Comments and predictions for Cagliari vs Empoli: Tormenting the away team

With Cagliari still searching for their first Serie A win and Empoli defending their unbeaten record, both teams will have plenty to fight for when they meet on Friday evening.

The visitors from Empoli drew with two Champions League sides and beat Roma, while hosts Cagliari's only win came in the Coppa Italia.

Latest Cagliari vs Empoli team information

As he prepares to face his former club, Cagliari manager Davide Nicola could have a full squad available on Friday evening, with midfielder Matteo Prati hoping to recover from an ankle injury.

After a heavy home defeat in the previous match, summer signings Michel Adopo and Nadir Zortea could be brought into the starting line-up to freshen up the hosts, having come on late in the 4-0 defeat to Napoli.

Up front, Roberto Piccoli is supported by Zito Luvumbo, the Rossoblu's most effective attacker of the past year. However, the Angolan has not been involved in any goals in his last nine Serie A games, his worst run in the competition.

While Nicola has all his key players available, Empoli coach Roberto D'Aversa is still struggling with a number of absences: he will be without Samuele Perisan, Szymon Zurkowski, Tyronne Ebuehi and Jacopo Fazzini through injury.

In better news for the visitors, Norwegian striker Ola Solbakken is expected to recover from a muscle injury and could start from the bench.

With Fazzini absent and Solbakken not yet fit, Youssef Maleh and Sebastiano Esposito (of Inter Milan) will continue to support Lorenzo Colombo, who is on loan from AC Milan, in attack.

Latest predicted lineup Cagliari vs Empoli

Cagliari:

Scuffet; Zappa, Mina, Luperto; Zortea, Marin, Deiola, Augello; Gaetano, Luvumbo; Piccoli

Empoli:

Vasquez; Goglichidze, Ismajli, Viti; Gyasi, Henderson, Grassi, Pezzella; Maleh, Esposito; Colombo

Latest Cagliari vs Empoli football review

Unable to taste victory in Serie A this season, Cagliari have lost both of their last two matches and have scored just one goal in four matches so far.

Last week, the Sardinian side were beaten 4-0 at home by Napoli, following a 1-0 defeat to Lecce just before the international break, leaving them just one point above bottom-placed Venezia in the table.

Rossoblu fans are used to slow starts, as in the last two top-flight seasons, Cagliari have failed to win any of their first five games - last season, they scored just one goal in five rounds.

However, coach Davide Nicola has reason to think his team have been a little unlucky: they have hit the post more than any other team so far this term - no fewer than five times in four games - the same number they had on 12 last season.

Nicola will now face the club he saved from relegation to Serie A with a dramatic comeback on the final day, as Cagliari look for a first home win over Empoli in three meetings, having failed to score in their last two matches.

When the two teams last met, Cagliari took all three points with a 1-0 win at the Stadio Carlo Castellani last season, when both teams were in a tight relegation battle.

In contrast to Friday's hosts, Empoli are yet to lose a game this season, having advanced to the Coppa Italia and then drawn three of their first four league games.

While that may be a modest achievement, two of those draws came against Bologna and Juventus - both of whom finished in the top five last season - and they also beat Roma at the Stadio Olimpico.

The Azzurri have never gone unbeaten through the first five games of a Serie A season before, but that feat is now achievable, with Nicola's replacement Roberto D'Aversa finally back in the dugout after completing his suspension.

Ahead of next week's Coppa Italia clash with in-form Torino, the former Parma boss will be keen to maintain momentum by taking at least a point back to Tuscany. Only four goals have been scored between the two sides this season, so a strike could decide the fate of the points.

Cheered on by a raucous home crowd, Cagliari could start the season with a late win, just edging out the visitors from Tuscany.

Cagliari vs Empoli score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the following results for the Cagliari vs Empoli match:

• Sportsmole: Cagliari 1-0 Empoli

• WhoScore: Cagliari 2-1 Empoli
• Our prediction: Cagliari 2-0 Empoli

When and where to watch Cagliari vs Empoli live?

To watch the Cagliari vs Empoli match live in Serie A at 11:30 p.m. on September 20, viewers can watch on K+ Sport, K+PM or online sports channels. Wishing viewers happy football watching moments.

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