Napoli vs Sassuolo: Match Preview and Predicted Lineups
Napoli, are still trying to defend their Seria title, however it is looking harder. Currently they sit third, behind both Milan teams. Inter are seven points ahead of Napoli, who are looking to win their 21st Scudetto this season. Meanwhile Sassuolo, are overperforming expectations so far.
Sassuolo came up from Serie B last season, and many thought that people would be fighting to stay alive. However, as of now they sit in 11th place, nine points clear of the dropzone. Travelling to Naples will never be a easy game but Sassuolo will fight to earn a point or all three.
Sassuolo will also have a small advantage that Napoli, played on Wednesday while they had a week to prepare for the game. Therefore if Sassuolo wants to steal some points, they will have to use their added stamina and be more tactically aware then a unprepared Napoli.
Predicted Lineup: Napoli (3-4-2-1)
Vanja Milinkovic-Savic
Juan Jesus, Amir Rrahmani, Sam Beukema
Leonardo Spinazzola, Scott McTominay, Stanislav Lobotka, Giovanni Di Lorenzo
Eljif Elmas, Antonio Vergara
Rasmus Hojlund
Napoli are expected to make five changes from their midweek draw to Parma, Amir Rrahmani will be the only centre back to stay in defence. Alessandro Buongiorno will drop to the bench and Giovanni Di Lorenzo will replace Pasquale Mazzocchi on the wing. On the other wing Leonardo Spinazzola comes, in with Napoli changing both their attacking midfielders with Noa Lang and Matteo Politano being dropped.
Predicted Lineup: Sassuolo (4-3-3)
Arijanet Muric
Sebastian Walukiewicz, Jay Idzes, Tarik Muharemovic, Josh Doig
Edoardo Iannoni, Nemanja Matic, Ismael Kone
Alieu Fadera, Andrea Pinamonti, Armand Laurienté
Sassuolo will only make a single change from the their two-nil loss to Roma away from home. 20-year-old Luca Lipani will drop to the bench in the left of midfield. In turn he will make way for Edoardo Iannoni to take his place.
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AC Milan vs Lecce: Match Preview and Predicted Lineups
AC Milan will look to try and keep in pace with Inter Milan, today as they host Lecce at the San Siro. However, to do so they will need to put some poor form behind them if they are to do so. Milan haven’t lost any of there last three games with a win over Como, and two draws with Fiorentina and Genoa.
While Milan haven’t dropped points they needed two late goals to save draws against Fiorentina and Genoa. Milan where also arguably the worse team in their win over Como. Meanwhile, Lecce have lost their last three games to Roma, Parma and Inter, and will be hopeful to bounce back vs AC Milan.
Predicted Lineup: AC Milan (3-5-2)
Mike Maignan
Koni De Winter, Matteo Gabbia, Fikayo Tomori
Pervis Estupiñán, Samuele Ricci, Adrien Rabiot, Luka Modrić, Alexis Saelemaekers
Rafael Leão, Christian Pulisic
AC Milan will only make two changes from their win over Como lakeside. This is set to see Rafael Leao and Christian Pulisic to play with each other from kickoff again. Nkunku will drop to bench to make way for American, and in midfield Samuele Ricci will come in as well. This will lead to Youssouf Fofana dropping to the bench.
Predicted Lineup: Lecce (4-2-3-1)
Wladimiro Falcone
Pérez , Tiago Gabriel, Jamil Siebert, Antonino Gallo
Lassana Coulibaly, Ylber Ramadani
Tete Morente, Omri Gandelman, Lameck Banda
Nikola Stulić
Lecce will make four changes from their loss to Inter Milan midweek. Perez will come in at left-back to replace Danilo Veiga. Youssef Maleh will be replaced by Ylber Ramadnai, with Omri Gandelman keeping his position in the ten. Stulic will keep his position, however, Tete Morente and Lameck Banda will come in on the wings.
All predicted lineups come from Gazzetta Dello Sport.
