Cagliari vs Torino - prediction, team news, lineups

One constituent distant from guaranteeing Serie A safety, Cagliari big mid-table Torino astatine Unipol Domus successful their last location crippled of the play connected Sunday.

Fabio Pisacane's men missed the accidental to unafraid endurance past clip out, losing 2-0 to Udinese, portion their visitors emerged arsenic 2-1 victors against Sassuolo.

Match preview

Already retired of show of relegated Pisa and Hellas Verona, Cagliari lone needed a affirmative effect astatine location to Udinese to beryllium perfectly definite of their top-tier presumption for 2026-27, but they fell abbreviated successful their bid for precious points.

Second-half strikes from Adam Buksa and Idrissa Gueye condemned Cagliari to their 17th decision of the campaign, and 18th-placed Cremonese's triumph implicit Pisa means that Pisacane's broadside are not retired of the woods conscionable yet.

However, arsenic the 16th-placed hosts are six points wide of Cremonese with conscionable 2 games remaining, a gully connected Sunday volition beryllium capable for survival, but adjacent a decision would suffice truthful agelong arsenic their rivals neglect to bushed Udinese distant from home.

As Cremonese indispensable besides look high-flying Como connected the last day, a Cagliari broadside who person astatine slightest shown mild betterment implicit the past fewer weeks tin consciousness assured of retaining their Serie A status, adjacent if they indispensable caput to AC Milan successful the last gameweek.

Despite past week's reverse to Udinese, Cagliari person collected a respectable 10 points from their past 5 top-flight games to steer wide of danger, having collected conscionable 8 points successful their erstwhile 10 games earlier the commencement of that sequence.

As Cagliari strive to corroborate mathematical survival, visitors Torino tin inactive sneak into the apical fractional successful the last 2 gameweeks, lying six points adrift of their hosts' caller conquerors Udinese successful 10th spot.

However, with Sassuolo besides 5 points wide of Roberto D'Aversa's men successful 11th spot, Torino would request to instrumentality maximum points from their last 2 games against Cagliari and Juventus portion hoping that their mid-table rivals capitulate successful bid to sneak into the apical 10.

In reality, consolidating their existent presumption is the main purpose for Torino, who astatine slightest snapped a three-game winless series by coming from down to dispatch Sassuolo successful gameweek 36, acknowledgment to goals from Giovanni Simeone and Marcus Pedersen.

The visitors' 59 goals conceded makes them the worst antiaircraft squad extracurricular of the bottommost two, though, and conscionable 1 of their past 9 Serie A distant games has ended successful triumph - against 20th-placed Pisa.

Torino besides succumbed to a 2-1 location nonaccomplishment against Cagliari erstwhile the sides clashed conscionable aft Christmas, their 2nd decision from their past 3 matches against Sunday's hosts, who besides prevailed 3-2 successful this nonstop fixture successful 2024-25.

Cagliari Serie A form:

Torino Serie A form:

Team News

Cautioned for the 5th clip successful the 2025-26 Serie A play against Udinese, Cagliari centre-back Ze Pedro serves a one-match prohibition this weekend, truthful ex-Everton defender Yerry Mina should beryllium drafted into the backmost three.

ACL victims Mattia Felici, Riyad Idrissi and Mateusz Wieteska stay connected the agelong roadworthy to recovery, portion Joseph Liteta (hamstring), Gennaro Borrelli (muscle) and Leonardo Pavoletti (knee) are besides retired of contention.

However, experienced striker Andrea Belotti has precocious returned from a cruciate ligament teardrop of his own, and the ex-Torino striker reunites with the nine helium scored a stellar 113 goals for betwixt 2015 and 2022.

From erstwhile Torino players to existent Torino players, Lithuanian midfielder Gvidas Gineitis besides crossed the yellow-card threshold successful the triumph implicit Sassuolo truthful volition ticker connected helplessly from the sidelines.

One-time Chelsea midfielder Cesare Casadei - who has netted 5 goals successful the existent Serie A play - is simply a starring contender to regenerate Gineitis.

Ardian Ismajli (hamstring), Tino Anjorin (hip) and Zakaria Aboukhlal (knee) marque up a trio of injury-related absentees for the distant side.

Cagliari imaginable starting lineup:

Caprile; Rodriguez, Mina, Dossena; Zappa, Gaetano, Folorunsho, Adopo, Obert; Mendy, Esposito

Torino imaginable starting lineup:

Paleari; Ebosse, Marianucci, Coco; Pedersen, Casadei, Prati, Obrador; Vlasic; Zapata, Simeone

We say: Cagliari 1-1 Torino

Cagliari request not spell gung-ho for the triumph connected Sunday fixed that lone a constituent is required for survival, and Pisacane's broadside person our backing to get that constituent connected location soil.

Torino travel into the clash with conscionable 1 nonaccomplishment from their past six games, but they person flattered to deceive connected the roadworthy each play and person thing to play for, truthful a low-key gully would suit Cagliari down to the ground.

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