Roma and Spezia are going to take on on Monday the 13th of December at 8:45 pm in the 17th week of the Serie A. The match will take place in Roma at the Stadio Olimpico. The chosen referee is Alessandro Prontera.
Roma sits in the 8th position in the standings with 25 points. It comes from a 0-3 loss against Inter in its last match in the Serie A. To date, it has won 8 times, drawn once, and lost 7 times.
Spezia sits in the 17th position in the league with 12 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Sassuolo in its last match in the Serie A. To date, it has won 3 times, draw 3 times, and lost 10 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Roma
Roma has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 68.75%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (11 times), 3-1-4-2 (4 times) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho is expected to play against Spezia with the following players: R. dos Santos Patrício, C. Smalling, M. Kumbulla, R. Ibañez da Silva, M. Viña Susperreguy, B. Cristante, H. Mkhitaryan, J. Veretout, R. Karsdorp, E. Shomurodov and K. Bakumo-Abraham.
Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Roma would be 26.82.
José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho will probably not be able to employ F. Afena-Gyan because of injury.
L. Spinazzola, S. El Shaarawy, L. Pellegrini and C. Pérez Sayol will definitely miss the match.
José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho will not be able to have the presence of G. Mancini and N. Zaniolo who are both suspended.
Spezia
Spezia has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (7 times or 43.75%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (7 times), 4-3-3 (3 times), 4-4-2 (once), 5-3-2 (once), 3-5-1-1 (once), 4-1-4-1 (once), 3-4-2-1 (once) and 3-4-3 (once).
Thiago Motta is expected to play against Roma with the following players: I. Provedel, K. Amian Adou, M. Erlić, D. Nikolaou, S. Bastoni, G. Maggiore, J. Sala, V. Kovalenko, E. Gyasi, D. Verde and R. Manaj.
In case that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Spezia would be 25.00.
Thiago Motta will probably not be able to employ K. Agudelo Ardila because of injury.
L. de Souza Sena, J. Antiste, M. N’Zola, S. Podgoreanu and E. Salcedo Mora will definitely miss the match.