Lazio vs Cagliari - prediction, team news, lineups

Aiming to widen a five-game unbeaten streak, Lazio volition play big to Cagliari connected Monday evening, arsenic the brace quadrate disconnected astatine Stadio Olimpico.

Only 3 points abstracted the sides successful Serie A, aft the Aquile settled for a dull midweek gully successful Pisa and their visitors were beaten astatine location by Sassuolo.

Match preview

Unable to travel up past week's gritty 1-0 triumph implicit Juventus astatine the Olimpico, Lazio proved incapable of breaking down recently promoted Pisa connected Thursday evening.

A goalless gully astatine Arena Garibaldi near the Rome nine successful 11th spot aft 9 matches, though it did widen their unbeaten streak to 5 games since losing the Derby della Capitale.

Lazio's deficiency of summertime spending - owed to a transportation embargo - has been exacerbated by a agelong database of injuries and suspensions, but returning manager Maurizio Sarri has responded by showing immoderate antithetic pragmatism.

No longer taking an expansive approach, his broadside person kept 3 consecutive cleanable sheets, and they could present station 4 successful Serie A for the archetypal clip since 2023, erstwhile Sarri was archetypal successful charge.

Consistently inconsistent passim 2025, the Aquile tin besides triumph back-to-back league games astatine the Olimpico for the archetypal clip this twelvemonth by beating Cagliari.

Precedent suggests their chances are good, arsenic it has been a communicative of implicit dominance for immoderate clip now: Lazio are unbeaten successful 20 top-flight games against the Rossoblu.

Such has been their inferiority, Cagliari person mislaid nary less than 11 of the past 12 Serie A meetings, conceding an mean of implicit 2 goals per game.

It is implicit a decennary since they past bushed Lazio anywhere; indeed, their past cleanable expanse distant to the Biancocelesti was backmost successful October 2009.

Yet, the Sardinian broadside volition beryllium within 3 points of their hosts earlier kickoff, contempt going 5 games without a win.

Last clip out, Cagliari suffered a disappointing nonaccomplishment to promoted Sassuolo, producing conscionable a azygous changeable connected people - Sebastiano Esposito's consolation extremity successful a 2-1 location defeat.

Nonetheless, Fabio Pisacane's squad tin caput to the superior with a decent roadworthy grounds down them, having gone unbeaten done their past 3 distant fixtures.

Following draws successful Udine and Verona, positive a precious triumph implicit relegation rivals Lecce, the Rossoblu volition look a tougher trial connected Monday.

Lazio Serie A form:

L W D D W D

Cagliari Serie A form:

W L D L D L

Cagliari signifier (all competitions):

W L D L D L 

Team News

Lazio inactive person a agelong lack list, headlined by past term's apical scorer Taty Castellanos, who is sidelined with a thigh injury.

Fisayo Dele-Bashiru (flexor), Matteo Cancellieri (hamstring), Samuel Gigot (ankle) and Nicolo Rovella (groin) are each unavailable, but left-back Nuno Tavares could retrieve successful time.  

Covering for Castellanos, either seasoned guardant Pedro - who has conscionable announced helium volition permission the nine adjacent summertime - volition play arsenic a mendacious 9 oregon Boulaye Dia volition deputise. To date, the second has scored 3 goals successful arsenic galore Serie A games against Cagliari, but helium has failed to find his bushed this season.

Meanwhile, the visitors' onslaught volition beryllium missing Andrea Belotti (ACL) for the foreseeable future, truthful Esposito and Gennaro Borrelli are favourites to commencement up front. 

Due to accumulated bookings, Adam Obert indispensable service a suspension, truthful Riyad Idrissi whitethorn capable successful connected the near flank.

In summation to Obert, Alessandro Deiola (thigh), Marko Rog (muscular) and reserve goakeeper Boris Radunovic (calf) volition articulation Belotti connected the sidelines.

Lazio imaginable starting lineup:

Provedel; Marusic, Gila, Romagnoli, Pellegrini; Guendouzi, Cataldi, Basic; Isaksen, Dia, Zaccagni

Cagliari imaginable starting lineup:

Caprile; Zappa, Mina, Ze Pedro; Palestra, Adopo, Prati, Folorunsho, Idrissi; Borrelli, Esposito

We say: Lazio 1-0 Cagliari 

Lazio are inactive struggling to accommodate to their circumstances, portion inconsistency has plagued them passim 2025.

Still, the hosts should pip Cagliari to maximum points, keeping them successful interaction with Serie A's European contenders.  

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