Our prediction for this Coppa Italia match:
Milan
Match Time & Date:
02/01/2024
21:00
Prediction: 2-0
Cagliari
A place in the Coppa Italia quarter-finals will be at stake when Milan and Cagliari face each other on Tuesday evening. The Rossoneri finished 2023 with a 1-0 win over Sassuolo and they are seen as hot favourites to beat the Sardinians as well. All Tomori, Pobega, Okafor, Thiaw, Kalulu, and Sportiello should miss out with injuries, while Musah is a major doubt. Olivier Giroud is widely expected to lead the line for the home side.
The Rossoblu, on the other hand, failed to turn their dominance into goals in a draw with Empoli. As Cagliari are not considered good travellers, we predict that Stefano Pioli’s troops are going to win the first game of the year. Both Marko Rog and Eldor Shomurodov are out of contention with injuries for the visiting team. You should bear in mind that Milan emerged triumphant in each of their last three meetings with Cagliari in the Serie A.
Highlighted Player (Rade Krunic):
Rade Krunic is a product of Sutjeska Foca youth football school. The Bosnia international was born in Foca on October 7, 1993 and 19 years later he made his senior debut with his hometown club Sutjeska.
After scoring three goals in 15 appearances for the Bosnian club, the Bosnian midfielder moved to Serbian side Donji Srem in 2013. In 2014 he signed a contract with Italian side Hellas Verona, but he was immediately loaned back to Donji Srem. In 2015 Rade Krunic made 13 appearances for Serbian side Borac Cacak before joining yet another Italian team Empoli.
He has been playing for the Azzurri ever since and it has to be noted that he scored his first goal for the Serie A side in a 2-0 win over Genoa in October, 2015. Speaking of his international career, Krunic made his Bosnia and Herzegovina debut in a friendly against Denmark on June 3, 2016. He has 8 caps for Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 team as well.
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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