Juventus vs Cagliari – Serie A – Preview

Posted on September 21, 2016 by Sreya

Juventus vs Cagliari – Juventus hosts Cagliari at the Juventus Stadium in Turin on 21st September, Wednesday with the Old Lady still reeling from their shocking Serie A defeat against Internazionale this past Sunday.

Juventus dropped down to second position in Serie A standings, with nine points from four matches, behind league leaders Napoli who have amassed ten points and are the only unbeaten side remaining in Italian top division. Juventus’ 2-1 loss to Internazionale surprised many football enthusiasts especially after the defending champions had taken a lead through Stephen Lichsteiner.

Cagliari are on the sixteenth position with just four points, having registered their first win against Atalanta this past gameweek.

Claudio Marchisio, Stefano Sturaro and Mehdi Benatia are sidelined through injuries for Juventus. Cagliari will be without Artur Ionita, Diego Farias and Daniele Dessena.

Juventus Possible Starting Lineup: Gianluigi Buffon, Andrea Barzagli, Leonardo Bonucci, Georgio Chiellini, Dani Alves, Sami Khedira, Mario Lemina, Miralem Pjanic, Alex Sandro, Gonzalo Higuain, Paulo Dybala.

Cagliari Possible Starting Lineup: Marco Storari, Fabio Pisacane, Luca Ceppitelli, Bruno Alves, Nicola Murru, Mauricio Isla, Davide Di Gennaro, Simone Padoin, Joao Pedro, Marco Borriello, Marco Sau.

“The goal aside, which came from an excellent piece of play from Alex Sandro, we were poor on Sunday. Scoring and then immediately conceding twice is something that shouldn’t happen, of course.

The way we play will need to be slightly adjusted relative to last season to ensure that we make the most of the characteristics of our new arrivals, all of whom have plenty more to offer.”

– Massimiliano Allegri, Juventus.

Contributer’s Pick

According to Juventus vs Cagliari H2H stats, Juventus have won three and drawn two of their last five matches against Cagliari. In fact, Juventus are undefeated in their last twelve matches against Cagliari in all competitions. Juventus have won their last eighteen home matches in the Serie A and will start as favorites against Cagliari tomorrow. Juventus are likely to win 2-0.