Milan and Napoli will face off on Sunday the 11th of February at 8:45 pm in the 24th week of the Serie A. The match is going to be staged in Milano at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. The encounter will be officiated by Daniele Doveri.
Milan occupies the 3rd place in the standings with 49 points. It comes from a 2-3 win against Frosinone in its last match in the Serie A. Up to now, it has won 15 times, draw 4 times, and lost 4 times.
Napoli is in the 8th place in the standings with 35 points. It comes from a 2-1 win against Hellas Verona in its last match in the Serie A. Until now, it has won 10 times, draw 5 times, and lost 7 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Milan
Milan has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up during the season (13 times or 56.52%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (13 times), 4-2-3-1 (8 times), 4-4-2 (once) and 3-4-3 (once).
Stefano Pioli is expected to play against Napoli with the following players: Mike Maignan, Theo Hernández, Matteo Gabbia, Simon Kjær, Davide Calabria, Ismael Bennacer, Yunus Musah, Rafael Leão, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Christian Pulišić and Olivier Giroud.
If the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Milan would be 28.18.
Mattia Caldara, Pierre Kalulu, Tommaso Pobega, Malick Thiaw, Fikayo Tomori and Samuel Chukwueze will definitely miss the match.
Stefano Pioli will not be able to have the presence of Tijjani Reijnders who is suspended.
Napoli
Napoli has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up during the season (21 times or 95.45%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (21 times) and 3-4-2-1 (once).
Walter Mazzarri is expected to play against Milan with the following players: Pierluigi Gollini , Pasquale Mazzocchi, Amir Rrahmani , Juan Jesus , Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Jens Cajuste, Frank Anguissa, Stanislav Lobotka, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Matteo Politano and Giovanni Simeone.
In case that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Napoli would be 29.00.
Walter Mazzarri will probably not be able to employ Alex Meret, Mathías Olivera and Piotr Zielinski because of injury.
Victor Osimhen will definitely miss the match.
Walter Mazzarri will not be able to have the presence of Mário Rui who is suspended.