Atlético Madrid and Lazio are going to clash on Wednesday the 13th of December at 9:00 pm in the 6th week of the Champions League. The match will take place in Madrid at the Estadio Civitas Metropolitano. The chosen referee is Serdar Gözübüyük.
Atlético Madrid occupies the 1st place in the standings with 11 points. It comes from a 1-3 win against Feyenoord in its last match in the Champions League. As of now, it has won 3 times and drawn twice.
Lazio sits in the 2nd place in the league with 10 points. It comes from a 2-0 win against Celtic in its last match in the Champions League. Up to now, it has won 3 times, drawn once, and lost once.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Atlético Madrid
Atlético Madrid has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (3 times or 60.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (3 times) and 5-3-2 (2 times).
Diego Pablo Simeone is expected to play against Lazio with the following players: Jan Oblak, José María Giménez, Axel Witsel, Mario Hermoso, Samuel Lino, Marcos Llorente, Rodrigo de Paul, Koke, Saúl Ñíguez, Antoine Griezmann and Álvaro Morata .
Granting that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Atlético Madrid would be 29.45.
Pablo Barrios and Thomas Lemar will definitely miss the match.
Lazio
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (5 times).
Maurizio Sarri is expected to play against Atlético Madrid with the following players: Ivan Provedel, Nicolò Casale, Mario Gila Fuentes, Manuel Lazzari, Mattéo Guendouzi, Matías Vecino, Luis Alberto, Mattia Zaccagni, Felipe Anderson and Valentin Castellanos.
Presuming that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Lazio would be 27.70.
There are doubts about the presence of Adam Marusic.
Maurizio Sarri will probably not be able to employ Patric because of injury.
Alessio Romagnoli and Gustav Isaksen will definitely miss the match.
Maurizio Sarri will not be able to have the presence of Nicolò Rovella who is suspended.
