Cagliari vs Genoa PREDICTION (15.01.2017)
Cagliari and Genoa play at Stadio Sant’Elia in a match of the 20th round of Serie A TIM. In the final confrontation between these teams in this competition, on 21-08-2016, Genoa won at home for (3-1). The history of recent direct clashes between these two teams indicates total balance as there has been 1 draw and 2 wins for each team in the last 5 games. Although this is a game between 14th and 12th overall, it is actually a game between the 8th in home games and the 14th as a visitor.
The home team is currently in 14th place with 23 points earned after 7 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses. In the penultimate match, he won at home to Sassuolo by (4-3). In the last match, lost out to Milan by (1-0). This is a team affected by the home factor, having won 19 points in their stadium, with 20 goals scored and 19 conceded, against 4 points out, where they scored 7 goals and suffered 24. For the championship, Cagliari won 19 points in 27 possible , After 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in the last 9 games that played in his stadium. In his home games there are some frequent markers: at 1-0 intervals (4 in 9 games) and at the end of the game 2-1 (4 in 9 games). Defensive solidity has not been his strong point as he has scored at least one goal in each of the last 10 games in this competition. In their home matches by the competition there is a tendency towards goals, since 9 in 9 finished with More than 2.5 goals in the marker. In 19 games in this competition, only managed 1 turn on the scoreboard in the 10 games in which he suffered the first goal.
Cagliari are back at home for the Italian championship, trying to clinch their second consecutive win at home to make up for their poor performance as a visitor. In the last round, the team went to the home of Milan and came out of there defeated by 1×0, thus reaching their third defeat in five games. Before, the team had received Sassuolo at home and, in a rather busy game, managed to leave the field with the victory by 4×3 in the game that ended a fast of three games without a win. After nineteen rounds, the club accumulated ten defeats, two draws and seven wins, thus taking the sixteenth place in the table. For this match, the coach should keep the team in 4-3-3 or 4-5-1, and you will not be able to count on Bruno Alves, who was sent off in the last match.
Confirmed lineup: Rafael, M. Capuano, N. Murru, L. Ceppitelli, M. Isla, D. Dessena, N. Barella, João Pedro, P. Tachtsidis, M. Borriello, Diego Farias.
Coach: M. Rastelli.
The visiting team is currently in 12th place with 23 points, after 6 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses. In the penultimate match, he lost out to Torino by (1-0). In the last match, lost at home to Roma by (0-1). This is a team affected by the home factor, having won 7 points as a visitor and 16 in their stadium, with 15 goals scored and 9 goals conceded at home, against 6 goals scored and 14 suffered as a visitor. In the championship, Genoa had 7 points in 27 chances, after 2 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses in the last 9 games they played as a visitor.
For this competition, you do not win as a visitor makes 6 games. In his league games as a visitor the most frequent result in the break was 0-0 (4 out of 9 matches). Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 games for this competition. In 19 games in this competition, only managed 2 turns on the scoreboard in the 10 games in which he suffered the first goal. There are 1 highlights in the last 10 matches played as a visitor for all competitions: he scored 3 of his 6 goals between the minutes (46′-60 ‘).
Genoa take the field for their twentieth Italian Championship game trying to rediscover the path of victory to ease the not very good situation that has been living in the competition. In the last round, the team suffered a poor result to receive Roma at home and end up losing by 0x1, thus reaching their third consecutive defeat. Before, the team had gone to the home of Torino and left there defeated by 1×0. After nineteen rounds, the club has six wins, five draws and eight losses, thus taking the twelfth place in the table. For that match, the coach must keep the team in 3-4-3 or 3-5-2.
Confirmed lineup: E. Lamanna, N. Burdisso, A. Izzo, E. Muñoz, D. Cataldi, Edenilson, D. Laxalt, I. Cofie, L. Rigoni, G. Simeone, L. Ocampos.
Technical: I. Juric.