Siena vs Cagliari preview - Parravicini buoyant ahead of Cagliari clash

Siena midfielder Francesco Parravicini is confident his team will build on last weekend's victory and climb up the Serie A table with a win against Cagliari on Sunday.

The Tuscan outfit suffered a drop in form in February but thrashed 10-man Palermo 4-1 last weekend to claim their third success this year.

Parravicini hopes their latest result marks a new beginning for his team.

"I am delighted with this win," he said. "After our defeats to Lecce and Catania we really need an important result to get our confidence back.

"We have recovered the right fighting spirit that you need to win games.

"Now we take on Cagliari looking to open a series of victories to climb up in the standings."

Siena go into the game still under pressure as a defeat this weekend, coupled with a Lecce victory over Genoa, would see Giuseppe Sannino's side drop into the bottom three.

Siena hold the last position of safety and are two points clear of 18th-placed Lecce.

"We just have to focus on ourselves and not others," Parravicini said. "There are many games left to play and what we have to do is to make sure we are ready for every battle."

The home side will be bolstered by the return of the team's top scorer Emanuele Calaio from suspension.

Calaio, who has scored 10 times in 23 league games, will partner Mattia Destro in attack.

Cagliari travel to the Artemio Franchi stadium looking to bounce back from last weekend's surprising 2-1 defeat to Lecce.

The result was their first loss in five games and saw the Sardinian outfit drop to 12th in the standings.

"We didn't deserve to lose against Lecce," Cagliari coach Davide Ballardini said. "But we need to put that result behind us and focus on getting three points at Siena."

The Sardinians have not won on the road since December 4.

Cagliari will be without injured striker Mauricio Pinilla and suspended defender Michele Canini this weekend.