Fiorentina vs Cagliari Betting Pick | Italian Serie A

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2012-05-13 - Fiorentina vs Cagliari

A Sports Betting Pick by Cruiser

Match Preview :

Both teams heads into this match knowing they are safe from relegation. Fiorentina will want to finish the season in their last match with a home win.

Fiorentina avoided the drop with a late season revival and they made sure of that with a late and dramatic win over Lecce winning 1-0 away from home.

Alessio Cerci scored the only goal in Vincenzo Guerini’s first match on the bench, taking them to 13th spot with 45 points. The caretaker coach praised former Coach Delio Rossi and now that safety has been secured, there has been talk that Giuseppe Sannino could be their new coach next season.

Sannino was the man responsible for guiding Siena through an excellent campaign as well as Claudio Ranieri have both been linked with the post.

Fiorentina does have a long injury list as it includes Stevan Jovetic, Matija Nastasic, Per Kroldrup, Amauri, Juan Vargas, Alessandro Gamberini and the departing Riccardo Montolivo are all injured. Meanwhile, Adem Ljajic has been internally suspended due to the Rossi altercation.

Meanwhile, the 2-0 defeat to Juventus was Cagliari’s first at their adopted Trieste home. But they played well in that match and it has to be said that an unfortunate Michele Canini own-goal sealed the result and condemned them to defeat.

That was Cagliari's second consecutive defeat, which goes on with their late season poor form. They had already secured their safety in recent weeks, but have now dropped to 16th position and with 42 points have three less than last season’s total.

And for their team news, Rui Sampaio and Moustafa El Kabir are long-term absentees, while Andrea Cossu and Francesco Pisano are suspended for this clash.

For the record, Cagliari do not like playing in Florence. They have only managed just three wins at the Stadio Artemio Franchi. Fiorentina have been dominant in this fixture, winning 24 times. They won this fixture by a slim 1-0.

Possible lineups

Fiorentina : Boruc; Camporese, Natali, Felipe; Cassani, Kharja, Salifu, Lazzari, Pasqual; Olivera; Cerci

Cagliari : Agazzi; Perico, Canini, Astori, Agostini; Ekdal, Conti, Nainggolan; Ibarbo; Pinilla, Thiago Ribeiro

Predictions :

Take Fiorentina to win and give the 1/4 ball away here as they finish their last match at home with a win.

The Statistics :

FIORENTINA LAST SIX HOME FORM
	DATE	RESULT		OPPOSITION
	2012-05-02	D	2-2	H v Novara
	2012-04-22	D	0-0	H v Inter_Milan
	2012-04-11	D	0-0	H v Palermo
	2012-04-01	L	1-2	H v Chievo
	2012-03-17	L	0-5	H v Juventus
	2012-03-04	W	2-0	H v Cesena

CAGLIARI LAST SIX AWAY FORM
	DATE	RESULT		OPPOSITION
	2012-05-02	L	2-1	A v Genoa
	2012-04-21	L	3-0	A v Parma
	2012-04-12	L	1-0	A v Bologna
	2012-03-25	L	1-0	A v Lazio
	2012-03-09	L	6-3	A v Napoli
	2012-03-04	L	3-0	A v Siena

HEAD TO HEAD FIORENTINA v CAGLIARI
DATE	HOME	SCORE	AWAY
2010-12-05	Fiorentina	1-0	Cagliari
2009-09-13	Fiorentina	1-0	Cagliari
2009-04-11	Fiorentina	2-1	Cagliari
2007-12-23	Fiorentina	5-1	Cagliari
2007-05-13	Fiorentina	1-0	Cagliari
2005-10-30	Fiorentina	2-1	Cagliari

The Pick :

Fiorentina 3-1 Cagliari

BEST BETTING TIP :

Take Fiorentina to win.

Gooner’s Statistical Value Bet

Main Bet :
Take Fiorentina to clear the -1/4 ball as the visitors have a poor record in this fixture.

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