Cagliari vs Parma Match Preview

Cagliari face Parma for the 22nd round of the Italian Serie A at the Sardegna Arena.

The last win for Cagliari was early December, and despite their ambitious start in the league this season, their recent run has changed dramatically. In the last two matches, they got just two draws against Brescia 2-2 and Inter 1-1. Currently, they are 6th-placed on the table with 31 points,having a 7-point distance from the fifth-placed Atalanta. They have to improve more to remain in the top-six places, as there are many contenders for the European tickets.

Their new signings (on loan) are the 24-year-old midfielder Gastón Pereiro from Eindhoven, as well as Alberto Paloschi from SPAL. Unavailable due to injuries are Marko Rog, Leonardo Pavoletti, Luca Ceppitelli, and Alberto Cerri. Full fit returns to the first eleven the 26-year-old defender Charalambos Lykoyiannis.

Parma after a rather expected 2-1 defeat in Torino to Juventus, returned to winning ways with a great home victory 2-0 over Udinese in the previous round. This result brought them in the sixth place of the table, alongside their current opponent.

The new transfer of the team is Gianluca Caprari from Sampdoria as a loan, and as well as the Romanian goalkeeper Andrei Radu from Inter, also on loan. Unavailable due to injuries are Luigi Sepe, Roberto Inglese, Dejan Kulusevski, while Gervinho is about to leave the club, actually, his transfer in Qatar to be a matter of time.

I expect Cagliari  to prevail in this home game over Parma, who have significant missings. Cagliari to win is my call.