Cagliari-Milan, the precedents and the odds

Friday is again Serie A. The 30th day of the championship starts. The Sassuolo-Spezia shift opens at 6.45pm. The leaders Milan flies to the Sardegna Arena to challenge Cagliari: kick-off on Saturday at 8.45 pm. Mazzarri’s team is back from the knockout with Spezia, while the Rossoneri overcame Empoli 1-0: Kalulu’s goal was decisive.

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Cagliari tries to get away from the bottom of the standings. The rossoblùs occupy seventeenth place with 25 points, Venice third from last with one race less and three points further behind. Mazzarri’s men have so far totaled only five wins, then ten draws and fourteen defeats. They have lost their last two league games after a streak of five consecutive useful results. Milan have won two victories in the last two, there are nine matches for the Rossoneri without defeat. The last knockout came with Spezia on January 17th (1-2).

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There are 87 total comparisons between Cagliari and Milan. The rossoblùs have won just 9 wins, the rossoneri 50: there are 28 draws. The first leg at San Siro ended 4-1 for Pioli’s team: Tonali, Leao and Giroud scored twice. The last time the Sardinian club managed to overtake their opponents was 2017 (2-1 at Sant’Elia with goals from Joao Pedro and Pisacane, Lapadula for Milan). The only success of the Sardinian club in the last 36 matches of A against Milan. In the nine most recent matches against Cagliari, the Rossoneri have won seven matches, then two draws. The rossoblù offensive is dry of goals from two league games, Maignan has kept a clean sheet in the last three (including the first leg of the Italian Cup with Inter Milan). Little positive numbers in the background for the Cagliari rearguard. He has always conceded goals in his last 11 home games against Milan. He will try to take advantage of Pioli’s team: always scoring in the 14 away matches of this championship. The leaders arrive on Saturday at the Sardegna Arena.