A.S Roma vs Cagliari Betting Pick | Italian Serie A

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2011-09-11 - A.S Roma vs Cagliari

A Sports Betting Pick by Cruiser

Match Preview :

It has to be said that thanks largely to President Thomas Di Benedetto’s investment this is arguably the strongest squad Roma have had since they last lifted the Scudetto in 2001.

However the peace in the side has broken out between Coach Luis Enrique, captain Francesco Totti and director in absentia Franco Baldini.

It all started when Enrique dropped Totti for the first leg and substituted him in the second leg as Roma suffered a humiliating defeat to Slovan Bratislava in the Europa League qualifiers.

The captain then arrived at training in a t-shirt bearing the slogan ‘Enough!’ and by last week their Sporting Director Sabatini decided to intervene. And after Sabatini's intervention, Totti stated on his website that “all of us will have to rally round our new Coach.”

If the issue is settled then Roma can be serious title contenders with deadline day arrivals Fernando Gago, Miralem Pjanic, Simon Kjaer, and Fabio Borini already joining the earlier signings which is already a very strong side. As many as six of Sunday’s starting line up could be making their Serie A debuts for the hosts.

Cagliari had to deal with the issue whereby Coach Roberto Donadoni was dismissed a month ago, however pre-season sackings have become a fairly regular occurrence during the reign of Massimo Cellino and new man Massimo Ficcadenti is seen as the ideal replacement. He will hope to do what he did with Cesena last season and during his spell even managed to hold Roma when in the Cesena hot seat as Coach.

Team News :

Roma are without the South American quartet Juan, Cicinho, David Pizarro and Erik Lamela whop are out injured.

Meanwhile for Cagliari, strikers Thiago Ribeiro and Joaquin Larrivey are injured and suspended for this clash.

Probable lineups :

Roma : Stekelenburg; Cassetti, Burdisso, Kjaer, Angel; Gago, Perrotta, De Rossi; Osvaldo, Totti, Bojan

Cagliari : Agazzi; Pisano, Canini, Astori, Agostini; Biondini, Nainggolan, Conti; Cossu; Nene, El Kabir

Prediction :

Take Roma to get the win here and as last seasons win 3-0 showed it could easily be by a margin of more than a goal.

The Statistics :

ROMA_AS LAST SIX HOME FORM
	DATE	RESULT		OPPOSITION
	2011-05-22	W	3-1	H v Sampdoria
	2011-05-07	D	0-0	H v Milan_AC
	2011-04-23	W	1-0	H v Chievo
	2011-04-16	L	2-3	H v Palermo
	2011-04-03	L	0-2	H v Juventus
	2011-03-13	W	2-0	H v Lazio

CAGLIARI LAST SIX AWAY FORM
	DATE	RESULT		OPPOSITION
	2011-05-14	L	4-1	A v Milan_AC
	2011-05-01	L	2-0	A v Catania
	2011-04-17	D	3-3	A v Lecce
	2011-04-03	W	0-1	A v Genoa
	2011-03-20	L	2-1	A v Napoli
	2011-03-06	D	2-2	A v Bologna

HEAD TO HEAD ROMA_AS v CAGLIARI
DATE	HOME	SCORE	AWAY
2011-01-22	Roma_AS	3-0	Cagliari
2010-05-09	Roma_AS	2-1	Cagliari
2008-12-14	Roma_AS	3-2	Cagliari
2007-12-05	Roma_AS	2-0	Cagliari
2006-12-23	Roma_AS	2-0	Cagliari
2006-02-08	Roma_AS	4-3	Cagliari

The Pick :

A.S Roma 2-0 Cagliari

BEST BETTING TIP :

A.S Roma for the win.

Gooner’s Statistical Value Bet

Main Bet :
Take A.S Roma to win well and give 1 ball

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