Cagliari - Napoli Football prediction

Cagliari and Napoli play in a duel of the 16th round of Serie A TIM. The record of recent direct clashes favors the visiting team, which in the last 5 matches has won 5. The last direct confrontation between these two teams, on 02-21-2018, ended with Napoli winning by (0-5). Special attention is needed for the home / off condition, since both teams present significantly different results in their home and away games.

Analysis of Cagliari
The home team is currently in 13th place with 17 points earned after 3 wins, 8 draws and 4 losses. In the penultimate match, he tied it out for Frosinone for (1-1). In the last match, tied at home for Roma by (2-2). This is a team affected by the home factor, the stronger when you play in front of your fans, since in the last 30 matches you have 3 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses as a visitor, with 11 goals scored and 25 conceded, against 7 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats at home, with 16 goals scored and 10 conceded. For the championship, Cagliari won 11 points in 21 chances, after 2 wins and 5 draws in their last 7 games at their stadium.

In this competition, he tied his last 4 matches and did not lose any of the last 7 that he played in his stadium. In their domestic league games the most frequent marker in the break was 1-0 (4 out of 7 matches). Defensive solidity has not been his strong point as he has conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 games but his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches in this competition. In 15 games in the competition, he never managed to turn the scoring in the 8 games in which he suffered the first goal.

Cagliari enter this match after a 2-2 draw at the Roma reception, registering their fourth straight game without losing in the Italian league: Marco Sau and Ionita scored the team's goals. Coach Rolando Maran usually plays in a traditional 4-4-2, favoring a faster style of play, of constant transitions, attacking, preferably, the sides. It is worth mentioning that in this drawing the two most advanced players are Marco Sau and Leonardo Pavoletti: the second athlete is the best finisher of Cagliari with 6 goals scored. For this game the coach will not be able to count on Ceppitelli and Darijo Srna, suspended, besides Lucas Castro and Lykogiannis, these injured.

Analysis of Napoli
After 11 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, the visiting team is in 2nd place, having won 35 points. In the last match, he beat Frosinone at home (4-0), having won the previous match in a match against Atalanta by (1-2). This is a team affected by the home factor, stronger when played with the support of their fans, since in the last 30 games has recorded 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses as a visitor, with a total of 21 goals scored and 25 conceded. Already inside the home, he won 12 wins and 3 draws, with a total of 37 goals scored and 8 conceded. In the last game he played for the UEFA Champions League, he lost with Liverpool away (1-0). In the last 7 away games Napoli has 5 wins and 2 defeats, having won 15 points out of 21. In the encounters that he played as a visitor in the championship there is a result that is repeated often in the late 90 ', 1-2, which occurred in 3 of his 8 games. His attack has scored regularly, as he has managed to achieve in 9 of the last 10 games in this competition. In their away games there is a tendency to have goals, since 36 in 53 finished with More than 2.5 goals in the scoreboard. In 15 games for Serie A TIM, it suffered the first goal 5 times but managed to turn the score in 3.

Napoli enter this unmotivated round after a 1-0 defeat by Liverpool in the group stage of the Champions League. In the last game for the championship, visitors thrashed Frosinone 4-0. Unlike the opponents of this round, Napoli tends to play in a 4-3-3 where the three most advanced players are Insigne, Mertens and Callejón. The visiting club when it invests in the offensive process usually performs through the right side, taking advantage of the speed offered by the offensive Callejón. For this game the coach will not be able to count on Chiriches and Verdi, both with physical problems.