Lazio and Atalanta will play on Saturday the 22nd of January at 8:45 pm in the 23rd week of the Serie A. The match is going to take place in Roma at the Stadio Olimpico.
Lazio sits in the 8th position in the league with 35 points. It comes from a 0-3 win against Salernitana in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won 10 times, draw 5 times, and lost 7 times.
Atalanta sits in the 4th place in the table with 42 points. It comes from a 0-0 draw against Inter in its last match in the Serie A. Thus far, it has won 12 times, draw 6 times, and lost 3 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Lazio
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (22 times).
Maurizio Sarri is expected to play against Atalanta with the following players: T. Strakosha, A. Marušić, L. Ramos Marchi, P. Gabarrón Gil, E. Hysaj, L. Romero Alconchel, L. Pezzini Leiva, S. Milinković-Savić, D. Anderson, M. Zaccagni and C. Immobile.
In case that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Lazio would be 28.82.
F. Acerbi, Ş. Radu, J. Akpa Akpro, T. Bašić and P. Rodríguez Ledesma will definitely miss the match.
Maurizio Sarri will not be able to have the presence of D. Cataldi who is suspended.
Atalanta
Atalanta has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 52.38%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (11 times), 3-4-3 (5 times), 3-4-1-2 (4 times) and 4-3-3 (once).
Gian Piero Gasperini is expected to play against Lazio with the following players: J. Musso, M. Demiral, B. Djimsiti, J. Palomino, G. Pezzella, D. Zappacosta, R. Freuler, M. de Roon, M. Pašalić, M. Pessina and L. Muriel Fruto.
Granting that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Atalanta would be 28.36.
R. Gosens, J. Mæhle, R. Tolói, H. Hateboer, J. Iličić, R. Malinovskiy and D. Zapata Banguera will definitely miss the match.