Roma vs Cagliari Prediction and Betting Tips: Best bets for Monday's Serie A encounter
Roma remain within touching distance of the European places in Serie A, and a win against Cagliari on Monday evening - live on TNT Sports 1 - is able to take them into the league's top five places.
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Three weeks removed from Jose Mourinho's sacking in Italy, Roma have assembled back-to-back victories after winning just one of their last six Serie A matches and sitting in ninth prior to Daniele De Rossi's appointment.
Eternal strugglers Cagliari look set for another damning second half of the season, currently 17th and level on 18 points with Verona and Empoli below them in two of the three available relegation places.
Lupi are the hosts for this clash and are recognisably favourites at 1/2 to win the match. Cagliari, who fell to a 4-1 home defeat to Roma earlier in the campaign, can be backed at 15/2 to exact their revenge on Monday. 7/2 is on offer for those who believe this match will be unable to produce a winner.
Roma vs Cagliari Tips
Although there has been an uptick in results, there are clear deep-rooted defensive issues at Roma. I Giallorossi have conceded in all three matches under De Rossi's guidance, meaning they're now without a clean sheet since 23rd December - eight games ago.
On the flip side for Monday's hosts, Cagliari have notched in each of their last five matches, with Milan and Bologna two recent teams who have failed to shut them out. Over the course of the season, The Islanders have put goals past Milan and Bologna on two separate occasions each, as well as breaching the goals of Juventus and Napoli too.
This pair's first meeting ended 4-1 back in October, proving BTTS a success in seven of Roma and Cagliari's last eight head-to-heads. We see this reverse fixture following that same trend, and at above even money we're happy to take on both teams scoring.
Roma have won 3/3 under new boss Daniele De Rossi, with Serie A victories over Verona and Salernitana sandwiching a club friendly with Al-Shabab. The Wolves have also won their last three matches against this opposition, with Monday's visitors going 17 encounters with Roma without a clean sheet.
Lorenzo Pellegrini has four goals in 10 Serie A starts this campaign, with half of those goals coming since Mourinho was switched out for De Rossi in Rome. Consecutive strikes have established the 27-year-old captain as a man with a point to prove, further supported by him returning a goal contribution in each of his last three outings and scoring in half of his most recent six Serie A appearances.
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