Roma and Atalanta are going to face off on Sunday the 7th of January at 8:45 pm in the 19th week of the Serie A. The match is going to be played in Roma at the Stadio Olimpico. The chosen referee is Gianluca Aureliano.
Roma sits in the 7th position in the league with 28 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Juventus in its last match in the Serie A. To date, it has won 8 times, draw 4 times, and lost 6 times.
Atalanta is in the 6th place in the league with 29 points. It comes from a 1-0 win against Lecce in its last match in the Serie A. Thus far, it has won 9 times, drawn twice, and lost 7 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 (14 times or 77.78%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (14 times) and 3-4-2-1 (4 times).
José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho is expected to play against Atalanta with the following players: Rui Patrício, Gianluca Mancini, Diego Llorente, Bryan Cristante, Rasmus Kristensen, Nicola Zalewski, Edoardo Bove, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Leandro Paredes, Paulo Dybala and Romelu Lukaku .
If the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Roma would be 28.64.
José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho will probably not be able to employ Marash Kumbulla because of injury.
Evan Ndicka, Chris Smalling, Houssem Aouar and Tammy Abraham will definitely miss the match.
Atalanta
Atalanta has mostly adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up during the season (13 times or 72.22%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-1-2 (13 times), 3-4-2-1 (4 times) and 3-5-2 (once).
Gian Piero Gasperini is expected to play against Roma with the following players: Marco Carnesecchi, Sead Kolasinac, Berat Djimsiti , Matteo Ruggeri, Marten de Roon, Éderson, Davide Zappacosta, Teun Koopmeiners, Mario Pasalic, Charles De Ketelaere and Gianluca Scamacca.
Presuming that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Atalanta would be 27.36.
Gian Piero Gasperini will probably not be able to employ Rafael Tolói because of injury.
Hans Hateboer, Ademola Lookman and El Bilal Touré will definitely miss the match.
