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Napoli vs Cagliari Competition – Serie A Stadium – Stadio San Paolo Date: 6th May 2017 Kick-off time – 17:00 GMT Live in-play betting – bet365
In-form Napoli host Cagliari in this encounter with hopes of furthering their European ambitions. Napoli are one of the most in-form Italian teams right now – they have managed to maintain their momentum for an extended period of time. They are currently 3rd in the league table with 74 points, just 1 point behind 3rd placed AS Roma. They have not lost any of their last 6 league games, winning 4 and drawing 2. Their last 10 home games have brought them indifferent results – they have 2 wins and a draw in their last 3 home games. Cagliari are currently 12th in the league table with 41 points from 34 games. They are behind 11th placed Udinese by only 2 points, and they are above 15th placed Bologna by 3 points and could slip down to 14th if they lose this game. They have won 3 of their last 6 games, drawing one and losing the other 2. They have won 2 of their last 5 away games, losing 2 and drawing one. Bookmakers make Napoli extremely heavy favourites at odds of 1.12. Cagliari are trading at odds of 21.0. Napoli (probable): Reina; Hysaj, Albiol, Maksimovic, Ghoulam; Allan, Jorginho, Hamsik; Callejon, Mertens, Insigne Suspended: Koulibaly Cagliari (probable): Rafael; Pisacane, Salamon, Bruno Alves, Murru; Ionita, Tachtsidis, Barella; Joao Pedro, Farias; Borriello Suspended: None Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions Last time they met: Cagliari 0-5 Napoli Other fixtures taking place this week in Serie A:
Napoli last 5 matches (most recent first):
30/04/17
(a)Inter Milan
0-1
W
23/04/17
(a)Sassuolo
2-2
D
15/04/17
(h)Udinese
3-0
W
09/04/17
(a)Lazio
0-3
W
05/04/17
(h)Juventus
3-2
W
Cagliari last 5 matches (most recent first):
30/04/17
(h)Pescara
1-0
W
23/04/17
(a)Udinese
2-1
L
15/04/17
(h)Chievo
4-0
W
09/04/17
(h)Torino
2-3
L
02/04/17
(a)Palermo
1-3
W
September 9, 2017
Sampdoria
19:45
Roma
September 23, 2017
Roma
14:00
Udinese
SPAL
17:00
SSC Napoli
Juventus
19:45
Torino
September 24, 2017
Sampdoria
11:30
Milan
Inter Milan
14:00
Genoa
Hellas Verona
14:00
Lazio
Crotone
14:00
Benevento
Cagliari
14:00
Chievo Verona
Sassuolo
17:00
Bologna
Fiorentina
19:45
Atalanta
September 30, 2017
Udinese
17:00
Sampdoria
Genoa
19:45
Bologna
Serie A Table
#
Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
SSC Napoli
5
5
0
0
19
3
+16
15
2
Juventus
5
5
0
0
14
3
+11
15
3
Inter Milan
5
4
1
0
11
2
+9
13
4
Milan
5
4
0
1
10
6
+4
12
5
Torino
5
3
2
0
10
5
+5
11
6
Lazio
5
3
1
1
10
8
+2
10
7
Roma
4
3
0
1
9
3
+6
9
8
Sampdoria
4
2
2
0
6
4
+2
8
9
Atalanta
5
2
1
2
9
7
+2
7
10
Fiorentina
5
2
0
3
8
7
+1
6
11
Cagliari
5
2
0
3
4
6
-2
6
12
Chievo Verona
5
1
2
2
5
8
-3
5
13
Bologna
5
1
2
2
4
7
-3
5
14
Sassuolo
5
1
1
3
3
8
-5
4
15
SPAL
5
1
1
3
3
8
-5
4
16
Udinese
5
1
0
4
7
10
-3
3
17
Genoa
5
0
2
3
5
9
-4
2
18
Hellas Verona
5
0
2
3
1
11
-10
2
19
Crotone
5
0
1
4
1
11
-10
1
20
Benevento
5
0
0
5
1
14
-13
0
Serie A Results
September 20, 2017
Genoa
1 - 1
Chievo Verona
Cagliari
0 - 1
Sassuolo
Atalanta
5 - 1
Crotone
Hellas Verona
0 - 0
Sampdoria
Juventus
1 - 0
Fiorentina
Udinese
2 - 3
Torino
Milan
2 - 0
SPAL
Lazio
1 - 4
SSC Napoli
Benevento
0 - 4
Roma
September 19, 2017
Bologna
1 - 1
Inter Milan
September 17, 2017
Genoa
2 - 3
Lazio
Chievo Verona
1 - 1
Atalanta
SSC Napoli
6 - 0
Benevento
SPAL
0 - 2
Cagliari
Torino
2 - 2
Sampdoria
Milan
2 - 1
Udinese
Sassuolo
1 - 3
Juventus
September 16, 2017
Roma
3 - 0
Hellas Verona
Fiorentina
2 - 1
Bologna
Crotone
0 - 2
Inter Milan
