Italian Serie A
2025-01-05 - Monza vs Cagliari
A Sports Betting Pick by Cafa
Italy Serie A - Round 19
Stadio Brianteo, Monza, Italy (16,917)
Sunday, 5 January 2025, 12:30 CET
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Monza Team News
Monza still has only one win and still has the second-worst offense in the league behind Lecce. Monza is now in a series of four straight defeats, though they scored in all of them. They lost all these four matches by an identical scoreline of 1-2.
There's not much else that can be said about Monza - this used to be a decent mid-table side but is lacking the punch in offense now to be considered a threat by any opponent. The quality of the roster is just too weak.
Cagliari Team News
Cagliari is also a side with a weak roster, but unlike Monza this side knows it belongs in Serie B, and is fighting to stay here. Cagliari is also in a run of four straight defeats, although three of their four came against top sides - Fiorentina, Atalanta and Inter.
Cagliari can be an offensive side when the situation allows it, and their gung ho playing style even brings them a victory here and there. Although, when the opponent is defensive, then Cagliari doesn't even get started. They're more likely to score three against Milan than against Monza.
Probable Lineups
Monza (3-4-2-1): Turati - D'Ambrosio, Izzo, A.Carboni - Birindelli, Bondo, Bianco, P.Pereira - Ciurria, Caprari - Maldini. Coach Nesta.
Cagliari (4-2-3-1): Scuffet - Zappa, Mina, Luperto, Augello - Adopo, Makombou - Zortea, Viola, Felici - Piccoli. Coach Nicola.
The Betting Market
Monza is a slight favourite at 2.40 because of home field advantage alone, as it's difficult to call either of these sides favourites as they're both in long losing streaks.
The goals market is evenly split at 1.90, with Both Teams To Score: YES the more likely option at 1.75.
The Betting Verdict
This will most likely be one of those relegation six-pointers that are really low scoring and low in chances as well. Last season, both meetings went under and the score here was 1-0 for Monza, with a 1-1 in Caglari. We're expecting the trend to continue as Monza is the better side and will be in control of this game. They'll be looking for a 1-0 win, not a 3-2 or something.
The Statistics :
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The Pick :
Monza 1-1 Cagliari
