Cagliari vs Parma prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-09-12 13:00.
[p]Both Cagliari and Parma are looking for their first win of the Serie A season as they prepare to meet in Sardinia. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Cagliari began their season with a penalty-shootout victory in the Coppa Italia against second-tier Entella, but since then, the Islanders have failed to win in Serie A, albeit having faced tough opponents in Fiorentina (1-1) and Napoli (1-0). It’s therefore been a baptism of fire for new boss Fabio Pisacane in his first senior job as a head coach, and recent history suggests the tide is unlikely to turn here as Cagliari have failed to win any of their first three league games in each of their last four Serie A campaigns, but the last time they did, they beat Parma on matchday three in 2019![/p]
[p]Parma’s campaign so far has been a mirror image of Cagliari’s, as they too came through a Coppa Italia tie against second-tier opposition before taking one point from two Serie A outings against heavyweight opposition in Juventus and Atalanta. The last time that the Crusaders failed to win any of their first three league games in a single campaign was in 2018/19, but history could repeat itself here as Parma have won just one of their last 14 Serie A away matches (D5, L8).[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Cagliari are unbeaten in the last four meetings between the sides (W3, D1), while they’ve also won the last three in a row in the top-flight. The last nine H2Hs in any competition have been settled by no greater than a one-goal margin. [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Cagliari have kept just one clean sheet in their last seven games.[/p]
[p]Only one of Cagliari’s last nine Serie A matches has been drawn (W2, L6). [/p]
[p]Parma have drawn eight of their last 13 league games (W2, L3).[/p]
[p]Parma’s last eight goals have all come after half-time. [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Former Parma loanee Alessandro Deiola got on the scoresheet during Cagliari’s last Serie A win, with all of his last three goals for the club coming after the break. Patrick Cutrone netted on his league debut for Parma against Atalanta, and will fancy his chances again here having scored in his last two games against Cagliari. He has never lost in six previous meetings against them (W3, D3).[/p]
[p]Cagliari are likely to be without Leonardo Pavoletti, while Parma are sweating on the fitness of Hernani. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Given that both teams’ matches have been relatively low-scoring so far this season, backing under 2.5 goals here seems sensible. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Alex Bowmer[/i][/p]