Our prediction for this Serie A match:
Cagliari
Match Time & Date:
05/03/2022
20:45
Prediction: 1-1
Lazio
Sardegna Arena will host Saturday’s Serie A game between Cagliari and Lazio. The Rossoblu have been showing signs of improvement of late, and they are undefeated in the previous five league fixtures. Cagliari aim to build on a 2-1 win over Torino, but this match will be anything but a walk in the park for the hosts. All Baselli, Ceter, Walukiewicz, Nandez, Rog, and Strootman are sidelined with injuries, but there are no suspended players in the home team.
The Biancocelesti, on the other hand, aim to bounce back from a 2-1 loss to Napoli. Maurizio Sarri’s troops are on a three-game unbeaten run on the road, and they are surely capable of holding Cagliari to a draw in Sardinia. Both Cataldi and Lazzari are out of contention with injuries, speaking of the visiting team. In the first half of the season the two teams played out a 2-2 draw.
Highlighted Player (Kevin Strootman):
After starting his senior career at Sparta Rotterdam, Kevin Strootman joined fellow Dutch side Utrecht in 2011. The defensive midfielder, who was born on February 13, 1990 in Ridderkerk, Netherlands, then moved to PSV where he established himself as a first-team regular. Strootman was then spotted by AS Roma scouts and in 2013 he decided to take a step forward in his career by joining the Giallorossi.
On March 9, 2014, the Dutch footballer sustained a serious knee injury that made him miss the remainder of the 2013/2014 Serie A season. He missed the 2014 FIFA World Cup as well, but he returned to contention on November 9, 2014. Kevin Strootman played for Roma until August 28 when he signed a five-year contract with Olympique Marseille.
Speaking of his international career, Strootman made his Netherlands debut against Austria in 2011 and he scored his first ever goal for the Dutch national team in Euro 2012 qualifier against Finland. Kevin Strootman’s preferred foot is right.
Highlighted Team (Lazio):
Lazio Roma are an Italian football club based in Rome. Lazio were founded in 1900 and they compete in the Serie A. The Biancocelesti (The White and Sky Blues) have won two Serie A trophies (1973/1974, 1999/2000), while lifting six Coppa Italia titles.
The capital club play their home games at Stadio Olimpico and Roma are regarded as Lazio’s main rivals.
The two teams face each other in the Derby della Capitale and it is considered the fiercest inter-city derby in Italy. Lazio won UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup in 1999, with the team beating Mallorca in the title game. The same year they managed to clinch the UEFA Super Cup trophy as they outplayed English giants Manchester United at Stade Louis II, Monaco.
The likes of Pavel Nedved, Giuseppe Favalli, Juan Sebastian Veron, Sinisa Mihajlovic, Roberto Mancini, Giuseppe Signori, Miroslav Klose and Simone Inzaghi are notable footballers who played for Lazio in the past.
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