Crotone vs Cagliari Predictions

• Both sides have kept just two clean sheets in 23 Serie A games this season.
• Crotone have lost their last five and eight of their last nine league matches.
• Cagliari are without a win in 16 Serie A starts and have lost nine of their last ten games.
• October’s reverse fixture produced six goals as Cagliari ran out 4-2 victors in Sardinia.

Relegation strugglers clash in Calabria

This is surely a must win game for both sides if they’re to maintain any real hope of surviving this season, but neither can be remotely fancied to land the spoils at Stadio Ezio Scida.

Cagliari may well raise themselves significantly for this clash as teams often do when turning out under a new manager for the first time, though the incoming Leonardo Semplici really has got a mammoth task on his hands.

The 53 year-old arrives at the Sardinian club with a strong reputation after several good years at SPAL, however he’ll need to work miracles to dig his new side out of trouble. Cagliari are without a win in 16 Serie A matches and travel to Calabria this weekend having lost nine of their last ten games.

They’re five points adrift of safety as a result, but that’s three points better than rock bottom Crotone who have lost five on the spin and eight of their last nine.

You can clearly see why we’re reluctant to support either of these toiling teams on Sunday and both teams to score looks the safest option. Both sides have maintained just two clean sheets apiece in 23 Serie A matches this season, while October’s reverse fixture produced six goals at Cagliari ran out 4-2 winners.

With quality evidently lacking across both backlines which have shipped a combined 96 goals this term, we can expect a similarly open contest this weekend and we’re tipping a 2-2 correct score this time around.

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