Roma and Atalanta will take on on Saturday the 5th of March at 6:00 pm in the 28th week of the Serie A. The match is going to be staged in Roma at the Stadio Olimpico. The appointed referee is Davide Massa.
Roma sits in the 6th position in the league with 44 points. It comes from a 0-1 win against Spezia in its last match in the Serie A. Up to now, it has won 13 times, draw 5 times, and lost 9 times.
Atalanta is in the 5th position in the standings with 47 points. It comes from a 4-0 win against Sampdoria in its last match in the Serie A. Thus far, it has won 13 times, draw 8 times, and lost 5 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Roma
Roma has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (13 times or 48.15%).
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), 3-5-2 (2 times) and 3-4-2-1 (once).
José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho is expected to play against Atalanta with the following players: R. dos Santos Patrício, C. Smalling, G. Mancini, M. Kumbulla, M. Viña Susperreguy, B. Cristante, R. Karsdorp, L. Pellegrini, H. Mkhitaryan and K. Bakumo-Abraham.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Roma would be 27.80.
There are doubts about the presence of N. Zaniolo.
L. Spinazzola, E. Bove and F. Afena-Gyan will definitely miss the match.
Atalanta
Atalanta has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 42.31%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (11 times), 3-4-1-2 (7 times), 3-4-3 (5 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times) and 4-3-3 (once).
Gian Piero Gasperini is expected to play against Roma with the following players: J. Musso, M. Demiral, J. Palomino, B. Djimsiti, D. Zappacosta, H. Hateboer, M. de Roon, R. Freuler, T. Koopmeiners and M. Pašalić.
In case that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Atalanta would be 28.30.
J. Iličić, R. Malinovskiy and D. Zapata Banguera will definitely miss the match.
Gian Piero Gasperini will not be able to have the presence of R. Tolói who is suspended.
