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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
May 27, 2017
Atalanta
17:00
Chievo Verona
Bologna
17:00
Juventus
May 28, 2017
Cagliari
14:00
Milan
Sampdoria
17:00
SSC Napoli
Roma
17:00
Genoa
Inter Milan
19:45
Udinese
Torino
19:45
Sassuolo
Crotone
19:45
Lazio
Palermo
19:45
Empoli
Fiorentina
19:45
Pescara
Serie A Table
#
Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Juventus
37
28
4
5
75
26
+49
88
2
Roma
37
27
3
7
87
36
+51
84
3
SSC Napoli
37
25
8
4
90
37
+53
83
4
Lazio
37
21
7
9
73
48
+25
70
5
Atalanta
37
20
9
8
61
41
+20
69
6
Milan
37
18
9
10
56
43
+13
63
7
Inter Milan
37
18
5
14
67
47
+20
59
8
Fiorentina
37
16
11
10
61
55
+6
59
9
Torino
37
12
14
11
66
63
+3
50
10
Sampdoria
37
12
12
13
47
51
-4
48
11
Sassuolo
37
13
7
17
55
58
-3
46
12
Udinese
37
12
9
16
45
51
-6
45
13
Cagliari
37
13
5
19
53
75
-22
44
14
Chievo Verona
37
12
7
18
43
60
-17
43
15
Bologna
37
11
8
18
39
56
-17
41
16
Genoa
37
9
9
19
36
61
-25
36
17
Empoli
37
8
8
21
28
59
-31
32
18
Crotone
37
8
7
22
31
57
-26
31
19
Palermo
37
5
8
24
31
76
-45
23
20
Pescara
37
3
8
26
35
79
-44
17
Serie A Results
May 22, 2017
Pescara
2 - 0
Palermo
May 21, 2017
Lazio
1 - 3
Inter Milan
Sassuolo
6 - 2
Cagliari
Milan
3 - 0
Bologna
Juventus
3 - 0
Crotone
Genoa
2 - 1
Torino
Empoli
0 - 1
Atalanta
Udinese
1 - 1
Sampdoria
May 20, 2017
SSC Napoli
4 - 1
Fiorentina
Chievo Verona
3 - 5
Roma
May 14, 2017
Roma
3 - 1
Juventus
Cagliari
3 - 2
Empoli
Sampdoria
1 - 1
Chievo Verona
Palermo
1 - 0
Genoa
Torino
0 - 5
SSC Napoli
Bologna
3 - 1
Pescara
Crotone
1 - 0
Udinese
Inter Milan
1 - 2
Sassuolo
May 13, 2017
Atalanta
1 - 1
Milan
Fiorentina
3 - 2
Lazio
