Atalanta and Cagliari will face off on Sunday the 6th of February at 12:30 pm in the 24th week of the Serie A. The match will be played in Bergamo at the Gewiss Stadium. The chosen referee is Alessandro Prontera.
Atalanta occupies the 4th place in the standings with 43 points. It comes from a 0-0 draw against Lazio in its last match in the Serie A. Up to now, it has won 12 times, draw 7 times, and lost 3 times.
Cagliari sits in the 18th place in the standings with 17 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Fiorentina in its last match in the Serie A. Thus far, it has won 3 times, draw 8 times, and lost 12 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Atalanta
Atalanta has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 50.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (11 times), 3-4-1-2 (5 times), 3-4-3 (5 times) and 4-3-3 (once).
Gian Piero Gasperini is expected to play against Cagliari with the following players: J. Musso, M. Demiral, R. Tolói, B. Djimsiti, G. Pezzella, R. Freuler, M. de Roon, D. Zappacosta, M. Pašalić, R. Malinovskiy and L. Muriel Fruto.
Granting that the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Atalanta would be 28.73.
Gian Piero Gasperini will probably not be able to employ D. Zapata Banguera because of injury.
J. Iličić and A. Miranchuk will definitely miss the match.
Cagliari
Cagliari has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (15 times or 65.22%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (15 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 Atalanta with the following players: A. Cragno, L. Ceppitelli, M. Lovato, A. Deiola, A. Grassi, R. Marin, R. Bellanova, L. Pavoletti, A. Cerri and G. Pereiro López.
In case that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Cagliari would be 27.20.
Walter Mazzarri will probably not be able to employ A. Carboni because of injury.
G. Altare, S. Walukiewicz, N. Nández Acosta, K. Strootman, G. Zappa, K. Baldé Diao and D. Ceter Valencia will definitely miss the match.
Walter Mazzarri will not be able to have the presence of M. Rog who is suspended.
