Spezia and Hellas Verona will take on on Thursday the 6th of January at 2:30 pm in the 20th week of the Serie A. The match will take place in La Spezia at the Stadio Alberto Picco. The encounter will be officiated by Maurizio Mariani.
Spezia occupies the 17th position in the table with 16 points. It comes from a 0-1 win against Napoli in its last match in the Serie A. Up to now, it has won 4 times, draw 4 times, and lost 11 times.
Hellas Verona sits in the 12th position in the table with 24 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Fiorentina in its last match in the Serie A. Until now, it has won 6 times, draw 6 times, and lost 7 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Spezia
Spezia has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (7 times or 36.84%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (7 times), 3-5-2 (3 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 Hellas Verona with the following players: I. Provedel, D. Nikolaou, K. Amian Adou, M. Erlić, A. Reca, S. Bastoni, G. Maggiore, E. Gyasi and K. Agudelo Ardila.
In case that the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Spezia would be 25.44.
There are doubts about the presence of M. Bourabia and D. Strelec.
Thiago Motta will probably not be able to employ J. Sala, E. Salcedo Mora and D. Verde because of injury.
P. Hristov, E. Colley, L. de Souza Sena, V. Kovalenko, R. Manaj and M. N’Zola will definitely miss the match.
Hellas Verona
Hellas Verona has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (15 times or 78.95%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (15 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times) and 3-4-3 (2 times).
Igor Tudor is expected to play against Spezia with the following players: L. Montipò, B. Šutalo, N. Casale, F. Ceccherini, A. Tameze, D. Lazović, M. Pinto Veloso, M. Faraoni, G. Caprari, K. Lasagna and G. Simeone.
Suppose that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Hellas Verona would be 28.64.
Igor Tudor will probably not be able to employ K. Günter, A. Barák and N. Kalinić because of injury.
P. Dawidowicz, G. Frabotta, G. Magnani and M. Hongla will definitely miss the match.