Cagliari vs Lecce - prediction, team news, lineups

Two teams expected to combat for Serie A endurance volition clash connected Monday evening, arsenic Cagliari invited Lecce to Sardinia.

Both sides mislaid their 2nd league crippled past week, earlier the Rossoblu slumped retired of the cup.

Match preview

Having started the play promisingly, by beating Arezzo successful the Coppa Italia and picking up 3 points successful Parma, Cagliari person since suffered back-to-back defeats.

The archetypal was expected, as they mislaid 1-0 astatine location to reigning Serie A champions Inter Milan, who had besides won connected each of their past six trips to Sardinia.

However, Thursday's nonaccomplishment to precocious relegated Hellas Verona saw the Rossoblu exit the cupful and miss retired connected an enticing last-16 necktie against Roma.

Dating backmost to the process extremity of past term, Fabio Piscane's broadside person inactive won 4 of their past six competitory matches, truthful helium whitethorn not beryllium overly concerned.

Like Lecce, top-flight endurance is their precedence alternatively than a cupful run, and the brace volition scrap for precious league points connected Monday.

Across 22 anterior meetings successful Cagliari, the hosts person lone posted 7 wins, truthful precedent is not connected their side.

When they past met successful February, Lecce were 2-0 winners astatine Unipol Domus, earlier some clubs went connected to flight the drop.

The Salento broadside needed 2 precocious wins to support them up astatine the precise extremity of past season, arsenic Eusebio Di Francesco yet succeeded aft back-to-back relegations elsewhere. 

Lecce past kicked disconnected the existent run by beating recently promoted Venezia astatine Stadio Penzo, before suffering a 4-0 location decision astatine the hands of Roma, who raced 3 goals up wrong 25 minutes.

Now, for the 3rd consecutive week, Di Francesco indispensable look 1 of his erstwhile clubs, having endured a pugnacious clip astatine Cagliari successful the 2020-21 play - conscionable 5 victories from 27 games.

As his Lecce broadside did not person a midweek necktie successful the Coppa Italia, having antecedently been eliminated by Palermo, they should beryllium primed to question different distant win.

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Team News

Pisacane made respective changes connected Thursday, but Cagliari should beryllium backmost to afloat spot for this important league game.

Though the Rossoblu precocious mislaid Sebastiano Esposito and Gennaro Borrelli, they person added M'Bala Nzola to Pisacane's attacking options, truthful the experienced striker tin vie with Paul Mendy and Kevin Carlos for selection.

However, the location broadside are inactive without French guardant Yael Trepy - who is recovering from a superior mishap - and semipermanent absentee Riyad Idrissi, portion Yerry Mina continues to conflict with a calf problem.

Lecce volition beryllium missing their main summertime signing, Willem Geubbels, who injured his ankle against Roma; Nikola Stulic is acceptable to deputise.

The visitors completed precocious deals for Joel Monteiro and Ivan Ilic astatine the extremity of the transportation window, and some could marque their archetypal quality connected Monday.

Ilic indispensable vie for a spot alongside midfield mainstay Lassana Coulibaly, who has already deed the woodwork doubly this term.

Cagliari imaginable starting lineup:

Caprile; Pedro, Deiola, Rodriguez, Obert; Adopo, Winks, Romano; Fazzini, Maldini; Mendy

Lecce imaginable starting lineup:

Falcone; Veiga, Gaspar, Gabriel, Gallo; Ilic, Coulibaly, Gorter; Pierotti, Stulic, Monteiro

We say: Cagliari 1-1 Lecce

Not renowned arsenic bully travellers, Lecce person really won their past 3 distant matches successful Serie A - erstwhile taking into relationship the extremity of past season.

So, with a fewer caller arrivals strengthening their squad, the Salentini tin permission Cagliari with 1 point.

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