Overview
Fiorentina are one of the most in-form teams in Serie A 2024-2025. They have only lost 1 match so far and are in a tight race for the top spot.
Fiorentina have won all 7 of their last matches in Serie A. Not only that, coach Raffaele Palladino's team also has the 4th best attack in Serie A. Meanwhile, their defense with goalkeeper David De Gea also plays solidly with the 3rd lowest number of goals conceded in the tournament.
Fiorentina will have the opportunity to continue to improve their achievements when they welcome Cagliari to the Artemio Franchi stadium. Fiorentina have not lost a home match this season, even scoring 24 goals in 10 matches. These statistics show that Cagliari have very little chance of gaining points when traveling to Firenze.
Cagliari are playing very inconsistently, when after every win they draw or lose. One of the most obvious problems of Cagliari is the defense playing poorly.
With 24 goals conceded in 14 matches, they have the 4th worst defense in the league, only bettered by the teams at the bottom of the table. Against a Fiorentina team with a high-performing attack and home field advantage, the task of 1 point seems too difficult for Cagliari.
In terms of head-to-head record, Fiorentina are unbeaten in seven consecutive Serie A matches against Cagliari. And no team has picked up more points than them against opponents in the bottom half of the Serie A table this season.
Human resources situation
After making a couple of changes in midweek, coach Raffaele Palladino is expected to return to a full-strength squad, with Edoardo Bove the only absentee for the hosts.
On the other side of the front line, Cagliari almost has the strongest squad, except for the case of Gianluca Lapadula who needs further testing.
Expected lineup:
Fiorentina: De Gea, Dodo, Comuzzo, Ranieri, Gosens, Adli, Cataldi, Colpani, Gudmundsson, Sottil, Kean.
Cagliari: Sherri, Zappa, Mina, Luperto, Augello, Makoumbou, Adopo, Zortea, Gaetano, Luvumbo, Piccoli.
The match between Fiorentina and Cagliari takes place at 6:30 p.m. on December 8 (Vietnam time).
