Italian Serie A
2024-10-06 - Juventus vs Cagliari
A Sports Betting Pick by Cafa
Italy Serie A - Round 7
Allianz Stadium, Torino, Piedmont, Italy (41,507)
Sunday, 6th October 2024, 12:30 CET
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Juventus Team News
Juventus won 0-3 in Genova and then followed that up with a 2-3 visiting victory at RB Leipzig in the Champions League, so on the outside all looks well. But if you watch Juventus play, this team is struggling, and isn't better than the last season's team.
Motta's tactics are letting Juventus score more easily when the opponent is really bad in defending, but in important matches against better opponents it doesn't work. Teun Koopmeiners is still struggling to put his mark on this team as he did at Atalanta.
Cagliari Team News
Cagliari shocked Parma with a 2-3 away win, after beating Cremonese 1-0 in the cup, so there's still life left in this team after three consecutive defeats to Lecce, Napoli and Empoli.
However, more likely than not, it's Parma's too open approach to football that is responsible for Caglari being able to score three times. They don't normally do that, as teams usually keep them quiet completely. Cagliari hasn't scored in any of the three aforementioned defeats.
Probable Lineups
Juventus (4-2-3-1): Di Gregorio - Savona, Gatti, Kalulu - McKennie, Fagioli - Conceicao, Koopmeiners, Yildiz - Vlahovic. Coach Motta.
Cagliari (4-2-3-1): Scuffet - Zappa, Mina, Luperto, Obert - Makambou, Adopo - Zortea, Viola, Luvumbo - Piccoli. Coach Nicola.
Nico Gonzalez is out for Juventus but Thuram is healthy enough to make it to the bench.
The Betting Market
Juventus is a 1.43 favourite and that actually looks like a good price. Even in its worst versions, Juventus should always have enough ability to beat a toothless relegation candidate. There is no doubt that Cagliari will want to put up a fight, and that Juventus has holes that can be exploited, but the chance of Cagliari scoring is very slim. Juventus to Win To Nil, at 2.10, seems like a decent value bet.
The Betting Verdict
We will, however, take the guesswork out and simply bet on Juventus to win this one, to keep our Serie A winning streak going.
The Pick :
Juventus 2-0 Cagliari
