Cagliari and Atalanta will face off on Saturday in the 12th week of the Serie A. The match is going to take place in Cagliari at the Sardegna Arena. The referee will be Marco Piccinini.
Cagliari is in the 20th place in the standings with 6 points. It comes from a 2-0 loss against Bologna in its last match in the Serie A. To date, it has won once, draw 3 times, and lost 7 times.
Atalanta sits in the 5th position in the league with 19 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Lazio in its last match in the Serie A. Up to now,, it has won 5 times, draw 4 times, and lost twice.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Cagliari
Cagliari has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (6 times or 54.55%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (6 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 5-3-2 (once), 4-2-3-1 (once) and 3-4-3 (once).
Walter Mazzarri is expected to play against Atalanta with the following players: A. Cragno, C. Lykogiannis, D. Godín Leal, A. Carboni, G. Zappa, N. Nández Acosta, A. Deiola, K. Strootman, R. Marin, M. Rog and L. Pavoletti.
The average age of Cagliari would be 27.18.
S. Walukiewicz, P. Faragò, R. Ladinetti, K. Baldé Diao, A. Cerri and D. Ceter Valencia will definitely miss the match.
Walter Mazzarri will not be able to have the presence of J. Cáceres Silva who is suspended.
Atalanta
Atalanta has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (7 times or 63.64%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (7 times) and 3-4-1-2 (4 times).
Gian Piero Gasperini is expected to play against Cagliari with the following players: J. Musso, M. Demiral, J. Palomino, M. Lovato, M. de Roon, J. Mæhle, R. Freuler, D. Zappacosta, R. Malinovskiy, M. Pašalić and D. Zapata Banguera.
The average age of Atalanta would be 27.09.
R. Gosens, H. Hateboer, R. Tolói and M. Pessina will definitely miss the match.