Napoli vs Cagliari Prediction: Will the home team manage to improve their league position?

Prediction for the Serie A match which will take place on December 16. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Napoli

The team is approaching the match with Cagliari after a crucial Champions League match. On their home field on Tuesday, Napoli beat Portuguese Braga 2:0 and reached the round of 16 of Europe's premier club tournament. Recall that the Neapolitans twice lost to Real Madrid in the group and, before the final round, had not yet secured a ticket to the playoffs. So, the meeting with Braga had a huge tournament significance.

In the previous round of the Italian championship, Napoli visited Juventus in Turin and failed to open Max Allegri's defensive machine. 0:1 - Neapolitans lost after conceding the decisive goal early in the second half and dropped to sixth place in the standings.

Cagliari

The match was scheduled for Monday in the previous round, and the program for this round was completed. The Serie A promotion was excellent, as Cagliari made a magnificent comeback - not the first this season. Trailing 0:1 from the 7th minute of the game, they were first on the power play at the start of the second half and then scored twice in the end. Gianluca Lapadula scored on 90+4 and Leonardo Pavoletti scored on 90+6. 2:1 - Cagliari has only two defeats in the last seven rounds of the championship. The Islanders have climbed out of the relegation zone and are one point ahead of the bottom three.

Expert Betting Tips

After the Champions League matches, Napoli have never won in Serie A. However, opponents in such meetings were also high - apart from 0:1 from Empoli, who fired Rudi Garcia, draws with Bologna and Milan, and defeats to Fiorentina and Inter. We do not rule out a Neapolitan victory in the upcoming game against the Serie A outsider. Since Cagliari lacks quality personnel, the team regularly concedes more than one goal per game. It will probably concede a couple of times in Naples as well. But due to fatigue after the Champions League, the Neapolitans, most likely, having created a handicap, will not be very diligent and will play according to the score. Accordingly, we bet on Napoli to win in a game that is not the most effective.