Roma and Napoli are going to face off on Saturday the 23rd of December at 8:45 pm in the 17th week of the Serie A. The match is going to be played in Roma at the Stadio Olimpico. The referee will be Andrea Colombo.
Roma is in the 8th position in the table with 25 points. It comes from a 2-0 loss against Bologna in its last match in the Serie A. As of now, it has won 7 times, draw 4 times, and lost 5 times.
Napoli occupies the 6th place in the league with 27 points. It comes from a 2-1 win against Cagliari in its last match in the Serie A. Up to 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.
Roma
Roma has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up during the season (12 times or 75.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (12 times) and 3-4-2-1 (4 times).
José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho is expected to play against Napoli with the following players: Rui Patrício, Gianluca Mancini, Diego Llorente, Evan Ndicka, Leonardo Spinazzola, Bryan Cristante, Leandro Paredes, Edoardo Bove, Rasmus Kristensen, Houssem Aouar and Romelu Lukaku .
Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Roma would be 27.73.
Marash Kumbulla , Chris Smalling, Tammy Abraham and Paulo Dybala will definitely miss the match.
Napoli
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (16 times).
Walter Mazzarri is expected to play against Roma with the following players: Alex Meret, Mário Rui, Natan, Amir Rrahmani , Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Frank Anguissa, Stanislav Lobotka, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Matteo Politano and Victor Osimhen .
Granting that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Napoli would be 27.30.
There are doubts about the presence of Piotr Zielinski.
Mathías Olivera, Eljif Elmas and Jesper Lindstrøm will definitely miss the match.