Fiorentina – Cagliari: 12th March 2017

Sunday at 16:00, Fiorentina will receive the visit of Cagliari, in a match counting for the 28th round of Serie A. The game will take place on the stadium “Artemio Franchi” in Florence.

Less than mediocre

Fiorentina ranked 8 in Serie A with 42 points obtained in 27 rounds. Thus, Paulo Sousa and his boys had missed virtually all goals this season. 16-heights eliminated from Europa League by Borussia Monchengladbach (4-3), the group surrendered Viola in Italian Cup, quarterfinals, against Napoli (0-1) and the championship situation is as precarious. Basically, under the command of Portuguese technician, Fiorentina has not found this season and is close to ending it ranked 8th or lower, which is almost unacceptable for a band with purple claims. Consequently, a new misstep in the face of a weak teams like Cagliari would be considered a real disaster and a lack of respect for their fans.

The objective

Although registers an average of over two goals per game in this championship, Cagliari is maintained at a comfortable distance from “red zone” of relegation is practically sure of this first stage of Italian football and next season. This is due, largely, more than decent results obtained by grouping rossoblu at home, and managed to get no less than seven successes. Altogether, dispute the “Artemio Franchi” is not decisive for Cagliari, but that does not mean they will not force sarzii getting a positive result.
direct meetings

In the last ten direct confrontation between the two teams, Fiorentina was imposed four times, Cagliari in three rows, while the other three duels ended in a draw;

In the first leg, Fiorentina was imposed in one of the most spectacular games of the season, 5-3;

The last success of purple home against the Sardinians dating from November 2012, from 4-1;