Overview
Despite an impressive 2-0 win over Man City in the Champions League, Juventus have yet to shake off their unconvincing form in Serie A.
A 2-2 draw against bottom-placed Venezia was unacceptable for Juventus, who only managed to secure a point thanks to a late penalty from Dusan Vlahovic. Not to mention, this was the Bianconeri's fourth consecutive draw in Serie A this season.
As for Cagliari, this team has just experienced 2 consecutive defeats in Serie A, causing them to continue to be stuck in 17th place on the rankings with only 14 points. This position is only 2 points away from the red light group and Cagliari will have to make a lot of effort in the rest of the season to fight for relegation.
Notably, since the beginning of the season, Cagliari has only won 1 out of 7 away matches (winning against Parma), drawn 2 and lost 4. Only 2 teams have won less away matches than Cagliari: AS Roma and Venezia.
This is a match that Juventus must win to relieve the psychological stress of playing poorly in the domestic league. Meanwhile, Cagliari may not focus too much on the Coppa Italia to concentrate on Serie A with the goal of staying in the league.
Therefore, Juventus is likely to win the ticket to continue, although Thiago Motta and his students must also be very careful.
Juventus have beaten Cagliari 49 times in the past. Only two teams have won more games against Cagliari than Juventus: AC Milan (54 games) and Inter (50 games).
Juventus are also unbeaten against Cagliari in their last 7 encounters (4 wins, 3 draws).
Human resources situation
Juventus will be without Juan Cabal, Bremer and Arkadiusz Milik due to injury in this match.
On the other side of the front line, the away team almost has the strongest lineup.
Expected lineup:
Juventus: Di Gregorio, Savona, Kalulu, Gatti, Danilo, Locatelli, Thuram, Conceicao, Koopmeiners, Yildiz, Vlahovic.
Cagliari: Carnesecchi, Kossounou, Hien, Kolasinac, Bellanova, De Roon, Ederson, Zappacosta, Samardzic, Lookman, Retegui.
The match between Juventus and Cagliari takes place at 3:00 a.m. on December 18 (Vietnam time).
