Cagliari will be delighted with the start they have made to the Serie A season, but there are still questions to be answered despite four wins from their opening five games.
The only defeat in that run came against champions Inter Milan, but they have scored just five goals in their games so far.
Juventus, who bounced back from a 3-2 defeat to Sassuolo by beating Dutch outfit NEC Nijmegen 5-0 in the UEFA Europa League and seeing off Atalanta in their final game before the international break, will fancy their chances of winning in Sardinia.
Cagliari v Juventus Tips Summary
Best Bet - Juventus to win to nil @ 11/8
Alternative Bet - Francisco Conceicao to score at any time @ 11/5
Bet Builder - Under 4 goals, Alessandro Romano 1+ shot on target & Douglas Luiz to be booked @ 8/1
Cagliari v Juventus Prediction
Best Bet: Juventus to win to nil @ 11/8
Cagliari have had a great start to the Serie A campaign, with their only defeat so far coming against champions Inter, but it has to be a concern that they have scored just five goals in their opening five games.
They have claimed three 1-0 victories, but Parma are the only team outside the bottom three who have scored on fewer occasions and Juventus could exploit that on Sunday.
The visitors bounced back well from a crazy 3-2 defeat against Sassuolo when three goals arrived after the 89th minute, and they won the shot count 19-10 in that duel.
A 5-0 Europa League win over NEC Nijmegen followed and a 2-0 league success over Atalanta, and they will take a lot of confidence from the fact they have kept three clean sheets in their five outings.
That looks like a record they can enhance when they take on the goal-shy Sardinians.
Alternative Bet: Francisco Conceicao to score at any time @ 11/5
Juve midfielder Francisco Conceicao opened his account for the season in the 2-0 win over Atalanta, and there looks to be a decent chance he can add to his tally this weekend.
He has had 12 shots in five league appearances, five of which have been on target, and he took his confidence onto the international stage with three efforts on goal in Portugal’s 2-1 home victory over Norway in the Nations League.
Conceicao scored five goals for the Turin-based outfit last season and can make another stride towards matching that tally.
Cagliari v Juventus Bet Builder Tip
Under 4 goals
Alessandro Romano 1+ shot on target
Douglas Luiz to be booked
Pays @ 8/1
All the ingredients are there for a tight encounter at the Unipol Domus.
There have been fewer than three goals in four of Cagliari’s five league games and all but one of Juve's five outings, so the chances of there being at least four on Sunday look remote, especially as the last two meetings in Sardinia have each featured just one goal.
Home midfielder Alessandro Romano tends to play a withdrawn role, but the only league game in which he has not had a shot on target for Cagliari this season was the 1-0 defeat to Inter.
He scored the winner in their opening 1-0 win over Parma and could at least test the visiting goalkeeper.
Meanwhile, Juve's Douglas Luiz could pick up a second yellow card of the league season.
He has committed four fouls in three of his league appearances this season and was also cautioned in the 5-0 win over NEC Nijmegen, so he could find his name in the notebook again.
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Key Match Stats
Cagliari have kept just two clean sheets in their last 20 league games against Juventus
The Sardinians have won six of the last seven matches in Serie A
Five of Cagliari’s last seven home league matches have featured fewer than three goals
Juventus have kept three clean sheets in their five Serie A games this season
Juve have lost on two of their last 13 visits to Cagliari
The visitors have lost just two of their last 17 league outings
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