Cagliari – Juventus

Cagliari Juventus betting preview and tipsAn out of form Cagliari side will have to resist a hungry Juventus, with the current Serie A Champions in big need of points after failing to win the last two matches.

Cagliari’s defense has really betrayed them this season, they lost a couple of key players in the summer and that can really be seen on the defensive end – 26 goals allowed in 15 games is real bad in Italy. The hosts are also in some very poor form, failing to win in the last 8 matches in all competitions (aside for a penalty win against Modena in the Cup) and dropping to the 18th place in the standings, swimming in the relegation pool. An additional problem for Cagliari is the fact that they did not win a single home game this season (0-3-4).

Juve starting to show signs of weakness under Allegri – 3 draws on the spin is something Juve is not used to, even though one of them was against Atletico in the Champions League. The Old Lady was held to a 1-1 draw by Sampdoria in Torino last round after previously drawing 0-0 in Firenze, meaning Juventus has just one point over Roma in the standings right now and really can not afford to drop points today. In Juve’s defense, they really met good, in form teams in these last few weeks.

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Team news & lineups:

Eriksson, Sau and Colombi are out for Cagliari. Juventus with a bit of an injury crisis (again), but luckily not many key players are out from the lineup: Barzagli, Asamoah, Marrone, Caceres, Romulo, Storari and Bonucci are out.

Cagliari: Cragno – Rossettini, Ceppitelli, Avelar, Balzano – Conti, Ekdal , Cossu, Crisetig, Farias – Longo

Juventus: Buffon – Evra, Chiellini, Ogbonna, Lichtsteiner – Pirlo, Marchisio, Pogba, Pereyra – Tevez, Llorente

I have big confidence that Juve will get the three points here – really can’t see them failing to win for the third time in a row in Serie A (the last time that happened was almost three years ago). The opponent is also perfect for Juve, I can easily see Cagliari falling into their hands – the hosts are in horrible form and have the 3rd worst defense in the league, which will allow Juve to create chances easier, as they struggled a little bit to score lately. I fully expect a Juve win, hopefully they will be able to cover a 1 goal handicap as well because my tip is Juventus to win with -1,25 asian handicap. Considering their hunger, focus and Cagliari’s defense, I`m pretty sure they will. Prediction: Cagliari – Juventus 0-2.

Pick: Juventus (-1,25 Asian Handicap)
Odds: 2.00 @ Bet365
Stake: 8
Possible profit: 8
Event date: 18 December

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2 comments

  1. I think it’s a very good tip. I just want to add one thing.
    The poor defence of Cagliari is not due to the fact that they lost some players, but more to the fact that they changed the coach.
    Their new coach is Zdenek Zeman, a pretty revolutionairy coach in the 90’s, coached some small teams but big teams as well(AS Roma)

    His tactic is: we must score 1 goal more than the opponent.
    Once his team understands his ideas, they might be lethal.
    Another good bet for this match is over 2.5.

    The odds are good because Juve has a brilliant defence and because Cagliari’s last game was 0-0.

    But this is something different, because Cagliari will be 150% motivated while Juve can surely score 2.
    So over 2.5 also a good option here.

    good luck!

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