Cagliari and Fiorentina are going to face off on Sunday the 23rd of January at 12:30 pm in the 23rd week of the Serie A. The match is going to be staged in Cagliari at the Sardegna Arena. The encounter will be officiated by Gianluca Aureliano.
Cagliari sits in the 18th position in the league with 16 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Roma in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won 3 times, draw 7 times, and lost 12 times.
Fiorentina sits in the 7th position in the table with 35 points. It comes from a 6-0 win against Genoa in its last match in the Serie A. As of now, it has won 11 times, drawn twice, and lost 8 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Cagliari
Cagliari has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (14 times or 63.64%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (14 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 Fiorentina with the following players: B. Radunović, A. Obert, G. Altare, G. Zappa, R. Ladinetti, R. Marin, G. Pereiro López, M. Rog, L. Pavoletti and A. Cerri.
Granting that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Cagliari would be 25.50.
There are doubts about the presence of N. Nández Acosta.
Walter Mazzarri will probably not be able to employ L. Ceppitelli, M. Lovato, R. Bellanova and C. Oliva Giménez because of injury.
S. Aresti, A. Cragno, J. Cáceres Silva, C. Lykogiannis, S. Walukiewicz, A. Deiola, A. Grassi, K. Strootman, K. Baldé Diao and D. Ceter Valencia will definitely miss the match.
Walter Mazzarri will not be able to have the presence of A. Carboni who is suspended.
Fiorentina
Fiorentina has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (20 times or 95.24%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (20 times) and 4-4-2 (once).
Vincenzo Italiano is expected to play against Cagliari with the following players: P. Terracciano, A. Rosati, C. Biraghi, I. dos Santos de Paulo, N. Milenković, Á. Odriozola Arzallus, L. Torreira Di Pascua, J. Duncan, G. Bonaventura, N. González and J. Callejón Bueno.
Granting that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Fiorentina would be 29.45.
L. Martínez Quarta, S. Amrabat, R. Saponara and D. Vlahović will definitely miss the match.