Cagliari vs Verona Predictions

Cagliari should be backed to get a home win over Verona on Saturday.

They are 12th in Serie A, eight places and 11 points above rock-bottom Verona, with six wins, seven draws and nine defeats from their 22 games, while the visitors have just two wins so far.

Cagliari maintained their winning run last weekend with a 2-1 victory away to Fiorentina, despite having just 30.2% possession. They defied odds of 4/1 to upset their hosts in the Serie A game.

Cagliari have been prolific in attack at home, scoring an average of 1.80 goals a game in their five home matches against other bottom-half teams this season.

Cagliari are in form, having won two in a row in Serie A. They are going for a third successive win, while Verona have lost five of their last seven.

Backing Verona’s opponents during their current run of five defeats in seven Serie A games would have resulted in a profit of 4.19 units.

The away side are enduring a rough spell. Verona have lost five of their last seven Serie A games and are without a win in nine of their last ten on the road.

The visitors lack killer instinct in front of goal. Verona have been disappointing up front away from home this season, scoring just 7 goals in 11 games – an average of 0.64 goals a game on the road.

The visitors have been poor defensively this season. Verona have failed to keep a clean sheet in 16 of their last 19 Serie A games and have conceded 18 goals away from home – an average of 1.64 goals per game from 11 matches.

A narrow 1-0 victory for Cagliari looks the most likely outcome in the correct-score market. The last Serie A meeting between these sides ended in a 2-2 draw, but at least one of the teams failed to score in five of the last seven encounters. Additionally, Cagliari have secured two consecutive wins by a single goal margin.

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Edited by Mark Langdon