Atalanta and Spezia will face on Saturday in the 13th week of the Serie A. The match is going to be played in Bergamo at the Gewiss Stadium.
Atalanta sits in the 4th position in the league with 22 points. It comes from a 1-2 win against Cagliari in its last match in the Serie A. Thus far,, it has won 6 times, draw 4 times, and lost twice.
Spezia occupies the 16th place in the table with 11 points. It comes from a 1-0 win against Torino in its last match in the Serie A. Up to now,, it has won 3 times, drawn twice, and lost 7 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Atalanta
Atalanta has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (8 times or 66.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (8 times) and 3-4-1-2 (4 times).
Gian Piero Gasperini is expected to play against Spezia with the following players: J. Musso, M. Demiral, B. Djimsiti, J. Palomino, M. de Roon, D. Zappacosta, J. Mæhle, R. Freuler, M. Pašalić, R. Malinovskiy and D. Zapata Banguera.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Atalanta would be 27.73.
Gian Piero Gasperini will probably not be able to employ M. Lovato and R. Tolói because of injury.
R. Gosens and H. Hateboer will definitely miss the match.
Spezia
Spezia has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (7 times or 58.33%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (7 times), 4-3-3 (2 times), 4-1-4-1 (once), 3-4-2-1 (once) and 3-4-3 (once).
Thiago Motta is expected to play against Atalanta with the following players: I. Provedel, S. Bastoni, M. Erlić, J. Kiwior, K. Amian Adou, G. Maggiore, J. Sala, V. Kovalenko, E. Gyasi, D. Verde and M. N’Zola.
In case that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Spezia would be 24.91.
P. Hristov, K. Agudelo Ardila, M. Bourabia, L. de Souza Sena and A. Reca will definitely miss the match.
Thiago Motta will not be able to have the presence of D. Nikolaou who is suspended.