Cagliari hosts Bologna in round 21 of Italian Serie A. The match will be played on Tuesday, January 11th at Sardegna Arena (Cagliari)
Cagliari unexpectedly beat Sampdoria in the first match of 2022 (1-2). But the head coach of the team, Walter Mazzarri, urged the team to forget about this success immediately after the game: "We are still very far from salvation." It was not in vain that the coach praised his team for a good game in defense, as the composition of the defensive line was completely different. After the “expulsion” of Godin and Caceres, Mazzarri relied on Altare and Lovato, who was taken on loan from Atalanta in the winter. Moreover, Altara played his first full match in Serie A in Genoa! Before that match, his entire experience of playing in the elite division amounted to only three minutes of the match against Venezia in early October 2021.
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Bologna missed the match of the 20th round because of the outbreak of coronavirus, for which the Greyhounds almost received a default 0-3 loss. The fact is that the club representatives filled out an online document with the roster of the team, coaching staff, and the entire staff and forgot to withdraw it when it became known that the team would not be able to play. The local health authority banned Bologna from participating in the match. Since the club did not withdraw the general application, the status of the match against Inter could be considered separately from three other postponed games. La Gazzetta dello Sport even wrote that Bologna would be punished with a default loss: after all, Internazionale came to Bologna, and Simone Inzaghi even held a warm-up training session for his team before the game! But later it became known that no sanctions would be applied to the Red-Blues.
As for the upcoming game, I will bet on Cagliari for two reasons: the home team is much more motivated because it is now in the relegation zone. Beyond that, Mazzarri's team has much fewer staffing problems. Mihajlovic will probably find good players for the starting lineup, but he will probably have too many inexperienced reservists on the bench. Even if the game does not develop according to the scenario of the hosts, Mazzarri will have the opportunity to rectify the situation with substitutions. But his counterpart will now have such an option.
Prediction for the match: Cagliari to win with +0.5 handicap
