Monza and Fiorentina are going to take on on Friday the 22nd of December at 8:45 pm in the 17th week of the Serie A. The match is going to take place in Monza at the U-Power Stadium. The appointed referee is Juan Luca Sacchi.
Monza occupies the 10th position in the league with 21 points. It comes from a 3-0 loss against Milan in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won 5 times, draw 6 times, and lost 5 times.
Fiorentina sits in the 6th position in the table with 27 points. It comes from a 1-0 win against Hellas Verona in its last match in the Serie A. As of now, it has won 8 times, draw 3 times, and lost 5 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Monza
Monza has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up during the season (11 times or 68.75%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (11 times), 3-5-2 (2 times), 3-4-3 (2 times) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Raffaele Palladino is expected to play against Fiorentina with the following players: Michele Di Gregorio, Andrea Carboni, Danilo D’Ambrosio, Luca Caldirola, Georgios Kyriakopoulos, Roberto Gagliardini, Matteo Pessina, Dany Mota, Andrea Colpani, Patrick Ciurria and Lorenzo Colombo.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Monza would be 26.82.
Raffaele Palladino will probably not be able to employ Pablo Marí because of injury.
Gianluca Caprari will definitely miss the match.
Raffaele Palladino will not be able to have the presence of Papu Gómez who is suspended.
Fiorentina
Fiorentina has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up during the season (15 times or 93.75%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (15 times) and 4-3-3 (once).
Vincenzo Italiano is expected to play against Monza with the following players: Pietro Terracciano, Cristiano Biraghi, Nikola Milenković, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Michael Kayode, Arthur, Rolando Mandragora, Riccardo Sottil, Giacomo Bonaventura, Jonathan Ikoné and Lucas Beltrán.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Fiorentina would be 26.73.
Vincenzo Italiano will probably not be able to employ Alfred Duncan because of injury.
Dodô, Gaetano Castrovilli and Nicolás González will definitely miss the match.
