Coppa Italia - Juventus VS Cagliari Prediciton
Coppa Italia - Juventus VS Cagliari
Match Time:18-12-2024 04:00 Wednesday (GMT+8)
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Juventus
There is some positive for the Old Lady heading into this fixture, as Douglas Luiz and Nico Gonzalez are both back fit. Meanwhile, Juventus remain without the services of Arkadiusz Milik, Juan Cabal and Bremer. Andrea Cambiaso and Jonas Rouhi will both have to prove their fitness to be a part of this fixture.
Thiago Motta who will return to the bench after serving a ban last time out. The Juventus manager will be looking to make quite a few changes to the XI for this cup fixture against Cagliari.
Juventus will stick to the 4-3-3 formation, and Mattia Perin should be the one in goal for this fixture. Danilo will be the right-back, while Rouhi could start on the left if he is back fit. In the heart of the defence, Federico Gatti should partner Pierre Kalulu.
As for the midfield unit, Douglas Luiz should return to the starting XI and partner Manuel Locatelli and Nicolo Fagioli in the centre of the park. The trio will look to control the tempo and ensure they dominate possession of the ball.
Francisco Conceicao and Samuel Mbangula should feature on the flanks, with Timothy Weah leading the line for Juventus against Cagliari as Dusan Vlahovic is expected to be rested for this one.
Cagliari
Davide Nicola does not really have much to worry about as Zito Luvumbo is the only player whose availability is doubtful as he was subbed off in their last outings after twisting his ankle.
Nicola could make a few changes to his preferred XI but he will stick to a back three for this one. Simone Scuffet should be the one in goal for the visitors while Mateusz Wieteska, Jose Luis Palomino and Adam Obert should form the back three.
Paulo Azzi and Mattia Felici will feature on the flanks as the two wing-backs. While the wide duo will look to contribute on both ends of the pitch, they will have a lot of defending to do against Juventus.
In the centre of the park, Alessandro Deiola will partner with Razvan Marin. The duo will look to ensure that the Old Lady midfielders do not end up dominating the proceedings. Nicolas Viola will be the attacking midfielder, while Leonardo Pavoletti and Gianluca Lapadula will feature up top in attack.
Juventus possible starting lineup:
Perin; Savona, Kalulu, Gatti, Danilo; Locatelli, Fagioli; Conceicao, Yildiz, Mbangula; Weah
Cagliari possible starting lineup:
Scuffet; Wieteska, Palomino, Obert; Azzi, Deiola, Marin, Felici; Viola; Lapadula, Pavoletti
Juventus vs Cagliari Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
The two teams have a long-standing rivalry and have met 96 times in all competitions. As expected, the hosts have been the dominant side in these meetings with 49 wins. Gli Isolani have got the better of the defending champions 15 times and 32 games have ended in draws.
I Bianconeri are unbeaten in their last seven meetings against the visitors, recording five wins.
The two teams last met in Serie A in October and played a 1-1 draw.
Juventus have scored two goals apiece in their last five home games, with three ending in draws.
Cagliari are winless in their last five away games, suffering three defeats.
Five of the seven Coppa Italia meetings between the two teams have produced under 2.5 goals.
The Bianconeri have not suffered a loss at Allianz Stadium in the Coppa Italia since 2015.
Prediction: Juventus 2-0 Cagliari
Although the stakes have been increased by Juve's failures in Serie A, the Bianconeri are still strong favourites to progress. Cagliari do not tend to travel well - having picked up just one league win on the mainland this season - and are sure to give some squad players a chance.
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