Roma will visit Sardinia for the opening round’s fixture against Cagliari on Sunday evening at Unipol Domus.
The hosts were already in competitive action last weekend, beating lower-division Carrarese in the first round of the Coppa Italia.
Roberto Piccoli, Leonardo Pavoletti, and Matteo Prati were on target for the Rossoblu on the occasion.
Cagliari have generally found goals easy to come by this pre-season. They’ve notched seven goals in the previous three exhibitions.
Roma will go into this off the back of a 1-1 stalemate to Premier League outfit Everton last weekend at Goodison.
Lorenzo Pellegrini was on the scoreline for the Romans who had the newest addition Artem Dovbyk starting the game.
Roma finished last season just outside of the top-five positions while Cagliari ended the campaign only one points above relegated Frosinone.
Cagliari vs Roma Prediction
Roma will go into this on the back of four subsequent victories over Cagliari. They’ve notched four goals in each of the last season’s two meetings with the Rossoblu.
The Romans have also done very well in the latest exhibitions. They dispatched Barnsley 4-1 on the road before drawing 1-1 at Everton.
Cagliari faced much easier rivals in their summer tests. The quality is on Roma’s side and we see the value in backing the away win pick at the odds of 1.95.
We are also very much tempted by the 2.10 odds offered for Artem Dovbyk to score anytime for La Lupa.
Dovbyk enjoyed a breakthrough campaign for Girona in the previous term of La Liga. He can make a deadly attacking line alongside Tammy Abraham and Matias Soule.
