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" If Cagliari played all of their games at fortress Sant`Elia, they would probably be cruising towards the Scudetto but away form has hurt the Sardinian club's chances of challenging for honours.

Gianfranco Zola and co have only won once away from home all season, but they have never had as good a chance of taking all three points as they have this weekend at Brescia - a team with just a single triumph at their own ground. Newcomers to the top flight this season, Cagliari prefer to be positive and focus on the fact that they are looking to consolidate their place in Serie A.

"It's true that we are in eighth position, but I'm not looking up the table," said Cagliari coach Daniele Arrigoni. Those squads that are higher up in the table cannot be compared with us. If we do not lose against Brescia on Sunday, I see our salvation as being closer." The Rossoblu have enjoyed a successful season despite lapses of weakness in defence. Cagliari have scored 33 goals but have leaked 36 in 23 matches in Serie A.

The defence has been so shaky that Sunday's opponents Brescia, the second-bottom team in Serie A, have only let in 29. Meanwhile Brescia's problem might be described as a Roberto Baggio hangover because without the creative influence of the retired `Divine Ponytail' they have managed to score just 15 goals all season. The task for Brescia, who appointed Alberto Cavasin as their new coach following the sacking of Gianni De Biasi, is to tighten up at the back and start stringing together wins to climb out of the bottom three.

Cavasin, an experienced coach with a reputation as a motivational leader, has already sounded the call to battle. De Biasi is the ninth coach to have been forced out in Serie A this campaign. He was shown the door after Brescia's 1-0 defeat at home to Udinese last weekend, a result that left them 19th in the 20-team league with only 20 points from 23 matches. They are three points from safety with nearly half the campaign still to play. Brescia president Gino Corioni initially backed De Biasi and insisted he was going to keep his job. But one day later, Corioni announced his dismissal.

"De Biasi has paid the price of only clinching three points in nine games and not being able to explain what was wrong," Corioni said. "We had simply lost the trust of the coach." Brescia will have to do without injured midfielder Roberto Guana and defender Gilberto Martinez while Cagliari will be without suspended striker Antonio Langella and injured frontman Davide Suazo. With new coach Cavasin replacing the fired De Biasi during the week, the Rondinelle will be motivated to achieve a win which in recent weeks has been very elusive. Cagliari’s excellent season has been marred with a poor track record which stopped them from achieving an even higher league placing. This might be the Rossoblu’s chance of winning points away from home even though Brescia will have the home advantage.

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