Atalanta vs Cagliari prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-12-12 19:45.
[p]Atalanta will be looking to begin a Serie A resurgence under new boss Raffaele Palladino when they host Cagliari, just two points behind them in Serie A’s bottom half. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Palladino was treated to ‘a magical night’ during the week when a 2-1 win over Chelsea moved them closer to a top-eight UEFA Champions League finish. Despite currently flying in midweek football under their new manager, Atalanta are yet to discover their spark in Serie A, losing four of their last five league fixtures (W1) to start the round an unwanted eight points away from the European placings. Ahead of enormous clashes with Inter and Roma either side of the new year, they need to continue sharpening up a lacklustre Serie A home record (W2, D4, L1) that was improved by a 2-0 win over Fiorentina in their last such outing. [/p]
[p]Cagliari will be hoping their own lengthy Serie A slump has finally come to an end after breaking through for their first victory in ten league games (D4, L5) with a surprise 1-0 win at home to top-four contenders Roma. Cagliari’s only away victory of this Serie A season immediately followed their previous home win, so there is precedent for them to follow up with another win here despite their poor medium-term form. Cagliari are five away games without a victory in this competition (D3, L2), but with goals against higher-ranked opponents such as Juventus (L 2-1) and Udinese (D 1-1), they’re not without a chance of taking at least a point home from Bergamo. [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Atalanta have won seven of the last ten H2Hs in all competitions (D1, L2) but dropped points at home to Cagliari in both 2021/22 (L 2-1) and last season (D 0-0). [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Six of Atalanta’s last seven games in all competitions produced over 2.5 goals. [/p]
[p]The half-time result was replicated full-time in each of Atalanta’s last nine Serie A games. [/p]
[p]Cagliari scored first in only four of their 14 Serie A games this season (W2, D1, L1). [/p]
[p]Cagliari didn’t lead at half-time in any of their last eight Serie A matches. [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Gianluca Scamacca is on a tremendous run of scoring or assisting in five of his last six club appearances and has favourable H2H history, striking in two of his last three Serie A games against Cagliari. Sebastiano Esposito scored or assisted in each of his last four and he too could be inspired by this opposition, scoring away at Atalanta for Empoli last season. [/p]
[p]Atalanta have no major absentees while Cagliari’s list of injuries includes Yerry Mina, Zé Pedro and Marco Palestra. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]A dearth of clean sheets for either team suggests both teams to score is a wise bet. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Aaron Murphy[/i][/p]