Week 15 of Serie A: predicted line ups and fantasy football tips

Third midweek round of the season for Serie A. Sassuolo after the feat at AC Milan will try to repeat against the leader of solitary Napoli, just after a glittering test against Lazio. The Rossoneri on their side after two consecutive defeats will try to raise the slope against Genoa of the former Shevchenko, always struggling with a long list of unavailable, to fend off the assault of Inter that will host Spezia of the Triplete hero Thiago Motta. Home commitment also for Atalanta who will have to deal with Venezia. In the other opening match of the day the swinging Fiorentina, after the bitter defeat in the derby against Empoli, will try to rise against a Sampdoria after two consecutive victories.

In search of redemption also a Juventus the more and more “decimated” by injuries, which will try to return to success against Salernitana, and Verona opposed to a Cagliari just back from yet another comeback suffered in the last minutes of the game. Mourinho’s Roma, who will have to deal with the absence of Captain Pellegrini, will try to continue its positive moment against the surprising Bologna of Mihajlovic. In the first of the two postponements of Thursday, Torino, after the umpteenth external setback, will try to resume its journey against Empoli, galvanized by the success against their rivals Viola. Lazio and Udinese are the two teams that are going through a difficult time: the Biancocelesti are veterans of 2 net losses against Juventus and Napoli, the Bianconeri from a second-rate home draw against Genoa.

Atalanta

NEXT MATCH: Venezia (Home)

UNAVAILABLE: Gosens, Lovato

BANNED: None

OPTIONS: Djimsiti-Palomino 55%-45%, Freuler-Koopmeiners 51%-49%, Pasalic-Pessina 60%-40%, Muriel-Ilicic-Malinovskyi 40%-30%-30%

TYPICAL LINE UP ATALANTA (3-4-2-1): Musso; Toloi, Demiral, Djimsiti; Zappacosta, De Roon, Freuler, Maehle; Muriel, Pasalic; D. Zapata

To line up:

• Davide Zappacosta: a bit ‘low tone against Juventus, is ready to return to plough the band
• Luis Muriel: in view of the imminent engagement against Napoli, it should have a substantial delay. Against the medium-small teams is usually unstoppable
• Mario Pasalic: resting against Juventus, can hit with his now famous insertions

To avoid:

• Aleksej Miranchuk: Much slower than last year
• Giuseppe Pezzella: despite the emergency on the outside Gasperini does not take him in the least consideration. Hard to blame him
• Marten De Roon: could observe a rest shift

Bologna

NEXT MATCH: Roma (Home)

UNAVAILABLE: Kinglsey, Mbaye, Schouten

BANNED: None

OPTIONS: Orsolini-De Silvestri-Mbaye 50%-30%-20Orsolini-Skov Olsen-De Silvestri 40%-30%-30%, Theate-Bonifazi 60%-40%

TYPICAL LINE UP BOLOGNA (3-4-2-1): Skorupski; Soumaoro, Medel, Theate; Orsolini, Dominguez, Svanberg, Hickey; Soriano, Barrow; Arnautovic

To line up:

• Musa Barrow: the goal has been missing for some time but against Spezia has not arrived only for matter of centimeters
• Marko Arnautovic: 6 goals in 14 days and rigorista status. He is having a second slot performance
• Mattias Svanberg: good moment of shape, dangerous with its wide-range shots

To avoid:

• Roberto Soriano: always very useful for the team, in terms of performance is not demeaning but the bonuses continue to run away
• Aaron Hickey: Expressing himself on good levels but Karsdorp is an uncomfortable client
• Adama Soumaoro: in the defensive trio is the most prone to the error

Cagliari

NEXT MATCH: Verona (away)

UNAVAILABLE: Godin Rog, Walukiewicz, Farias, Cragno

BANNED: None

OPTIONS: : Lykogiannis-Zappa 55%-45%, Grassi-Strootman 55%-45% , Keita-Pavoletti 55%-45%

TYPICAL LINE UP CAGLIARI (3-5-2): Cragno; Zappa, Ceppitelli, Carboni, Lykogiannis; Nandez, Marin, Grassi, Bellanova; Keita, Joao Pedro

To line up:

