For Cremonese-Cagliari, against former great Davide Nicola, Fabio Pisacane is fielding the two players most eager to make a splash against their former manager: Gianluca Gaetano and Matteo Prati. Both were on the fringes of the squad last season, but are now fully at the heart of the project, having been instrumental in the victories over Roma and Torino in December. They'll try to do the same today, as they look to finish the first half of the season on 21 points ( where the Grigiorossi currently sit ).
In defense, Sebastiano Luperto returns to play alongside Yerry Mina (and Juan Rodríguez) . The number 6 is wanted by Cremonese, and by Nicola, who had him at Empoli and brought him to Cagliari in the summer of 2024. Pisacane has left him out several times for technical reasons, reintroducing him in the last two games in place of the Colombian: now they're reassembling the defense. But the main surprise is the presence of Zito Luvumbo in attack, returning from the Africa Cup of Nations, with Gennaro Borrelli at center forward .
Here are the official lineups for Cremonese-Cagliari : referee Kevin Bonacina of the Bergamo section will referee the match at 6:30 pm. The match, the last of the first half of the season, will be live on unionesarda.it, with pre- and post-match coverage on Radiolina, featuring radio commentary from the stadium by Lele Casini.
Cremonese (3-4-3): Audero; F. Terracciano, Baschirotto, Bianchetti; Floriani, Bondo, Payero, Pezzella; Bonazzoli, Vardy, Johnsen.
On the bench: Silvestri, Nava, Barbieri, Zerbin, Valoti, Moumbagna, Vázquez, Ceccherini, Vandeputte, Faye, Grassi, Folino, Lordkipanidze, Sanabria.
Coach: Davide Nicola.
Cagliari (3-4-2-1): Caprile; Luperto, Mina, Juan Rodríguez; Zappa, Adopo, Prati, Palestra; Gaetano, Luvumbo; Borrelli.
On the bench: Sherri, Ciocci, Idrissi, Mazzitelli, Kılıçsoy, Di Pardo, Cavuoti, Pintus, Liteta, Pavoletti, Obert, Trepy, S. Esposito.
Coach: Fabio Pisacane.