Juventus and Cagliari are going to face on Tuesday the 21st of December at 8:45 pm in the 19th week of the Serie A. The match will take place in Torino at the Allianz Stadium. The encounter will be officiated by Federico Dionisi.
Juventus is in the 7th place in the table with 31 points. It comes from a 0-2 win against Bologna in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won 9 times, draw 4 times, and lost 5 times.
Cagliari sits in the 19th place in the standings with 10 points. It comes from a 0-4 loss against Udinese in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won once, draw 7 times, and lost 10 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Juventus
Juventus has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 61.11%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (11 times), 4-2-3-1 (3 times), 4-3-3 (2 times), 3-1-4-2 (once) and 4-3-1-2 (once).
Massimiliano Allegri is expected to play against Cagliari with the following players: W. Szczęsny, A. Lobo Silva, M. de Ligt, L. Bonucci, J. Cuadrado Bello, W. McKennie, R. Bentancur Colmán, M. Locatelli, Á. Morata Martín, M. Kean and F. Bernardeschi.
If this will be the line-up, the average age of Juventus would be 27.00.
Massimiliano Allegri will probably not be able to employ L. Pellegrini because of injury.
G. Chiellini, D. da Silva, F. Chiesa, P. Exequiel Dybala and A. Ramsey will definitely miss the match.
Cagliari
Cagliari has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 61.11%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (11 times), 4-4-2 (3 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times), 5-3-2 (once) and 3-4-3 (once).
Walter Mazzarri is expected to play against Juventus with the following players: A. Cragno, C. Lykogiannis, A. Carboni, L. Ceppitelli, G. Zappa, A. Grassi, A. Deiola, R. Bellanova, M. Rog and K. Baldé Diao.
In case that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Cagliari would be 25.40.
There are doubts about the presence of A. Cerri.
Walter Mazzarri will probably not be able to employ N. Nández Acosta because of injury.
J. Cáceres Silva, D. Godín Leal, S. Walukiewicz, R. Ladinetti and K. Strootman will definitely miss the match.
Walter Mazzarri will not be able to have the presence of R. Marin who is suspended.