• Joao Pedro: to be lined up against any opponent
• Nahitan Nandez: the error in scoring on the occasion of the goal of Salernitana has frustrated the umpteenth good performance. It can be redeemed
• Keita Balde: Verona in the defensive phase concedes something, he could take advantage of it

To avoid:

• Charalampos Lykogiannis: the duel with Faraoni does not promise anything good
• Luca Ceppitelli: could suffer the agility of attacking opponents
• Kevin Strootman: he seems to have lost his starting position in favor of Grassi, not exactly a fulmine di guerra

Empoli

NEXT MATCH: Torino (away)

UNAVAILABLE: Zurkowski

BANNED: None

OPTIONS: Tonelli-Luperto 60%-40%, Henderson-Bajrami 55%-45%, Di Francesco-Cutrone 51%-49%, Parisi-Marchizza 55%-45%

TYPICAL LINE UP EMPOLI (4-3-1-2): Vicario; Stojanovic, Romagnoli, Viti, Marchizza; Zurkowski, Ricci, Bandinelli; Henderson; Pinamonti, Di Francesco

To line up:

• Federico Di Francesco: could take advantage of the many defensive absences of Granata
• Andrea Pinamonti: main offensive reference of the Tuscans and rigorista
• Nadir Bajrami: in the last two games he has finally entered with the right mood, growing

To avoid:

• Simone Romagnoli: slow and cumbersome, could be in trouble against Sanabria
• Leonardo Mancuso: now the last choice of the Empoli attack
• Riccardo Marchizza: Parisi’s growth seems to be undermining his position as regular

Fiorentina

NEXT MATCH: Sampdoria(home)

UNAVAILABLE: Pulgar, Nastasic, Dragowski, Castrovilli

BANNED: None

OPTIONS: Odriozola-Venuti 51%-49%, Martinez Quarta-Igor 55%-45%, Bonaventura-Maleh 55%-45%, Sottil-Callejon-Gonzalez 40%-30%-30%

TYPICAL LINE UP FIORENTINA (4-3-3): Terracciano; Odriozola, Milenkovic, Martinez Quarta, Biraghi; Bonaventura, Torreira, Duncan; Sottil, Vlahovic, Saponara

To line up:

• Dusan Vlahovic: top scorer of the championship, he is in a brilliant shape. Indispensable
• Alfred Duncan: the most tonic of the Viola midfielders
• Riccardo Saponara: he is living a second youth, as long as he maintains this state of shape he must be deployed without hesitation

To avoid:

• Cristiano Biraghi: the defensive phase is not his strong and Candreva is in a state of grace. More that enough to look elsewhere
• Soufyan Amrabat: unrecognizable compared to the times of Verona
• Josè Maria Callejon: don’t delude the assist of Empoli. The good times for him are a far cry

Genoa

NEXT MATCH: Milan (Home)

UNAVAILABLE: Cassata, Maksimovic, Bani, Fares, Destro, Criscito, Caicedo

BANNED: None

OPTIONS: Sabelli-Ghiglione 60%-40%, Ekuban-Bianchi 51%-49%, Sturaro-Hernani 55%-45%

TYPICAL LINE UP GENOA (3-5-2): Sirigu; Biraschi, Vasquez, Masiello; Sabelli, Rovella, Badelj, Sturaro, Cambiaso; Ekuban, Pandev

To line up:

• Andrea Masiello: the opponent is very challenging but with Shevchenko Genoa seems to have found a decent defensive “quadra” thanks mainly to his experience
• Nicolò Rovella: he is by far the best Rossoblu player among those currently available. And who knows he could find an assist by place kicks
• Andrea Cambiaso: the right band at the moment is the weak side of Milan

To avoid:

• Stefano Sabelli: his poor performance will have to deal with Theo Hernandez and Leao
• Caleb Ekuban: Shevchenko brought him back to his more congenial role but his relationship with the goal remains complicated
• Davide Biraschi: same speech referred to Sabelli

Inter

NEXT MATCH: Spezia (Home)

UNAVAILABLE: De Vrij, Sanchez, Darmian, Kolarov, Ranocchia

BANNED: None

OPTIONS: Calhanoglu-Vidal 60%-40%, Barella-Gagliardini 55%-45%, Perisic-Dimarco 55%-45%, Dzeko- Correa 55%-45%

