In this 21st week match, on Sun Jan 9th, Cagliari will host Bologna in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a windy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Cagliari is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Juventus. Moise Kean struck first for Juventus in the 40th minute, then Federico Bernardeschi added another in the 83rd minute on a feed from Dejan Kulusevski At the end of 90 a dissapointed Cagliari couldn’t manage to score, and Juventus took the shutout win. Cagliari looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while 10th placed Bologna is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Sassuolo. Riccardo Orsolini scored the first goal for Bologna in the 36th minute, then Aaron Hickey added another in the 44th minute on a feed from Andreas Skov Olsen In the end, Sassuolo was frustrated by Bologna’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Bologna ended the match with the shutout victory. Bologna is looking for direction having 5 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
Cagliari and Bologna last played eachother at the Stadio Renato Dall’ara on Monday Nov 1st. Bologna won by a score of 2 to 0. Lorenzo De Silvestri scored the first goal for Bologna in the 49th minute, then Marko Arnautović added another in the 6th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Nicola Sansone At the end of 90 a dissapointed Cagliari couldn’t manage to score, and Bologna took the shutout win.
Both Aaron Hickey and Riccardo Orsolini have been the hottest scorers for Bologna in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Cagliari is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, João Pedro and Gastón Pereiro each only have 1 goal in their last 5.