Cagliari vs Verona prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2024-11-28 19:45.
[p]A penalty beyond the 85th minute earned a 2-2 draw for Cagliari last weekend, but it failed to arrest their winless run (D2, L3). They remain only a point above the relegation zone ahead of this match against Hellas Verona, but with also only a point separating these sides in a tight bottom-half, the winner will provisionally move into the top-12. That should be incentive enough for the Sardinians to push for a first top-flight H2H win since November 2017 (D4, L5 hence).[/p]
[p]That victory came in a home game and Cagliari will hope they can replicate that feat at the Unipol Domus, where they have lost just once across their last four games (W2, D1). Four of those points came in the league against Torino (3-2) and Milan (3-3) and on both occasions they had to fight back from deficits, highlighting a fighting spirit that could serve them well this season.[/p]
[p]Verona lost 5-0 to Inter last weekend where all the goals were conceded within 41 minutes for a fifth defeat across six games (W1) threatening to make it a long fight to extend their six-season top-flight stay. Worryingly for the visitors, defensive lapses have been an unwanted hallmark, with their tally of 32 goals at least seven more than any side in this league campaign![/p]
[p]The Yellow and Blues lost their previous five league trips but will hope to turn things around, coming here with a 50% winning record in away top-flight H2Hs (P18, W9). Even a point would be welcome, as this is Verona’s joint-worst losing run on the road since a run of eight away Serie A defeats in the 2017/18 season, ominously when they were relegated.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Cagliari’s Roberto Piccoli could turn up late in the game as eight of his last 11 Serie A goals have come beyond the 80th minute, including their last goal to earn a point against Genoa. Looking to stop him could be Verona ‘keeper Lorenzo Montipò, who hasn’t kept a clean sheet in his last nine league games, but has two in his last four personal H2Hs.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Verona conceded first in seven of their last nine away league games.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Sridhar B[/i][/p]