TYPICAL LINE UP INTER (3-5-2): Handanovic; Skriniar, Bastoni, D’Ambrosio; Dumfries, Barella, Brozovic, Calhanoglu, Perisic; Dzeko, L. Martinez

To line up:

• Lautaro Martinez: psychological breakthrough
• Hakan Calhanoglu: trusting and warm-footed
• Ivan Perisic: he may not start but he is in an amazing physical and mental condition

To avoid:

• Stefano Sensi: seems to have become the last choice in midfield
• Denzel Dumfries: not properly advised but not yet fully integrated into the Nerazzurri mechanisms and the left wing is the strong side of Spezia
• Stefan De Vrij: probably he won’t be part of the match

Juventus

NEXT MATCH: Salernitana (away)

UNAVAILABLE: De Sciglio, Ramsey, Danilo, Chiesa, Mckennie

BANNED: None

OPTIONS: Pellegrini-Alex Sandro 55%-45%, Kean-Morata 60%-40%, De Ligt-Chiellini 55%-45%, Kulusevski-Rabiot 51%-49%

TYPICAL LINE UP JUVENTUS (4-4-2): Szczesny; Cuadrado, Bonucci, De Ligt, Pellegrini; Kulusevski, Bentancur, Locatelli, Bernardeschi; Kean, Dybala

To line up:

• Paulo Dybala: unlucky against Atalanta, even in the context of a not exceptional performance.
• Moise Kean: a unique opportunity to gain Allegri’s trust
• Wojciech Szczesny: clean sheet possible

To avoid:

• Adrien Rabiot: play a good game and three bad ones. Can not find continuity
• Rodrigo Bentancur: in sharp decline
• Alex Sandro: in a bad shape moment, could take a break

Lazio

NEXT MATCH: Udinese (Home)

UNAVAILABLE: Marusic

BANNED: Luiz Felipe

OPTIONS: Cataldi-Lucas Leiva 55%-45%, Luis Alberto-Basic 55%-45%, Zaccagni-Pedro 60%-40%

TYPICAL LINE UP LAZIO (4-3-3): Reina; Lazzari, Patric, Acerbi, Hysaj; Milinkovic-Savic, Cataldi, Luis Alberto; Felipe Anderson, Immobile, Zaccagni

To line up:

• Luis Alberto: he played a good first half against Napoli, also touching the goal
• Mattia Zaccagni: Could start because of Pedro’s imperfect physical condition and the poor shape of Felipe Anderson. In the “spezzone di gara” at San Paolo he brought a minimum of liveliness
• Ciro Immobile: Udinese is one of his favorite victims

To avoid:

• Pepe Reina: Udinese is not a goal-scoring machine, but Lazio in the defensive phase leaks fore-and-aft
• Patric: a disaster, both as a full-back and as a centre back
• Elseid Hysaj: apart from the certainty of the rating there are no valid reasons to deploy him

Milan

NEXT MATCH: Genoa (Home)

UNAVAILABLE: Castillejo, Giroud, Plizzari, Calabria, Rebic

BANNED: Romagnoli

OPTIONS: Kalulu-Florenzi 55%-45%, Tomori-Gabbia 65%-35%, Kessiè-Bennacer 55%-45%, B. Diaz- Messias 51%-49%, Ibrahimovic-Krunic 51%-49%

TYPICAL LINE UP MILAN (4-2-3-1): Tatarusanu; Kalulu, Kjaer, Tomori, T. Hernandez; Tonali, Kessiè; Saelemaekers, B. Diaz, R. Leao; Ibrahimovic

To line up:

• Zlatan Ibrahimovic: He would need to rest but probably be called to overtime. He can solve the game with his own plays
• Fikayo Tomori: fundamental return, without him Milan defensive sunk
• Junior Messias: among the few to save themselves in the disaster against Sassuolo, is growing sharply. Regardless of the minutes he can do well

To avoid:

• Alessandro Florenzi: looks like a former player
• Rafael Leao: against Sassuolo he was the indisposed and inconclusive player of the second half of last season. Isolated episode or drop in shape?
• Alexis Saelemaekers: completely out of phase, could start from the bench

Napoli

NEXT MATCH: Sassuolo (away)

