Cagliari vs Napoli Predictions and Match Preview, 26 Feb 2017

The Match Is Over. Score: 0-5

Cagliari v Napoli Predictions for Monday's Serie A fixture at the Sardegna Arena. Following their Europa League exit, Napoli can now concentrate their energies solely on winning their first Scudetto since 1989-90, starting with the trip to Cagliari.

Match status: 2017-18 Serie A - Matchweek 26
Kick-off: Monday 26 Feb 2018, 07:45pm GMT
Venue: Sardegna Arena (Cagliari, Italy)

Cagliari v Napoli Team News

The hosts have lost their form with the advent of 2018 and have picked up just one win in their last six matches (D2, L3). It isn’t yet worrying as they are still eight points above the bottom-three, but the slide needs to be arrested sooner!

The visitors are a point ahead of Juventus who play on the weekend, which means they could possibly start this match second in Serie A (SA) standings. They, however, come into this game high on confidence after picking up nine league wins on the trot.

The 2-0 win for Cagliari against Spal earlier this month was their lone home win in six league matches (D1, L4). Only two teams have more losses in home games this season than Cagliari’s seven.

Napoli have the best away record in SA, having dropped just two points in their 12 trips. They have seemingly improved their defence in the recent games, picking up five clean sheets in their last six trips, including winning the last three to nil!

Key battles: Leonardo Pavoletti (Cagliari) will be keen to add to his tally of six goals and prove a point to his old employers.

Dries Mertens (Napoli) has six goals in his last three games against Cagliari and will be the main danger here.

Head-to-Head Serie A Record: Cagliari v Napoli

2017-18 Italy Serie A
Napoli 3-0 Cagliari

2016-17 Italy Serie A
Napoli 3-1 Cagliari

2016-17 Italy Serie A
Cagliari 0-5 Napoli

2015-16 Italy Serie A
Cagliari 0-3 Napoli