Fiorentina vs Cagliari Match Preview

Fiorentina is ranked at 14th place with 15 points and comes after a single win three draws and a loss over the last five matches. The win was quite a surprising one considering it came against Juventus on the road, but still it is their only win in the last 11 Serie A matches. The team has been struggling a lot even though they have very good players comparing to the bottom half teams.

Under the new coach Prandelli they have somewhat improved and in the last five matches scored a total of six goals managing to find the back of the net on four occasions. Castrovilli and Ribery will miss this game but in attack, Kouame should play alongside Vlahovic who are both fast players who can be deadly on counter-attacks.

Cagliari, on the other hand, is ranked at 15th place with 14 points and comes after two draws and three losses over the last five matches. Like Fiorentina, they have been struggling way more than they should this season considering the players they have. The best news for them is that now Nainggolan joined the team and should offer a big help in midfield.

In the last five matches, they scored a total of five goals averaging a goal per game, and managed to find the back of the net at least once in four duels. Joao Pedro and Simeone are expected to play in attack and they have already combined for 15 goals so far while providing three assists.

In conclusion, I think this match can have over 2.5 goals. Fiorentina at home will try to bounce back since they face a rival that comes even worse than them. Here they scored eight goals in eight home games this season. Cagliari plays more offensive football and they had over 2.5 goals in nine out of 16 games so far.