UNAVAILABLE: Anguissa, Osimhen, Zanoli

BANNED: None

OPTIONS: Lobotka-Demme 60%-40%, Mertens-Petagna 60%-40%, Zielinski-Elmas 55%-45%

TYPICAL LINE UP NAPOLI (4-2-3-1): Ospina; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Koulibaly, Mario Rui; Lobotka, F. Ruiz; Lozano, Zielinski, Insigne; Petagna

To line up:

• Piotr Zielinski: coming from two consecutive goals, he is on fire
• Kalidou Koulibaly: after a short period of fogging the usual defensive wall has returned
• Dries Mertens: whether he starts at the beginning or enters druting the match is to be deployed

To avoid:

• Matteo Politano: Rome former player , is available after the Covid but may not be at its best
• Mario Rui: He played very well against Lazio, even touching the goal, but he will face a “certain” Berardi
• Stanislav Lobotka: The Neapolitan midfielder least accustomed to the bonus

Roma

NEXT MATCH: Bologna (Away)

UNAVAILABLE: Spinazzola, Cristante, Villar, Pellegrini

BANNED: None

OPTIONS: Smalling-Kumbulla 55%-45%, Diawara-C. Perez 55%-45%, Zaniolo-Shomurodov 51%-49%, El Shaarawy-Vina 51%-49%

TYPICAL LINE UP ROMA (4-2-3-1): Rui Patricio; Mancini, Smalling, Ibanez; Karsdorp, Diawara, Veretout, Mkhitaryan, El Shaarawy; Abraham, Zaniolo

To line up:

• Tammy Abraham: seems to have finally unlocked. And given the recent difficulties of Veretout could kick a penalty
• Henrik Mkhitaryan: regenerated by the change of module that put him back in the center of the game, he has returned from 2 assists in the last 2 games
• Nicolò Zaniolo: still dry but growing condition

To avoid:

• Amadou Diawara: no possibility of bonus
• Eldor Shomurodov: the test with Venice at the moment has remained an isolated flash
• Jordan Veretout: the mistake against Juventus psychologically frustrated him a lot, he needs to find himself

Salernitana

NEXT MATCH: Juventus (home)

UNAVAILABLE: M. Coulibaly, Ruggeri, Russo, Kastanos, Strandberg, Ribery, Gondo,

BANNED: None

OPTIONS: Zortea-Kechrida 55%-45%, Obi-Schiavone 55%-45%, Djuric-Simy 55%-45%

TYPICAL LINE UP SALERNITANA (3-5-2): Belec; Veseli, Gyomber, Gagliolo; Zortea, L. Coulibaly, Di Tacchio, Obi, Ranieri; Djuric, Bonazzoli

To line up:

• Federico Bonazzoli: despite the arduous effort is one of the few Granata players recommended
• Luca Ranieri: he adapted with decent results to the role of outside
• Milan Djuric: not a bomber, but he does a lot of dirty work and in case of good performance of the team could snatch a positive rating

To avoid

• Norbert Gyomber: Colantuono has restored it to its natural role but its performance is the average
• Vid Belec: despite the difficulties of the moment it is difficult to imagine a Juventus without scoring
• Riccardo Gagliolo: is the most experienced granata defender in Serie A but in relation to expectations is also the one with the most disappointing performance

Sampdoria

NEXT MATCH: Fiorentina (away)

UNAVAILABLE: Ihattaren, Damsgaard, Vieira, Depaoli, Torregrossa

BANNED: Ekdal

OPTIONS: Quagliarella-Gabbiadini 55%-45%

TYPICAL LINE UP SAMPDORIA (4-3-1-2): Audero; Bereszynski, Yoshida, Colley, Augello; Candreva, Thorsby, Adrien Silva, Verre; Caputo, Quagliarella

To line up:

• Antonio Candreva: together with Barak from the fantasy football point of view he is the best midfielder of the championship
• Francesco Caputo: the goal has not been scored recently but in the last two matches his contribution to the offensive manoeuvre has improved considerably
• Valerio Verre: The offensive phase of Samp has improved markedly since its return to stable conditions

To avoid:

• Adrien Silva: Ekdal’s disqualification gives him a starting shirt but “there is definitely better around”
• Emil Audero: it’s a good time but Fiorentina will have the “dente avvelenato” after the unfortunate defeat of Empoli
• Maya Yoshida: This year he is doing much better in the opposing area rather than in his own defensive area

Sassuolo

NEXT MATCH: Napoli (Home)

