Cagliari vs Lazio
Lazio will challenge Cagliari at Sardegna Arena in Serie A Giornata 36, Saturday (11/05). Not only victory, Lazio also need luck to continue to keep their hopes for the Champions League next season.
The humiliating defeat of Atalanta in the previous week made Lazio’s chance to reach the Champions League next season almost closed. Now, Lazio are 7 points behind Atalanta in 4th place, with 3 weeks remaining Lazio’s fate can be determined at the 36th Giornata.
In Giornata 36 Atalanta will play a few hours ahead of Lazio. Atalanta will face Genoa at Atleti D’Azzurri and if Atalanta is able to score perfect points or at least get 1 point in the match then Lazio’s chance to finish in the top 4 will be closed.
Lazio will face Cagliari at the Sardegna Arena. If the possibility above happens then the Europa League is now the most realistic target for Lazio. With ranked 8th in the standings with 55 points, Lazio are 2 points adrift of Torino at number 7 which is the deadline for European competition. However, Lazio can bag a ticket to the competition without finishing in the European zone provided they are able to win the Coppa Italia against Atalanta in the middle of next week.
However, Lazio’s move in the Coppa Italia is clearly not going to be easy. The defeat of 1-3 from Atalanta last week was the reference. That way Lazio must be really focused on the remaining three Serie A matches this season. Starting from the match against Cagliari, Lazio must be able to perform consistently until the end of this season.
On the other hand, Cagliari himself has not had any targets in the rest of the season. Cagliari is currently ranked 12th in the temporary class with a score of 40 points. They are 8 points away from the relegation zone. With three weeks remaining, Cagliari also seems almost impossible to go down to the second caste.
Cagliari themselves suffered defeat in their last two matches. This could be a sign that Cagliari’s motivation in the rest of the season has been less than a few weeks earlier. However, playing at home to Cagliari will clearly target positive results. Moreover, Cagliari’s performance at the Sardegna Arena was quite good where they successfully recorded 5 wins from their last 6 matches at home. With this record, Lazio was forced to be careful if you do not want the target to Europe disappear from this fight. (Hyr)
Our Prediction: No
Odds: 1.25