Cagliari vs Empoli Preview

Cagliari vs Empoli 

Competition – Serie A

Stadium –  Sant’Elia

Date: 14th May 2017

Kick-off time – 14:00 GMT

Live in-play betting – 

13th Place Cagliari will hope to bounce back from their loss in their last encounter with a win over the hard fighting Empoli.

Cagliari will be happy to finish the season in their current position – which means they would need to win this match.

They currently have 41 points, just one point more than 14th placed Sassuolo.

They have 3 wins and 3 losses from their last 6 league games, one loss coming in their latest outing.

Their recent home form is good – they have 2 wins from their last 2 at home and will be looking to get another 3 points from this match.

Empoli are hovering just above the relegation zone in 17th position.

They have just 32 points from 35 league games this season after winning 8 of those matches.

They have 3 wins from their last 4 games and recorded a win in their last league match.

If they lose this game, they would drop down to just 1 point above the relegation zone, while a win could see them move up to 16th in the league table.

They are currently on a 2 game winning streak away from home and they will be hoping to win this match to push them away from the relegation zone.

Cagliari (probable): Rafael; Pisacane, Salamon, Bruno Alves, Murru; Tachtidis; Isla, Barella, Ionita, Joao Pedro; Borriello

Suspended: None

Empoli (probable): Skorupski; Laurini, Bellusci, Costa, Pasqual; Mauri, Diousse, Croce;  El Kaddouri; Thiam, Pucciarelli

Suspended: None

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

 
Cagliari last 5 matches (most recent first):
06/05/17 (a)Napoli 3-1 L
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
 
Empoli last 5 matches (most recent first):
07/05/17 (h)Bologna 3-1 W
30/04/17 (h)Sassuolo 1-3 L
23/04/17 (a)AC Milan 1-2 W
15/04/17 (a)Fiorentina 1-2 W
08/04/17 (h)Pescara 1-1 D

Last time they met: Empoli 2-0 Cagliari

Other fixtures taking place this week in Serie A:

October 26, 2024
Bologna 16:00 AC Milan
November 23, 2024
Verona 15:00 Inter Milan
AC Milan 18:00 Juventus
Parma 20:45 Atalanta
November 24, 2024
Genoa 12:30 Cagliari
Como 15:00 Fiorentina
Torino 15:00 Monza
SSC Napoli 18:00 Roma
Lazio 20:45 Bologna
November 25, 2024
Empoli 18:30 Udinese
Venezia 20:45 Lecce
November 29, 2024
Cagliari 20:45 Verona
November 30, 2024
Como 15:00 Monza
AC Milan 18:00 Empoli
Bologna 20:45 Venezia
December 1, 2024
Udinese 12:30 Genoa
Parma 15:00 Lazio
Torino 15:00 SSC Napoli
Fiorentina 18:00 Inter Milan
Lecce 20:45 Juventus

Serie A Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 SSC Napoli 12 8 2 2 19 9 +10 26
2 Atalanta 12 8 1 3 31 15 +16 25
3 Fiorentina 12 7 4 1 25 10 +15 25
4 Inter Milan 12 7 4 1 26 14 +12 25
5 Lazio 12 8 1 3 25 14 +11 25
6 Juventus 12 6 6 0 21 7 +14 24
7 AC Milan 11 5 3 3 20 14 +6 18
8 Bologna 11 4 6 1 15 13 +2 18
9 Udinese 12 5 1 6 15 18 -3 16
10 Empoli 12 3 6 3 9 10 -1 15
11 Torino 12 4 2 6 15 18 -3 14
12 Roma 12 3 4 5 14 17 -3 13
13 Parma 12 2 6 4 16 18 -2 12
14 Verona 12 4 0 8 17 27 -10 12
15 Como 12 2 4 6 13 23 -10 10
16 Cagliari 12 2 4 6 12 22 -10 10
17 Genoa 12 2 4 6 9 22 -13 10
18 Lecce 12 2 3 7 5 21 -16 9
19 Monza 12 1 5 6 10 15 -5 8
20 Venezia 12 2 2 8 11 21 -10 8

Serie A Results

November 10, 2024
Inter Milan 1 - 1 SSC Napoli
Monza 0 - 1 Lazio
Roma 2 - 3 Bologna
Fiorentina 3 - 1 Verona
Atalanta 2 - 1 Udinese
November 9, 2024
Juventus 2 - 0 Torino
Cagliari 3 - 3 AC Milan
Venezia 1 - 2 Parma
November 8, 2024
Lecce 1 - 1 Empoli
November 7, 2024
Genoa 1 - 1 Como
November 4, 2024
Lazio 2 - 1 Cagliari
Empoli 1 - 0 Como
Parma 0 - 1 Genoa
November 3, 2024
Inter Milan 1 - 0 Venezia
Verona 3 - 2 Roma
Torino 0 - 1 Fiorentina
SSC Napoli 0 - 3 Atalanta
November 2, 2024
Monza 0 - 1 AC Milan
Udinese 0 - 2 Juventus
Bologna 1 - 0 Lecce

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