Cagliari vs. Bologna - prediction, team news, lineups

Aiming to proceed their winning streak astatine Cagliari's Unipol Domus, Bologna question lone their 2nd Serie A triumph successful gameweek 8 pursuing a below-par commencement to the 2026-27 season.

The Emilians were powerless to defy Inter Milan astatine San Siro past week, halting their mini-revival, but they volition anticipation that their erstwhile results successful Sardinia number for thing up of Saturday's visit.

Match preview

Bologna's commencement to beingness nether Raffaele Palladino has not gone swimmingly, with results providing the clearest denotation of the Rossoblu's indifferent early-season form.

Having failed to people successful 3 of their opening 4 Serie A matches, the tide appeared to beryllium turning aft a 1-1 gully with Torino and a 2-1 occurrence distant astatine Lecce, lone for them to endure a 3-1 decision to Inter past week.

While the effect extended the Emilia-Romagna outfit's hold for a archetypal location triumph successful the apical formation this term, losing to the defending champions was not disappointing successful isolation, adjacent if the decision continued a worrying inclination for Palladino's men.

The 15th-placed Rossoblu person held leads against Torino, Lecce and Inter; they were pegged backmost to gully 1-1 with the Turin outfit and recovered a mode past Lupi, but Inter's firepower overwhelmed Bologna adjacent without the talismanic Lautaro Martinez.

The caller brag present heads to Sardinia hoping for a instrumentality to winning ways and a continuation of the revival that his broadside appeared acceptable to embark connected earlier facing the associated leaders.

The location supporters could beryllium forgiven for not looking guardant to Saturday's visit, fixed the caller disappointment suffered astatine the hands of Bologna.

After enjoying an admirable seven-match unbeaten location league grounds against the Emilians, which included 5 victories, Cagliari person present failed to people successful consecutive location encounters with the Emilia-Romagna club.

On the 1 hand, caller past is against the hosts, but their respectable grounds successful beforehand of their supporters should fortify immoderate flickering optimism.

Cagliari person mislaid lone 1 of their 3 league matches successful Sardinia this term, falling 1-0 to Inter astatine the extremity of August, but person since responded by collecting 4 points from an disposable six to ascent to seventh successful the Serie A table.

Having been brought backmost down to world by past weekend's 4-0 beatdown astatine Monza, Fabio Pisacane's men volition invited a instrumentality to the Unipol Domus, wherever they anticipation to debar a 3rd consecutive decision against this weekend's visitors.

Cagliari Serie A form:

Bologna Serie A form:

Team News

Daniel Maldini has already surpassed past season's two-goal instrumentality by scoring doubly apiece astatine location and away, and the guardant aims to amended his awesome tally for a nine with lone 3 antithetic goalscorers this season.

Only 3 players, Antonio Raimondo with seven, Gustavo Varela and Donyell Malen, person outscored Maldini, further highlighting his blistering start.

Yael Trepy is touch-and-go for Bologna's visit, portion Riyad Idrissi and Mattia Felici are unavailable owed to semipermanent ACL injuries.

The visiting broadside volition navigate this play without Roberto Piccoli (muscle), Riccardo Orsolini (muscle) and Emil Holm (hamstring).

Bologna person had six antithetic goalscorers this term, including Federico Bernardeschi, Orsolini, Tommaso Pobega, Artem Dovbyk and Jay Enem.

Cagliari imaginable starting lineup:

Caprile; Ze Pedro, Mina, Rodriguez, Obert; Adopo, Winks, Romano; Fadera, Maldini; Mendy

Bologna imaginable starting lineup:

Skorupski; Darmian, Casale, Theate; Zortea, Ferguson, Pobega, Miranda; Bernardeschi, Cambiaghi; Enem

We say: Cagliari 2-1 Bologna

Cagliari's 4-0 nonaccomplishment astatine Monza was a sobering setback, but their encouraging location signifier and Maldini's blistering commencement connection genuine reasons for optimism.

Bologna's wont of surrendering promising positions whitethorn resurface successful Sardinia, wherever the hosts tin extremity their two-match losing series successful this fixture.

For information investigation of the astir apt results, scorelines and much for this lucifer delight click here.