Napoli and Spezia are going to face off on Wednesday the 22nd of December at 8:45 pm in the 19th week of the Serie A. The match is going to be played in Napoli at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona (Napoli).
Napoli occupies the 2nd place in the table with 39 points. It comes from a 0-1 win against Milan in its last match in the Serie A. As of now, it has won 12 times, drawn twice, and lost 3 times.
Spezia sits in the 17th place in the league with 13 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Empoli in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won 3 times, draw 4 times, and lost 11 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Napoli
Napoli has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (9 times or 52.94%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (9 times), 4-3-3 (7 times) and 3-4-3 (once).
Luciano Spalletti is expected to play against Spezia with the following players: D. Ospina Ramírez, G. Di Lorenzo, A. Rrahmani, J. Nunes Jesus, K. Malcuit, A. Zambo Anguissa, D. Demme, E. Elmas, P. Zieliński, H. Lozano Bahena and D. Mertens.
Assuming that this will be the line-up, the average age of Napoli would be 28.45.
K. Koulibaly, M. Silva Duarte, F. Ruiz Peña, L. Insigne and V. Osimhen 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 38.89%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (7 times), 4-3-3 (3 times), 3-5-2 (2 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 Napoli with the following players: I. Provedel, D. Nikolaou, M. Erlić, K. Amian Adou, A. Reca, V. Kovalenko, G. Maggiore, J. Kiwior, E. Gyasi, R. Manaj and M. N’Zola.
Granting that the line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Spezia would be 24.27.
M. Bourabia, L. de Souza Sena, J. Sala, E. Salcedo Mora and D. Verde will definitely miss the match.