Milan and Roma will clash on Thursday the 6th of January at 6:30 pm in the 20th week of the Serie A. The match is going to take place in Milano at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. The encounter will be officiated by Daniele Chiffi.
Milan sits in the 2nd place in the table with 42 points. It comes from a 2-4 win against Empoli in its last match in the Serie A. Up to now, it has won 13 times, draw 3 times, and lost 3 times.
Roma occupies the 6th position in the standings with 32 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Sampdoria in its last match in the Serie A. To date, it has won 10 times, drawn twice, and lost 7 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Milan
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (19 times).
Stefano Pioli is expected to play against Roma with the following players: M. Maignan, T. Hernández, A. Romagnoli, F. Tomori, A. Florenzi, T. Bakayoko, S. Tonali, B. Abdelkader Diaz, A. Saelemaekers and O. Giroud.
In case that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Milan would be 26.70.
There are doubts about the presence of R. Conceição Leão.
Stefano Pioli will probably not be able to employ D. Calabria, Z. Ibrahimović and A. Rebić because of injury.
A. Plizzari, A. Tătărușanu, F. Ballo Touré, S. Thorup Kjær, I. Bennacer, F. Kessié and P. Pellegri will definitely miss the match.
Roma
Roma has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 57.89%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (11 times), 3-1-4-2 (5 times), 3-5-2 (2 times) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho is expected to play against Milan with the following players: R. dos Santos Patrício, C. Smalling, R. Ibañez da Silva, G. Mancini, M. Viña Susperreguy, B. Cristante, J. Veretout, R. Karsdorp and N. Zaniolo.
Granting that the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Roma would be 27.56.
There are doubts about the presence of L. Pellegrini and K. Bakumo-Abraham.
José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho will probably not be able to employ B. Reynolds because of injury.
D. Cerantola Fuzato, L. Spinazzola, E. Darboe, A. Diawara and B. Mayoral Moya will definitely miss the match.
