Cagliari vs Udinese - prediction, team news, lineups

Victory would wrapper up Cagliari's top-flight endurance connected Saturday afternoon, erstwhile Udinese volition get successful Sardinia. 

While already adjacent to confirming their Serie A status, the Rossoblu request maximum points a small much than their mid-table visitors.

Match preview

Now 9 points wide of the driblet zone, Cagliari tin decorativeness yet different combat for Serie A salvation by winning their penultimate location game.

The regular relegation battlers are inching ever person to safety, having precocious beaten Atalanta 3-2 and drawn 0-0 successful Bologna.

Those results person near Lecce and Cremonese trailing acold down successful the contention to debar 18th spot - but the occupation is not done conscionable yet.

Nearing the extremity of Fabio Pisacane's archetypal play arsenic caput manager of the archetypal team, his broadside person begun to amended their location form, winning some of their past 2 games successful Sardinia portion scoring 4 goals.

However, past volition not beryllium connected the Rossoblu's broadside this weekend: Cagliari person failed to triumph immoderate of their past six location fixtures against Udinese, lone netting 3 goals successful the process.

In fact, aft a 1-1 gully successful October's reverse fixture, Udinese person mislaid conscionable 1 of the past 13 Serie A top-flight contests betwixt these 2 clubs. 

Occupying 11th spot successful the table, the Friulani besides beryllium 10 points and 5 places supra Cagliari, having picked up 4 points from their past mates of outings.

Denied astatine the decease by Lazio's precocious leveller successful a thrilling 3-3 draw, Kosta Runjaic's broadside past dusted themselves down and beat mid-table rivals Torino, staying successful the hunt for a top-half finish.

Even Runjaic would admit his squad are consistently inconsistent, but posting their archetypal back-to-back wins since February would surely assistance a adjacent top-10 combat with Sassuolo.

Before making the agelong travel southbound for Saturday's fixture, Udinese are unbeaten successful 4 distant matches - scoring astatine slightest doubly connected each juncture - truthful they person bully crushed to expect a affirmative outcome.

Cagliari Serie A form:

L L W L W D

Udinese Serie A form:

W D W L D W

Team News

Cagliari anticipation to invited backmost cardinal midfielder Luca Mazzitelli, but respective players whitethorn inactive beryllium missing done injury.

Alessandro Deiola, Mattia Felici, Riyad Idrissi, Juan Rodriguez, Joseph Liteta and seasoned striker Leonardo Pavoletti are each connected the attraction table, portion Gennaro Borrelli remains a large doubt.

Rookie guardant Paul Mendy - who precocious bagged an eight-minute brace against Atalanta - was lone acceptable capable for a precocious cameo past week, but helium tin present contend to start.

The second indispensable conflict with Semih Kilicsoy and Andrea Belotti to articulation Sebastiano Esposito up front, though Pisacane has preferred to play Michael Folorunsho successful a much precocious relation of late.

Both Esposito and Udinese's Nicolo Zaniolo person registered 11 Serie A extremity involvements this season, but the visitors' main marksman is Keinan Davis.

After missing 3 games, the English frontman has present resumed afloat training, alongside fit-again defender Nicola Bertola.

Bertola's instrumentality is timely, arsenic Christian Kabasele indispensable service a suspension for accumulated yellowish cards; meanwhile, wing-backs Jordan Zemura and Alessandro Zanoli are some sidelined by injury.

Cagliari imaginable starting lineup:

Caprile; Ze Pedro, Mina, Dossena; Palestra, Sulemana, Gaetano, Adopo, Obert; Folorunsho; Esposito

Udinese imaginable starting lineup:

Okoye; Bertola, Kristensen, Solet; Ehizibue, Atta, Ekkelenkamp, Miller, Kamara; Zaniolo, Davis

We say: Cagliari 1-2 Udinese 

Delaying the hosts' endurance party, Udinese are acceptable to proceed their awesome caller grounds against Cagliari.

With plentifulness of punch successful midfield and a much potent attack, the Friulani volition bring 3 points with them connected the agelong travel backmost home.

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