Spezia and Roma will face on Sunday the 27th of February at 6:05 pm in the 27th week of the Serie A. The match is going to be played in La Spezia at the Stadio Alberto Picco. The encounter will be officiated by Michael Fabbri.
Spezia sits in the 16th place in the league with 26 points. It comes from a 2-1 loss against Bologna in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won 7 times, draw 5 times, and lost 14 times.
Roma occupies the 8th position in the league with 41 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Hellas Verona in its last match in the Serie A. To date, it has won 12 times, draw 5 times, and lost 9 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Spezia
Spezia has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (10 times or 38.46%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (10 times), 4-3-3 (5 times), 4-1-4-1 (3 times), 3-5-2 (3 times), 4-4-2 (once), 5-3-2 (once), 3-5-1-1 (once), 3-4-2-1 (once) and 3-4-3 (once).
Thiago Motta is expected to play against Roma with the following players: I. Provedel, A. Reca, D. Nikolaou, M. Erlić, K. Amian Adou, S. Bastoni, G. Maggiore, J. Kiwior, D. Verde, E. Gyasi and M. N’Zola.
If the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Spezia would be 25.36.
L. de Souza Sena will definitely miss the match.
Thiago Motta will not be able to have the presence of R. Manaj who is suspended.
Roma
Roma has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (13 times or 50.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (13 times), 3-1-4-2 (6 times), 3-4-1-2 (5 times) and 3-5-2 (2 times).
José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho is expected to play against Spezia with the following players: R. dos Santos Patrício, C. Smalling, G. Mancini, M. Kumbulla, R. Karsdorp, M. Viña Susperreguy, B. Cristante, E. Bove, L. Pellegrini, K. Bakumo-Abraham and F. Afena-Gyan.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Roma would be 25.82.
José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho will probably not be able to employ H. Mkhitaryan, S. El Shaarawy, E. Shomurodov and N. Zaniolo because of injury.
R. Ibañez da Silva, L. Spinazzola and C. Pérez Sayol will definitely miss the match.
