Cagliari-Perugia is a Serie B Week 17 match to be played on Sunday at 12:30 CET: odds, predictions, TV and streaming.
Pavoletti misses from the eleven metres, Falletti doesn’t. Decisive penalties in Cagliari’s midweek clash at Ternana. After five consecutive draws, the Sardinians stumbled into a defeat, which further shakes Fabio Liverani’s bench. The former Parma and Lecce coach can no longer manage to win – victory has been missing since 15 October – and the red and blue, who had started with the aim of dominating the championship and returning to the A league immediately, are in danger of having an anonymous season instead. Exoneration seemed a foregone conclusion after the false step in Umbria, but president Giulini has decided to give the coach another chance, although he remains under observation. The playoff zone is still relatively close – eighth-placed Sudtirol are +3 – but the second place, the only one together with the first that gives direct promotion – is a good ten lengths away.
In Sardinia arrives Fabrizio Castori’s Perugia, at the bottom of the Serie B standings, which is struggling to get out of a critical situation. The four positive results collected in the last four days (three draws and a win) give hope. There is regret at the Biancorossa for the penalty missed by striker Melchiorri in last Thursday’s match against Spal, which ended 0-0, the second in a row after the one in Cosenza.
Cagliari-Perugia: latest line-up info
Santoro
Liverani without Rog, Ciocci and Mancosu. Pavoletti should start from the bench after his mistake from the penalty spot: Lapadula and Luvumbo will play in attack, assisted by Kourfalidis. At the back Carboni will be preferred to Barreca. Many unavailable players also for Castori, who must do without Matos in attack, as well as Struna, Di Carmine and Righetti. It will be 3-4-1-2 with Kouan behind Strizzolo-Di Serio.
The prediction
Cagliari are almost obliged to win after the painful defeat in Terni. It is never easy to play against Castori’s teams, especially against a Perugia on a slight rise, but in the end the values should come out. A success for the Sardinians is probable. Both are going through a complicated moment at offensive level, especially the Umbrians who have scored only 10 goals, the worst attack in the B league. That’s why we don’t expect a high-scoring match.
Cagliari v Perugia matchday squad
- CAGLIARI (4-3-1-2): Radunovic; Di Pardo, Capradossi, Goldaniga, Carboni; Nandez, Viola, Deiola; Kourfalidis; Lapadula, Luvumbo.
- PERUGIA (3-4-1-2): Gori; Sgarbi, Curado, Rosi; Casasola, Bartolomei, Santoro, Lisi; Kouan; Di Serio, Strizzolo.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-0
