Cagliari take on the visitors SPAL in the round 22 match of Italian Serie B. The match will be played on Friday, January 27th at Unipol Domus (Cagliari).
Cagliari are only in the middle of the division this season. The Islanders were able to spend several years in a row in Calcio. And there were even some claims to fight for European competitions. But in the end, last season everything ended in 18th place with a minimum of points, and a natural relegation. It seems that even now there are enough intelligent performers in the line-up - Lapadula, Nandez, Pavoletti, Rog. But the results were mediocre, and it is not surprising that the mentor was changed for the New Year. As a result, a local legend arrived in Sardinia, Ranieri, who in 1988-1991 raised his wards from the 3rd division to the elite. He made his debut with a victory over Como. But this was only followed by a 0-0 draw with Cittadella on the road.
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SPAL are not particularly up for promotion. The "White-blue" surprised in the last decade. They were able to take 2 promotions in a row, returning to Serie B in 2016 and immediately winning it. And, most importantly, then it turned out to stay for 3 seasons in a row in Calcio! However, that peak is behind, and now it is the middle peasant "one floor below". For example, in the last draw there was only a modest 15th place out of 20 participants. Now the representative of Ferrara hangs around at the same level, also losing more often than winning (5 vs. 7). And on January 21, at home they were limited to only 1-1 at home with Ascoli, which spent the entire 2nd half in the minority.
Cagliari had 6 wins with a draw in recent head-to-heads. But in August, SPAL won 1-0 at home, when Lapadula missed penalty by and both teams had earned red cards, one each. Cagliari are considered the favourite. But both clubs are unimpressive, so you can stop at the offer with "total under 2.5 goals".
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 scored goals.