Torino vs Cagliari prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-12-26 14:00.
[p]Torino could fancy their chances of a third Serie A win in a row as a struggling Cagliari come to Turin searching for answers for their poor away form.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Torino secured back-to-back wins by beating Sassuolo last weekend, results which have helped the Granata move to within five points of the top six. That’s a deficit they know they could reduce even further this weekend if they can post a third successive Serie A victory for the first time since September 2019. Boss Marco Baroni will hope his side’s new-found defensive resilience can help carry them to that milestone as, despite securing successive wins to nil, Torino have still conceded the third-most goals in Serie A this term. That hasn’t been something that’s bothered them too much at home, where Torino have won four of their last seven competitive games (D1, L2).[/p]
[p]Cagliari failed to hold onto the lead in their 2-2 draw against Pisa last weekend, leaving them with a mere three-point cushion to the relegation zone. With only one win across their last 13 competitive games (D5, L7), alarm bells are starting to ring for the Islanders despite the fact their current tally of 15 points is more than they’d managed after 16 matches in their four prior top-flight campaigns. Head coach Fabio Pisacane could soon feel the heat if his side don’t improve their road form, as Cagliari are winless across their last seven competitive trips (D3, L4), including three defeats on the bounce.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Cagliari have lost only three of the last 12 H2Hs (W4, D5), although one of those defeats came in January, which gives Torino a chance to post consecutive H2H wins for the first time since March 2018.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Torino’s five league wins this season have all been by a single-goal margin.[/p]
[p]Eighteen of Torino’s last 24 home Serie A games featured under 2.5 goals.[/p]
[p]Nine of Cagliari’s 17 league goals this season arrived after the 70th minute.[/p]
[p]Cagliari conceded first in a league-high 11 games this season.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Nikola Vlašić has been Torino’s first scorer with his last eight Serie A goals, six of which came in home matches. Cagliari’s Sebastiano Esposito tends to be a bad luck charm when he gets on the scoresheet, as none of his last seven scoring appearances at club level saw him end up on the winning side (D2, L5).[/p]
[p]Torino have no new injury concerns, while Cagliari could be without Michael Folorunsho, who was substituted early in their last game due to an injury. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Cagliari’s away troubles could cost them once again, so backing Torino to score first and win could prove a winning pick.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Sridhar Bhamidi[/i][/p]