Cagliari vs Atalanta BC - prediction, team news, lineups

Following a melodramatic cupful exit past clip out, Atalanta BC indispensable respond with a Serie A win successful Cagliari, arsenic their quest for European qualification resumes connected Monday.

Having missed retired connected the Coppa Italia last successful agonising circumstances, La Dea volition present sojourn a squad inactive warring for top-flight survival.

Match preview

Level aft the archetypal limb astatine Stadio Olimpico, Atalanta and Lazio concluded their Coppa Italia semi-final connected Wednesday evening, erstwhile the brace clashed again successful Bergamo.

Aware that the second-leg victor would conscionable Inter Milan successful adjacent month's final, Raffaele Palladino's men were heading for a 3-2 aggregate decision aft their visitors struck archetypal successful the 84th minute.

Delivering erstwhile again, cupful specializer Marco Pasalic rapidly netted a precocious leveller, sending the necktie into other time; however, respective players past failed to person arsenic the hosts mislaid 2-1 successful a punishment shootout.

It has been a pugnacious week for fans of the Bergamaschi, arsenic their past accidental to summation a spot successful adjacent season's Champions League surely faded past clip retired successful Serie A. 

Slipping 9 points down Italy's apical four, they settled for a 1-1 gully with chap contenders Roma, and lone aft Marco Carnesecchi made respective large saves to sphere a point.

That did astatine slightest proceed an awesome tally of results connected the road, arsenic Atalanta person present mislaid conscionable 1 of their past 9 distant fixtures successful the league - a grounds lone matched by some Inter and Como.

Given they person besides won connected 5 of their past six visits to Sardinia, Palladino volition expect his broadside to get close backmost connected way successful Cagliari.

Including December's reverse fixture - successful which Gianluca Scamacca's brace decided matters - Cagliari person mislaid 7 of the past 10 league meetings betwixt these 2 clubs. 

Another decision could beryllium costly, arsenic the Sardinian broadside are nether superior unit to enactment wide of the relegation places. 

Nearing the extremity of Fabio Pisacane's archetypal run arsenic a elder caput coach, his squad inactive person a cushion to the driblet zone, but caller results person dragged them ever person to danger.

After a tally of 3 consecutive wins - against Juventus, Fiorentina and Hellas Verona - Cagliari person since won conscionable 1 of their past 10 matches; crucially, that sole occurrence came against endurance rivals Cremonese.

Their astir caller decision was wholly expected, arsenic champions-elect Inter yet strode to a 3-0 triumph past week, contempt Pisacane's broadside holding retired for 50 minutes astatine San Siro.

That near the Rossoblu 5 points supra the bottommost 3 with 5 games remaining, truthful Serie A information is not guaranteed yet.

Cagliari Serie A form:

L L L L W L

Atalanta BC Serie A form:

D D W W L D

Atalanta BC signifier (all competitions):

L W W L D L

Team News

Towards the extremity of a engaged play - and aft playing for 120 minutes past clip retired - Palladino whitethorn determine to refresh his Atalanta XI, perchance bringing successful Scamacca for apical scorer Nikola Krstovic.

Pasalic, Giacomo Raspadori and ex-Cagliari antheral Raoul Bellanova are among respective others pushing to commencement successful La Dea's acquainted 3-4-2-1 formation.

On the wounded front, Swedish defender Isak Hien could beryllium cleared to return, but wing-back Lorenzo Bernasconi sprained his close genu connected Wednesday nighttime and volition not marque the agelong travel down south.

Meanwhile, Cagliari indispensable bash without semipermanent absentees Mattia Felici and Riyad Idrissi, positive seasoned striker Leonardo Pavoletti and midfielder Luca Mazzitelli.

Atalanta-owned winger Marco Palestra has made a large interaction astatine the club, and respective large clubs are tracking the caller Italy international - helium volition commencement connected the Rossoblu's close flank.

Sebastiano Esposito is the hosts' apical scorer with six league goals; either Gennaro Borrelli oregon Semih Kilicsoy should spouse the Inter loanee up front.

Cagliari imaginable starting lineup:

Caprile; Ze Pedro, Mina, Rodriguez; Palestra, Folorunsho, Gaetano, Adopo, Obert; Esposito, Borrelli

Atalanta BC imaginable starting lineup:

Carnesecchi; Scalvini, Djimsiti, Ahanor; Bellanova, De Roon, Ederson, Zappacosta; Pasalic, Raspadori; Scamacca

We say: Cagliari 1-2 Atalanta BC 

Although Atalanta person sustained immoderate large blows successful caller weeks, they inactive person a beardown squad that tin decision an ailing Cagliari side.

Still threatened by demotion, the Rossoblu are simply hoping to limp implicit the line, but different decision to La Dea volition permission them successful danger.

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