Serie A: Atalanta vs Cagliari – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Serie A round 25 match between Atalanta and Cagliari and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.

Atalanta are favoured by the bookmakers to claim a win against Cagliari, despite their unconvincing form. It will be interesting to see, how far outsiders Cagliari can push the form at Gewiss Stadiumthis coming Saturday.

Atalanta are currently looking at 50 points on their account, having played 24 matches, leaving them two places off the current Serie A leaders. Meanwhile, Cagliari find themselves as number 13 in the Serie A with 24 points following 24 rounds.

Team form: Atalanta vs Cagliari

Atalanta Form

Atalanta are currently performing inconsistently, as they lost against Bologna by a 0-1 score, before winning 0-5 against Verona. They lost again in their most recent match, this time 2-1 against Club Bruges. Atalanta claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the Serie A. They also drew two and lost one, as they scored 11 and conceded nine goals.

Cagliari Form

Cagliari collected one win from their last three matches, as Torino won by 2-0. Lazio were too strong as well, winning 1-2, before Cagliari won 2-1 against Parma Calcio 1913. Cagliari only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Serie A. In these six matches they drew two and lost three as well as being outscored by nine goals to six.

Betting stats and facts for Atalanta and Cagliari

Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Atalanta and Cagliari. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.

In-form players: Atalanta vs Cagliari

Scoring 20 goals during a Serie A campaign is just the sort of form, every club adores in a player. Mateo Retegui is out to extend his current momentum, and the upcoming game should be a good opportunity to add another goal to his name. Picking Mateo Retegui to score seems like a no-brainer currently.

Popular betting markets: Atalanta vs Cagliari

Full-time result

Atalanta claimed a modest five wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in two of the games, whilst losing three. Cagliari won one of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost six of the games in this run. Somehow Cagliari failed to keep a clean sheet in their previous 10 matches.

Both teams to score

Atalanta scored the first goal of the match in five of their previous ten games. Interestingly, Cagliari scored the opening goal of the match in just one of their last ten games. Both teams have scored in the last 6 consecutive home games Atalanta played. Atalanta will be optimistic of getting on the scoresheet this coming Saturday, as Cagliari have been unable to keep a single clean sheet in their last 10 games. The former fought their way to three clean sheets in their last 10 games. Atalanta have scored in 9 consecutive league meetings with Cagliari.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Atalanta, who scored an average of 1.9 goals along the way. Of the last ten games for Cagliari, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.1 times goals per game. Cagliari conceded a goal in their last 10 matches.