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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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Inter Milan vs Como: Coppa Italia Second Leg Match Preview and Predicted Lineups

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Inter Milan are set to host Como in a place in the Coppa Italia final in Rome on the 13th of May. All is to play for in this second leg as the first leg ended in a nil-nil draw between the two teams in Como. The two have faced off between that game in gameweek 32 of the season where Inter won 4-3.

The key to Inter winning will be which of their usual eleven they decide to start and who to bench. Inter have good enough pieces off the bench where they can afford to not play all of their starters. However, if they over rest, Como could steal a win away from home. However, Chivu will likely not make many changes as Inter have pretty much wrapped up the title.

For Como, the key would be finding the right mix between the attack and defence. Cesc Fabregas has been known to be too keen to score in some of these games. While this has worked for Como this season in scoring in these games it has lead their defence extremely vulnerable. An example of this is when they lost 4-3 to Inter despite having a two goal lead at halftime.

Predicted Lineups (according to Sky Sport Italia)

Inter Milan (3-5-2)

Josep Martinez

Manuel Akanji, Francesco Acerbi, Carlos Augusto

Denzel Dumfries, Hakan Calhanoglu, Nicolo Barella, Piotr Zielinski, Federico Dimarco

Ange Yoan Bonny, Marcus Thuram

Como (3-4-2-1)

Jean Butez

Jacobo Ramon, Diego Carlos, Marc Kempf

Assane Diao, Maximo Perrone, Lucas Da Cunha, Alex Valle

Nico Paz, Martin Bautrina

Tasos Douvikas

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Bologna vs Roma: Match Preview and Predicted Lineups

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Bologna are set to continue on their Europa League, journey today after a win against Brann in the round of 32. They are now set to face Roma, in an all Italian Derby in the Round of 16. Bologna come into the game over a shocking loss on the weekend against Hellas Verona.

Roma come into this game in similar circumstances after a shock loss to Genoa last weekend. Both teams lost 2-1 in the games that they were favoured in. They are now looking to turn their form around in today’s game to take a first leg lead, before travelling to Rome.

The first leg of the game, will be played in Bologna, before the second leg at the Stadio Olimpico next week. Roma, earnt the advantage of playing at home in the second leg by finishing top eight in the group stage. Roma managed to edge out Bolgona as they two sides finished eighth and ninth.

Predicted Lineups via Sky Sport

Bologna 4-3-3

Lukasz Skorupski

Juan Miranda, Martin Vitik, Jhon Lucumi, Joao Mario

Tommaso Pogeba, Remo Freuler, Lewis Ferguson

Jonathan Rowe, Thjis Dallinga, Federico Bernardeschi

Roma 3-4-2-1

Mile Svilar

Mario Hermoso, Evan Ndicka, Daniele Ghilardi

Wesley, Niccolo Pisilli, Manu Kone, Zeki Celik

Bryan Cristante, Bryan Zaragoza

Donyell Malen

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Atalanta vs Bayern Munich: Match Preview and Predicted Lineups

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Atalanta are set to play the first leg of their round of 16, Champions League clash. This comes after they managed to make it past the Round of 32, against Dortmund, with a 4-1 win at home. The tie was won late with a 90+8 penalty being the only thing separating the two sides.

Atalanta have now won the rights to face Dortmund biggest rivals, Bayern Munich. Bayern sit first of the Bundesliga being, 11 points clear of second place Dortmund. They have also won 7 games in a row before today’s game, including a 3-2 win over rivals Dortmund.

Meanwhile, Atalanta have had up and down league form this season. Atalanta have not won since their win over Dortmund, with two draws and a loss. They will look to turn their form around today, against Bayern however it won’t be easy. The home ground advantage will be big in Bergamo, as they hope to build a lead before the second leg in Munich.

Predicted Lineups via Gazzetta Dello Sport

Atalanta: 3-4-2-1

Marco Carnesecchi

Sead Kolasinac, Isak Hien, Berat Djimsiti

Lorenzo Bernasconi, Mario Pasalic, Marten De Roon, Davide Zappacosta

Nicola Zalewski, Lazar Samardzic

Gianluca Scamacca

Atalanta will make four changes from their two-two draw against Udinese at the weekend. In defence Odilon Kossonou will be replaced by Berat Djimsiti on the right side of the defence. Palladino will go for experience in midfield with Marten De Roon and Davide Zappacosta replacing Yunus Musah and Raoul Bellanova. Kamaldeen Sulemana will also be dropped to the bench after a poor game for Nicola Zalewski.

Bayern Munich: 4-2-3-1

Jonas Urbig

Konrad Laimer, Jonathan Tah, Dayot Upamecano, Josip Stanisic

Aleksandar Pavlovic, Joshua Kimmich

Luis Diaz, Serge Gnabry, Michael Olise

Harry Kane

Bayern Munich will make heavy changes from their win against Gladbach on the weekend. In defence Jonathan Tah and Josip Stanisic come in for Min-Jae Kim and Tom Bischof. Aleksandar Pavlovic will allow Leon Goretzka some rest in the holding positions. Michael Olise and Serge Gnabry join the attack replacing Lennart Karl and Jamal Musiala. While Harry Kane reclaims his starting spot from Nicolas Jackson for the first leg of the tie.

 

 

 

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