Palermo will be on a mission to keep in touch with the top bunch of teams when they travel to Cagliari on the weekend.

The match sees the homecoming of former Cagliari coach Davide Ballardini who now handles the Palermo reigns.

Cagliari are coming off a fantastic win against Sampdoria and are likely to go in unchanged as will Palermo, but Croatian striker Igor Budan may not even be used as a sub as he suffers from the flu in preparation for knee surgery.

Cagliari's recent form puts the in good stead for an important home win.