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Torino vs AS Roma: Match Preview and Predicted Lineups
AS Roma are preparing to travel up to Turin, to try and create a gap on Juventus of three points. This will happen as the two sides race for Champions League qualification, and maybe even the title race. However, they won’t be facing Juventus, instead they will play there cross town rivals Torino.
Torino currently sit midtable in Serie A in 11th, stuck in a middle ground at their season. After Torino first twenty league games they sit clear enough of the drop zone but not close enough to European football. However, in todays game there win over Roma in the Coppa Italia on Tuesday will give them a boost to think they can do so again.
Predicted Lineup: Torino (3-5-2)
Alberto Paleari
Saúl Coco, Ardian Ismajli, Adrien Tameze
Marcus Pedersen, Gvidas Gineitis, Emirhan İlkhan, Nikola Vlašić, Zakaria Aboukhlal
Cyril Ngonge, Che Adams
Torino will make three changes from their 3-2 win in the Coppa Italia. The back three will stay the same, however in the midfield only Ikhan, Aboukhlal and Vlašić will stay the same. This will see Pedersen and Gineitis come into the starting eleven. Cyril Ngonge will replace Giovanni Simeone next to Che Adams.
Predicted Lineup: Roma (3-4-2-1)
Mile Svilar
Mario Hermoso, Evan Ndicka, Gianluca Mancini
Zeki Çelik, Bryan Cristante, Manu Koné, Wesley França
Paulo Dybala, Matías Soulé
Donyell Malen
Roma will heavily change the team they put on in the cup on Tuesday, as that was a heavily rotated squad. Only four players from Tuesday game will play again Zeki çelik, Wesley França, Bryan Cristante and Matías Soulé. In more big news Donyell Malen is set to make his debut up top for Roma.
All predicted lineups come from Gazzetta Dello Sport.
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Bologna vs Fiorentina: Match Preview and Player Ratings
Bologna are set to host Fiorentina today, in a match which will see Bologna manager, Vincenzo Italiano face his former side. Italiano got his Serie A job for Fiorentina. Italiano took his former side to two Europa league conference finals during his time in Florence.
However, since then a lot has changed for the La Viola that Italiano was managing. Fiorentina currently sit in the relegation zone, having a historically bad season. They have had a historically bad season, already having a coaching change in November. This lead to Paolo Vanoli taking charge,.
Meanwhile in Bologna, they are also having a season that is falling short of expectations. After winning the Coppa Italia last season it seemed like the natural progression would be to fight for a Champions League place. Instead, Bologna sit in eighth, nine points on the top four.
Predicted Lineup: Bologna (4-2-3-1)
Łukasz Skorupski
Charalambos Lykogiannis, Torjborn Heggem, Nicolo Casale, Nadir Zortea
Lewis Ferguson, Nikola Moro
Jonathan Rowe, Giovanni Fabbian, Riccardo Orsolini
Thijs Dallinga
Bologna will go into this game with a several changes from their one goal win over Hellas Verona. Łukasz Skorupski comes back into the lineup with Torbjorn Heggem being the only defender playing both. This will see Emil Holm, Martin Vitik and Juan Miranda drop to the bench. The deep two in midfield change with Lewis Ferguson and Nikola Moro coming in. Orsolini will stay in attack partnering with Jonathan Rowe on the other wing. Up top Santiago Castro will drop to the bench for Thijs Dallinga.
Predicted Lineup: Fiorentina (4-1-4-1)
David de Gea
Dodô Pietro Comuzzo Marin Pongračić Robin Gosens
Nicolò Fagioli
Fabiano Parisi Marco Brescianini Cher Ndour Albert Guðmundsson
Roberto Piccoli
Fiorentina are expected to shift 4-1-4-1 from their 4-1-2-3 last game, however this won’t lead to heavy personnel changes as they will make only two changes. Rolando Mandragora will drop to the bench to make way for new January signing Marco Brescianini. Meanwhile Roberto Piccoli will take the place of Moise Kean.
All predicted lineups come from Gazzetta Dello Sport
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