Roma and Cagliari will take on on Sunday the 16th of January at 6:00 pm in the 22nd week of the Serie A. The match will be staged in Roma at the Stadio Olimpico. The appointed referee is Lorenzo Maggioni.
Roma sits in the 7th place in the league with 32 points. It comes from a 3-4 loss against Juventus in its last match in the Serie A. Up to now, it has won 10 times, drawn twice, and lost 9 times.
Cagliari occupies the 18th place in the standings with 16 points. It comes from a 2-1 win against Bologna in its last match in the Serie A. Until now, it has won 3 times, draw 7 times, and lost 11 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 (12 times or 57.14%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (12 times), 3-1-4-2 (6 times), 3-5-2 (2 times) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho is expected to play against Cagliari with the following players: R. dos Santos Patrício, M. Viña Susperreguy, G. Mancini, M. Kumbulla, J. Veretout, E. Bove, H. Mkhitaryan, L. Pellegrini and K. Bakumo-Abraham.
Presuming that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Roma would be 26.67.
There are doubts about the presence of N. Zaniolo.
José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho will probably not be able to employ C. Smalling, R. Karsdorp and S. El Shaarawy because of injury.
L. Spinazzola, E. Darboe and A. Diawara will definitely miss the match.
José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho will not be able to have the presence of R. Ibañez da Silva and B. Cristante who are both suspended.
Cagliari
Cagliari has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (13 times or 61.90%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (13 times), 4-4-2 (3 times), 5-3-2 (2 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times) and 3-4-3 (once).
Walter Mazzarri is expected to play against Roma with the following players: A. Cragno, G. Altare, A. Carboni, G. Zappa, A. Deiola, R. Marin, M. Rog, L. Pavoletti and A. Cerri.
In case that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Cagliari would be 26.22.
There are doubts about the presence of N. Nández Acosta.
Walter Mazzarri will probably not be able to employ L. Ceppitelli because of injury.
S. Aresti, J. Cáceres Silva, M. Lovato, S. Walukiewicz, R. Bellanova, A. Grassi, C. Oliva Giménez, K. Strootman, K. Baldé Diao and D. Ceter Valencia will definitely miss the match.
