PREVIEW | Cremonese vs Cagliari - team news, lineups, predictions

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·6 January 2026

PREVIEW | Cremonese vs Cagliari - team news, lineups, predictions

Cremonese and Cagliari go head-to-head at Giovanni Zini this Thursday in the Serie A.

Cremonese have 21 points to their name this season and occupy 13th position in the table. In their last fixture, Davide Nicola's team suffered a 1-0 reverse against Fiorentina (Serie A 2025/26).

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Cagliari have won 18 points to date and are placed in 14th position. In their last encounter, Fabio Pisacane's team were beaten 0-1 by Milan (Serie A 2025/26).

The last meeting between the two teams ended with Cagliari winning 1-0.

Predicted lineups

Cremonese: Emil Audero, Filippo Terracciano, Fede Baschirotto, Francesco Folino, Tommaso Barbieri, Warren Bondo, Martín Payero, Jari Vandeputte, Giuseppe Pezzella, Jamie Vardy, Federico Bonazzoli

Cagliari: Elia Caprile, Gabriele Zappa, Sebastiano Luperto, Juan Rodríguez, Marco Palestra, Michel Adopo, Matteo Prati, Luca Mazzitelli, Adam Obert, Semih Kilicsoy, Gennaro Borrelli

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Cremonese

Cagliari

Mattia Felici - Cruciate Ligament Tear
Michael Folorunsho - Internal Ligament Strain
Andrea Belotti - Cruciate Ligament Tear

Last starting XIs

Cremonese ( vs Fiorentina 2026-01-04): Emil Audero, Filippo Terracciano, Fede Baschirotto, Francesco Folino, Tommaso Barbieri, Jari Vandeputte, Giuseppe Pezzella, Martín Payero, Warren Bondo, Jamie Vardy, Federico Bonazzoli

Cagliari ( vs Milan 2026-01-02): Elia Caprile, Gabriele Zappa, Sebastiano Luperto, Juan Rodríguez, Marco Palestra, Matteo Prati, Adam Obert, Luca Mazzitelli, Michel Adopo, Semih Kilicsoy, Sebastiano Esposito

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MANAGERS

Davide Nicola has faced Cagliari on ten occasions, recording three wins, two draws, and five losses.

TEAMS

Away from home, Cagliari currently has one win in the last eight games.
Away from home, Cagliari has been scoring in four consecutive games.
Away from home, Cagliari has been conceding goals in four consecutive games.
Cagliari currently has two wins in the last 15 games.
Cagliari has been conceding goals in four consecutive games.
At home, Cremonese currently has one win in the last seven games.
Cremonese currently has three wins in the last 16 games.
Cremonese has gone four consecutive games without a win.
Cremonese is coming off two consecutive defeats.

HEAD TO HEAD

Cremonese and Cagliari have faced each other 22 times, there is no advantage between Cremonese and Cagliari: eight wins for each team in 22 games.
At Giovanni Zini, Cremonese has an advantage in the duels against Cagliari: eight wins in ten games. Cagliari has one victory.
In the Italian League, eight matches were played between the two teams, with Cremonese winning three, two draws, and three victories for Cagliari.