Parma vs Cagliari — Tips & Analysis

Under 2.25: Neither of these sides can score. Parma score less than a goal a game. Cagliari score even less, and they have not won by 2 or more goals in any of their last 16 games. Parma have been the sturdier team at the Tardini, winning 4 of 8 there and letting in a goal a game. Their nights are quiet ones. Only 3 of Parma's last 15 games had 3 goals or more, and their games average 2 goals in total. Cagliari have taken one win from seven road trips and scored under a goal a game away. They are also without S. Esposito, R. Idrissi and Y. Trepy, so a blunt attack gets blunter. Parma are missing men of their own. B. Cremaschi is out with a knee injury, another midfielder has a muscle problem, and S. Britschgi is suspended. A patched up Parma midfield and a blunter Cagliari attack on opening night usually means a slow, careful game with very few clear chances. A 1-0 to Parma is the read, decided by one moment rather than an open trade. The history is the worry. The last 20 meetings averaged more than 2 goals, half of them had 3 goals or more, and Cagliari won 9 of them. This pairing has opened up before. We still want the quiet game.