Juventus hosts Cagliari in round 18 of Italian Serie A. The match will be played on Monday, January 6th at Allianz Stadium (Turin)
Juventus leaves a very mixed impression in the current season. The team has just perfect squad, and the attacking line is amazing! But Juventus is not at all impressive in serious matches. The Old Lady lost to Lazio in the Super Cup finals and lost to Lazio in the framework of “Serie A”, ceding leadership to Inter Milan. As for the victorious matches of the Turin team, there are only several victories with more or less confident scores on the scoreboard. Juventus is a wizard of victories with a one-goal difference, and its favorite score is 2-1. The team has only one victory with a difference of more than two goals. In general, there are a lot of questions for Juventus, and this season may turn out to be a mega-failure because someone may even drag the crown in Serie A.
Cagliari is the opening of the current season in Italy. The team, which usually fights for survival, feels quite comfortable in the European cup zone. Now the men of Rolando Maran are probably experiencing a recession because the team earned only one point in the previous three matches. But the fighting character and cool attitude of the team did not go away, and these defeats happened in the fight and with a difference of only one goal. This season, Cagliari has not suffered a single defeat with a difference of more than one goal. The team is actively working in the attack, and Cagliari's offensive line scored even more than Juventus - 33 goals versus 31 of the Old Lady. It is difficult to say whether Cagliari will take points in the upcoming match. But we can safely say that the men of Rolando Maran will play their best football, and there can be no talk of any major defeat of the visitors.
Bookmakers somehow believe in Juventus too naively. The Turin team gives no reason to bet on its confident victory. Well, maybe the Black and Whites will win as usual with a score of 2-1, and that's probably all. A +2 handicap of Cagliari looks an extremely convincing option, on which I will stop my choice in this match.
Prediction for the match: Cagliari to win with +2.0 handicap
