Verona vs Cagliari prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-04-27 18:45.
[p]Despite a four-match winless run (D3, L1), Hellas Verona are inching closer to safety in Serie A, beginning the round with a seven-point buffer to the drop zone. With a favourable run-in that features three meetings with sides starting this round below them, the Mastiffs’ fate is truly in their own hands ahead of a clash with Cagliari, who they’ve not lost against on home soil in Serie A since the 1971/72 season (W9, D5).[/p]
[p]That’s their second-longest such streak against any opponent in Serie A, and extending it would ensure they don’t go five league matches without a win for the first time under Paolo Zanetti. The home fans are unlikely to be too confident despite that, as Verona have won just one of their last eight home league games (D3, L4), failing to score a whopping six times in that sequence![/p]
[p]A low-scoring affair could well be in store here given that Cagliari have blanked in four of their last six outings on the road (D2, L4). They start the round two points behind Verona, so this clash is of arguably bigger significance to the visitors, but to pull further clear of the drop zone, the Islanders will need to address a seven-match winless run in away H2Hs (D2, L5). [/p]
[p]Cagliari did win the reverse fixture 1-0 in November, but only once previously have they done the double over Verona, and that came back in 1971/72. Repeating that feat looks tricky given that Davide Nicola’s men are winless in seven away league matches (D3, L4), which is something that could lead to their demise given three of Cagliari’s five remaining fixtures come on the road.[/p]
[p]Key battle: Jackson Tchatchoua assisted the opener in last season’s corresponding fixture, with both of his league goals this term coming against sides starting this round in the bottom half. He’ll be up against opposite wing-back Tommaso Augello who has assisted both of Cagliari’s last two away goals.[/p]
[p]Hot streak: Verona have failed to score before half-time in their last eight home games.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Tom Penn[/i][/p]