italian Serie A.
Date: Sunday, 12th March 2017
Kick-Off: 14:00 UK,
Venue: Stadio Artemio Franchi (Fiorentina).
Match between Fiorentina and Cagliari will be interesting-one and is great choice to watch and to bet on. In their last six matches, Fiorentina collected three wins, two draws and one loss. Their last match won Cagliari 1:3. Average number of goals is under 2.5.
Fiorentina is in upper middle of the table after twenty-seven rounds. Last match they played against Atalanta and match had no winner. All in all, it was dull match. Gonzalo Rodriguez tried his luck in thirtieth minute but Atalanta’s goalie barely saved it 0:0. In second part of the match, happened reversed situation. After ninety minutes of play it ended in goalless draw 0:0. Fiorentina collected six wins and seven draws at home. Gigliati scored twenty-one goals whiles their opponents thirteen. Fiorentina scored at least two times in their last seven home matches. With tradition on their side, Fiorentina should not have too much problems to stay undefeated at home against Cagliari.
Cagliari is in the middle of the table with nine wins, four draws and fourteen losses. Last match they played against Inter and they suffered heavy defeat. Inter took the lead in thirty-fourth minute 0:1. Five minutes later they increased advantage 0:2. Marco Borriello scores consolation goal in forty-third minute 1:2. In second part of the match, Inter scored three more times for final 1:5. Cagliari has two wins, two draws and ten losses. They scored ten goals. At the same time, they conceded twenty-nine goals. Their defense shows the worst away performance of all. Cagliari is slowly improving their performance but they are still considered to be underdogs in match versus Fiorentina.
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Missing players
Fiorentina do not have missing players for the match against Cagliari. All players are fully fit and ready for the match and all of them are highly motivated for this game.
On the other side Cagliari also do not have many missing players for this game. Federico Melchiorri is injured and he will not play for sure. Luca Ceppitelli is not fully fit and he is doubtful for the match. All other players are ready to play and they will play aggressive from the first minute.
Possible starting lineups
Fiorentina: Tatarusanu; Astori, Rodriguez, Sanchez; Tello, Badelj, Vecino, Chiesa; Bernardeschi, Valero; Kalinic
Cagliari: Gabriel; Isla, Alves, Pisacane, Capuano; Padoin, Gennaro, Ionita, Barella; Pedro; Borriello
Fiorentina vs Cagliari: Head-to-head statistics
Fiorentina have a record of W10-D9-L1 in their last 20 home games against teams ranked below them in the table.
Cagliari have a record of W2-D4-L14 in their last 20 away games against teams ranked above them in the table.
Cagliari and Fiorentina have met 71 times in Serie A: 30 wins for the Viola, 20 for the Rossoblu (with 21 draws).
The reverse fixture is currently the only game in which Fiorentina have scored at least five goals under Paulo Sousa’s tutelage.
The Viola have scored at least 2 goals in their last 7 home matches.
Fiorentina are undefeated in their last 14 home matches.
Fiorentina vs Cagliari: Prediction
As noted before, both Fiorentina and Cagliari have had their problems keeping a clean sheet, so this looks set to be an open, end-to-end match. That being said, Caligari’s dismal away record could prove to tip the tie in the Viola’s favor.
Fiorentina vs Cagliari: Betting tips
Over 2.5 goals at 8/15 (1.53)
Fiorentina to WIN and BTTS – 7/4 (2.75).
