Napoli vs Cagliari predictions: McTominay can write himself into folklore
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- Scott McTominay has scored 11 goals in Serie A this season
- Cagliari lost 4-0 in the reverse fixture
- Recommended bet: Scott McTominay to score at any time
Napoli are on the brink of winning the Serie A title, they just need to match or better Inter’s result against Como in their final game of the season against Cagliari to lift the Scudetto for the fourth time in their history.
However they have drawn their last two matches against teams in the bottom half of the table and this could be another nervy affair.
Team news
Stanislav Lobotka and Alessandro Buongiorno are facing a race against time to feature for Napoli for this clash, although Juan Jesus could return.
Billy Gilmour could retain his place in the middle of the park if Lobotka is not fit.
For Cagliari, Zito Luvumbo and Gianluca Gaetano are set to miss out with thigh and knee concerns respectively while on-loan goalkeeper Elia Caprile is also unavailable against his parent club.
The stats
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Napoli are unbeaten in their last eight meetings with these opponents and they are without defeat in their last 11 games in total.
The hosts have also kept five clean sheets in their last six games and four of their last five matches have gone under 2.5 goals.
Cagliari have netted in their last six games however, but have lost four of those six matches.
Napoli have only scored 57 times this season, some 20 fewer than title rivals Inter Milan.
Prediction
There was little fanfare when Scott McTominay left Manchester United last summer but he has been crucial to Napoli’s campaign, helping lift them to the brink of the Scudetto for the second time in three seasons.
The Scottish midfielder has scored 11 goals in the league this season, second for his team behind Romelu Lukaku, and is fancied to find the net once more in this crucial final game of the season.
Seven of those 11 goals have been the first of the game, showing his knack of scoring vital goals for the Partenopei.
In what could be a cagey affair — four of Napoli’s last five matches have gone under 2.5 goals and they had just seven shots in their 0-0 draw with Parma last time out — McTominay is fancied to find the net.
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