AS Roma take on the visitors Cagliari in the round 24 match of Italian Serie A. The match will be played on Monday, February 9th at Stadio Olimpico (Rome).
Roma want to be a true giant, which means playing in the Champions League. Even Mourinho failed to bring them back there (losing the Europa League final on penalties), and Ranieri also fell short after taking over amid struggles last season and finishing just one point behind Juventus in the spring race for fourth place. Gasperini is now working in Rome, and mistakes have been unavoidable. In the cup, Roma lost to a fairly modest opponent in Torino. The priority, however, remains Serie A, specifically the battle for a top-four finish, where the team has generally been producing solid results. That made the slip against Udinese, a 0–1 defeat in the last round that ended a pleasant unbeaten run, all the more painful. Overall league form has still been stable, with Roma consistently collecting points against mid-table opposition. At home, results remain strong enough to keep them firmly involved in the Champions League race.
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Cagliari are doing well by their own standards. The Islanders, incidentally, are also linked to Ranieri. He recently brought them back from Serie B and kept them in the top flight, albeit not without difficulty and a fair amount of luck. Last season, already without the retiring veteran, the story repeated itself: a modest 36 points but still a 15th-place finish. Against that background, the team have clearly improved this time around. Much of that progress came during a successful stretch in mid-winter. A side that rarely won before suddenly surprised many, beating Juventus at home and Fiorentina away. They finished January by thrashing Verona 4–0, making the threat of relegation almost purely theoretical. Since then, results have been more mixed, but the cushion over the bottom three remains comfortable. Recent performances suggest Cagliari are capable of competing without desperation, especially against opponents under pressure.
The Wolves had five wins and one draw. However, at the start of winter they surprisingly lost away from home — Dovbyk and company failed to respond in Sardinia to Gaetano’s lone goal in the 82nd minute. After a couple of underwhelming performances, the Giallorossi should deliver a strong result against a less motivated opponent. The pick is Roma with a 0 handicap.
Prediction for the match: AS Roma to win with 0.0 handicap.
