Overview
Juventus have just received a big shock when PSV eliminated them from the Champions League right from the play-off round. They have previously won three consecutive Serie A games, including a defeat to Inter Milan.
Being eliminated from the Champions League early will have a significant impact on the Bianconeri mentally in the coming time. Currently, they are still in a fierce race for the top spot in Serie A.
Coach Thiago Motta's team needs to soon forget the defeat against PSV to aim for the domestic arena, including raising the winning streak to 4. This is a goal that Juventus can complete, especially when the Bianconeri are unbeaten in all 3 recent away matches at Cagliari.
As for the home team, they are in inconsistent form with alternating failures in recent times. With 25 points, Cagliari cannot be subjective in the relegation battle. Any defeat could narrow the 5-point gap between them in 18th place.
Cagliari will be looking forward to getting points when welcoming Juventus at home at Sardegna Arena. However, this is a difficult target because Juventus currently have the second best defense in Serie A with only 21 goals conceded.
For Cagliari, a 26-goal mark in 25 games is not a good number to expect to stop Juventus' winning streak at the moment.
Cagliari have often caused Juventus to lose points in recent years, but most of them are draws. The home team has only had 1 win in the last 10 confrontations, while Juventus has had 7 wins.
Personnel situation
Juventus' Renato Veiga is injured and will be out. Their defence has long been without Bremer and Juan Cabal, and has now lost Pierre Kalulu and Andrea changeaso due to injury.
On the other side of the front line, Cagliari's attack is led by Roberto Piccoli, who scored against Juventus in May 2023. Coach Davide Nicola is expected to keep the starting lineup.
Expected lineup:
Cagliari: Caprile, Augello, Luperto, Mina, Zappa, Felici, Deiola, Makoumbou, Adopo, Zortea, Piccoli.
Juventus: Gregorio, Weah, Gatti, Kelly, changeaso, Thuram, Locatelli, Yildiz, McKennie, Conceicao, Muani.
The match between Cagliari and Juventus takes place at 2:45 am on February 24 (Vietnam time).
