Our prediction for this Serie A match:
Napoli
Match Time & Date:
02/05/2021
15:00
Prediction: 4-2
Cagliari
Napoli will be looking to stay in the Champions League race when they take on Cagliari at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. The Neapolitans have been producing excellent displays in the second half of the season, but they need to keep on performing well if they are to secure a top-four finish. In their last home game Napoli outplayed Lazio 5-2, which is giving fans a reason for optimism ahead of the visit of Cagliari. Considering that important defender Konstantinos Manolas returns from suspension, home win should definitely be considered.
The Rossoblu, on the other hand, are on a three-game winning run in the Italian top flight. The Sardinians are determined to secure the Serie A survival, but they will have a big fish to fry in Sunday’s clash against Napoli, who are determined to represent Italy in the elite competition next term. Radja Naingolan is back from suspension, while both Gaston Perreiro and Alessio Cragno have been tested positive for coronavirus.
Highlighted Player (Dries Mertens):
Dries Mertens is a Belgian football player born on the 6th of May 1987 in Leuven. Mertens started his football career in the youth of RSC Anderlecht and AA Gent. In season 2005/2006 he made his debut for the first team of AA Gent.
After playing for AGOVV, FC Utrecht and PSV Mertens got transferred to Napoli for approximately 9.5 million euro. Mertens made his debut for the Belgian national team in October 2010 and played over 40 games for the national team already. Mertens played during World Cup 2014 and EURO 2016 for Belgium.
Mertens is a right attacking midfielder, which can play as a forward as well. Mertens is known for being a very small fast player, which has the ability to get past several defenders and deliver a cross to his team mates. In his career Mertens didn’t win any big prizes yet. The biggest achievements of Mertens are winning the Dutch national cup with PSV in 2011/2012, the Coppa Italia and the Supercoppa in 2014 with Napoli.
Highlighted Team (Cagliari):
Cagliari are a professional football club based in Cagliari, Sardinia. I Rossoblu (The Red and Blues) compete in Italian Serie A and the club’s biggest success came in 1970, when they won the national championship.
Cagliari finished the season in top position in the standings, four points clear of Juventus and it has to be noted that Luigi Riva led Cagliari to their first Serie A trophy.
I Rossoblu welcome their rivals at Stadio Sant’Elia and the capacity of the stadium is 16,000. In the 1993/1994 season Cagliari made it to the UEFA Cup semis, with the team suffering a loss to fellow Italian club Inter in the two-legged tie.
Giuseppe Pancaro helped Cagliari record a 3-2 win over Inter in the first leg, but I Rossoblu were hammered by the Nerazzurri in the second leg (3-0). Palermo are regarded as Cagliari’s main rivals and the two teams square off against each other in the Derby delle Isole.
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