AS Roma vs Cagliari prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-03-15 15:00.
[p]Roma return to Serie A action looking to bounce back from a taxing evening in Bilbao on Thursday night when Mats Hummels’ 11th-minute sending-off led to the Giallorossi losing 3-1 against Athletic Club and crashing out of the UEFA Europa League. That ended an impressive streak of eight successive matches without a loss and a six-game winning run. [/p]
[p]The last league victory in that sequence was a 1-0 triumph away to Empoli, and Claudio Ranieri will have high hopes that his side can replicate that sort of defensive display. That stems from Roma’s strong record at the Stadio Olimpico against visitors Cagliari – keeping seven clean sheets in their last nine home H2Hs (W7, D2). [/p]
[p]A run of only one win in their last seven league matches (D2, L4) has Cagliari looking nervously over their shoulder, with the gap to the bottom three before this weekend just four points. Hopes of increasing that margin look slim based on their torrid record against the division’s better teams this season, with the Islanders having failed to secure a single victory from their 15 Serie A games against sides starting the round inside the top ten (D5, L10). [/p]
[p]One of those draws came against Roma on the opening weekend of the season (0-0), but clean sheets have been hard to come by away from home since. They managed one in the goalless draw against Atalanta last month, but that is so far their only shutout in 14 games on the road this term (W2, D4, L8). [/p]
[p]Players to watch: In-form Roma attacker MatĂas SoulĂ© has scored more times against Cagliari than any other side in Serie A (three). After a goal against Bologna and an assist against Genoa, Cagliari’s Roberto Piccoli could be involved in at least one goal in three consecutive Italian top-flight appearances for the first time in his career.  [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Cagliari have conceded the most set-piece goals (16) in Serie A this season ahead of this round. [/p]
[p][i]Written by David H[/i][/p]