Napoli vs Cagliari Predictions

• Only bottom side Monza lost more Serie A away games than Cagliari’s 11 last season
• Napoli conceded just 27 goals in their 38 Serie A games last term
• Antonio Conte’s side have kept six clean sheets in their last seven league matches

Napoli’s defence should hold firm

Victory over Cagliari on the final day of last season was enough to give Napoli the Serie A title by a one-point margin over Inter last season, and Antonio Conte’s side will be confident they can secure another success over the team who finished 16th when they meet on Saturday.

Napoli have picked up from where they left off by securing a 2-0 success over Serie B winner Sassuolo last week, and that means they have picked the ball out of their own net in just one of their last seven league outings.

Their defence is resolute and it looks as if Cagliari face a tough task to make an imprint on the scoresheet in this weekend’s clash.

Cagliari may not make much of an impression

Cagliari ensured they didn’t start with a defeat as they posted a 1-1 home draw against Fiorentina in their opener, but they needed an injury-time equaliser to do it and they also needed a penalty shootout to get past Serie B Virtus Entella in the Coppa Italia.

So Napoli should be confident they can keep another clean sheet and correct-score punters may wish to be mindful that the home side scored more than twice in just two of their last 15 matches on their own patch, so they could be tempted by a 2-0 victory for Conte’s boys.