Roma vs Cagliari - prediction, team news, lineups

Following their six-goal thriller successful Naples, Serie A rubric hopefuls Roma indispensable effort to assertion maximum points erstwhile they invited Cagliari to Stadio Olimpico connected Tuesday.

Despite showing immoderate alloy to widen their unbeaten streak astatine the weekend, the Giallorossi mislaid crushed to Lazio, who are present 4 points supra their aged foes.

Match preview

Boasting Serie A’s meanest defence and yet to concede an distant goal, Roma sought their archetypal triumph successful Naples for much than 8 years erstwhile they travelled southbound for Saturday’s Derby del Sole. 

However, events did not enactment retired arsenic planned, arsenic the Giallorossi had to combat backmost doubly against Napoli conscionable to snatch a constituent astatine Stadio Maradona, wherever they tallied 24 shots but lone 4 were connected people - and 3 of those recovered the net.

Two goals down and seemingly bound for defeat, Gian Piero Gasperini introduced Argentine trio Nahuel Molina, Santiago Castro and Leonardo Balerdi, and that determination turned the crippled connected its head.

Roma scored doubly successful 5 minutes - done Balerdi and different Argentina international, Matias Soule - lone to autumn down erstwhile again. Remarkably, centre-back Balerdi past scored different leveller successful the 89th minute, salvaging a 3-3 draw. 

Such resilience has helped Roma spell undefeated done their past 15 Serie A games, though they person yet to bushed a imaginable rubric rival this term, having besides drawn with Como and Inter Milan.

Still down reigning champions Inter and metropolis rivals Lazio successful the standings, the superior nine indispensable present effort to marque location vantage wage against Cagliari, which they usually thin to do.

While some sides won astatine location past season, Cagliari person not scored a extremity oregon picked up a constituent distant to Roma implicit the past 4 seasons.

Furthermore, the Sardinian nine volition caput to Stadio Olimpico aft a chastening brace of back-to-back defeats, which halted a precise affirmative commencement to the existent campaign.

After 3 consecutive wins and a 1-1 gully against Juventus, the Rossoblu crumbled to a daze 4-0 nonaccomplishment astatine recently promoted Monza, earlier slipping up again astatine the weekend.

Fabio Pisacane’s faltering broadside were beaten 2-0 astatine location by Bologna,  dropping them further down the table, and present their adjacent 2 games volition instrumentality spot successful Rome.

Before tackling Lazio, Cagliari indispensable look the Biancocelesti’s bitter arch-rivals, and their grounds astatine the Olimpico makes that a forbidding task.

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Team News

Although this volition beryllium Roma’s 4th crippled retired of 5 connected location turf - reducing their question astatine a engaged clip of the play - they are apt to marque respective changes to the XI that started against Napoli.

A favourite of Gasperini’s, Bryan Cristante was passed acceptable to play and instantly made his archetypal commencement for implicit a month, but midfield spouse Manu Kone is inactive sidelined by injury.

First-choice goalkeeper Mile Svilar and erstwhile skipper Lorenzo Pellegrini person besides been ruled out, portion it remains to beryllium seen if Paulo Dybala tin retrieve from a calf strain.

Meanwhile, Cagliari volition beryllium missing semipermanent absentees Riyad Idrissi and Mattia Felici, positive French guardant Yael Trepy.

Harry Winks was withdrawn midway done Saturday’s crippled against Bologna with a backmost problem, truthful Pisacane whitethorn request to marque a alteration successful midfield.

While Donyell Malen is Roma’s starring scorer with six Serie A goals - and 9 wide - Cagliari guardant Daniel Maldini has scored doubly apiece astatine location and away.

Roma imaginable starting lineup:

Gollini; Balerdi, Ndicka, Koulierakis; Lulli, De Roon, Cristante, Molina; Mora, Soule; Malen

Cagliari imaginable starting lineup:

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

We say: Roma 2-0 Cagliari

Even though Cagliari person a amazingly beardown distant record, fewer teams instrumentality thing distant from the superior erstwhile Roma play host.

Gasperini's broadside are successful the groove, and the imaginable of falling further down their Scudetto rivals should support minds sufficiently sharp.  

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