Spezia and Cagliari are going to clash on Saturday the 12th of March at 3:00 pm in the 29th week of the Serie A. The match will be played in La Spezia at the Stadio Alberto Picco. The referee will be Daniele Orsato.
Spezia sits in the 16th place in the standings with 26 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Juventus in its last match in the Serie A. Thus far, it has won 7 times, draw 5 times, and lost 16 times.
Cagliari sits in the 17th position in the table with 25 points. It comes from a 0-3 loss against Lazio in its last match in the Serie A. Thus far, it has won 5 times, draw 10 times, and lost 13 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 (11 times or 39.29%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (11 times), 4-3-3 (6 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 Cagliari with the following players: I. Provedel, A. Reca, D. Nikolaou, M. Erlić, K. Amian Adou, J. Kiwior, S. Bastoni, G. Maggiore, D. Verde, E. Gyasi and R. Manaj.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Spezia would be 25.27.
E. Colley, L. de Souza Sena, J. Sala, M. N’Zola and E. Salcedo Mora will definitely miss the match.
Cagliari
Cagliari has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (17 times or 60.71%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (17 times), 4-4-2 (3 times), 3-1-4-2 (2 times), 5-3-2 (2 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times), 3-4-1-2 (once) and 3-4-3 (once).
Walter Mazzarri is expected to play against Spezia with the following players: A. Cragno, G. Altare, M. Lovato, A. Deiola, A. Grassi, R. Bellanova, M. Rog, L. Pavoletti, A. Cerri, R. Marin and G. Pereiro López.
If this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Cagliari would be 26.36.
S. Walukiewicz, N. Nández Acosta, K. Strootman and D. Ceter Valencia will definitely miss the match.