UNAVAILABLE: Boga, Obiang, Romagna, Djuricic, Goldaniga

BANNED: None

OPTIONS: Toljan-Muldur 55%-45%, Chiriches-Ayhan 55%-45%, Scamacca-Defrel 55%-45%, Matheus Henrique-Traorè 60%-40%

TYPICAL LINE UP SASSUOLO (4-2-3-1): Consigli; Toljan, Chiriches, Ferrari, Rogerio; Frattesi, M. Lopez, Matheus Henrique; Berardi, Scamacca, Raspadori

To line up:

• Domenico Berardi: back from another sumptuous performance against AC Milan, always to be deployed
• Gianluca Scamacca: coming back from two consecutive goals, he’s confident. Koulibaly is probably the worst possible opponent but who knows
• Davide Frattesi: with 4-3-3 he became the man “in più” of Sassuolo in the offensive phase

To avoid:

• Andrea Consigli: he defended himself very well against AC Milan but Napoli is in a much better shape than Rossoneri
• Giacomo Raspadori: signs of awakening against the Rossoneri, but it is difficult to reach the conclusion
• Vlad Chiriches: former player of the match, could be in trouble against the “brevilines” of the Neapolitan attack

Spezia

NEXT MATCH: Inter (home)

UNAVAILABLE: Sena

BANNED: None

OPTIONS: Antiste-Strelec-Verde 40%-30%-30%, Nzola-Colley 55%-45%, Sala-Reca 40%-30%, Amian- Ferrer 55%-45%

TYPICAL LINE UP SPEZIA (4-2-3-1): Provedel; Amian, Erlic, Nikolaou, S. Bastoni; Sala, Kovalenko, Maggiore; Antiste, Nzola, Gyasi

To line up:

• Simone Bastoni: it is not a brilliant moment, but he could benefit from the tactical difficulties of Dumfries
• Giulio Maggiore: even in the most prohibitive commitments he is able to bring home a sufficiency
• M’Bala Nzola: the ingenuity that costs the match against Bologna ruined another positive performance . He is in good shape and if it should happen a penalty…

To avoid:

• Ivan Provedel: high risk embarked
• Dimitiris Nikolaou: the speech could be extended to his comrades of department. To deploy only to avoid staying in 10 football players
• Viktor Kovalenko: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: away is often the second-rate player performing at Picchi

Torino

NEXT MATCH: Empoli (Home)

UNAVAILABLE: Verdi, Mandragora, R. Rodriguez, Ansaldi, Djidji, Buongiorno, Belotti

BANNED: None

OPTIONS: Praet-Linetty 55%-45%, Brekalo-Pjaca 51%-49%, Sanabria-Zaza 60%-40%

TYPICAL LINE UP TORINO (3-4-2-1): V. Milinkovic-Savic; Zima, Bremer, Izzo; Vojvoda, Lukic, Pobega, Ola Aina; Praet, Brekalo; Sanabria

To line up:

• Tommaso Pobega: continuous from the point of view of performance and always dangerous with his “inserimenti”
• Josip Brekalo: the fittest of offensive Granata player
• Nicolas Bremer: the only certainty of an accident-ridden department

To avoid:

• Armando Izzo: he has a unique opportunity to climb the ranks of Juric but could pay the “rust” due to the poor minutaggio he had so far
• Wilfred Singo: slighly injured in the match against Roma, he may not be from the match
• Marko Pjaca: his bonuses are always a “riddle” but in recent matches he seemed particularly tarnished

Udinese

NEXT MATCH: Lazio (Away)

UNAVAILABLE: Pereyra

BANNED: None

OPTIONS: Walace-Makengo 51%-49%, Pussetto-Samardzic 60%-40%

TYPICAL LINE UP UDINESE (4-2-3-1): Silvestri; R. Becao, Nuytinck, Samir; Molina, Arslan, Walace, Udogie; Pussetto, Deulofeu; Beto

To line up

• Norberto Beto: even against Genoa, he nearly scored. Lazio in the defensive phase is far from being imperforable, it can be a good option
• Destiny Udogie: grows from game to game, could take advantage of the defensive difficulties of the Lazio right band
• Gerard Deulofeu: With Pereyra’s injury he should have earned the status of “rigorista”

To avoid:

• Marco Silvestri: Lazio is eager to redeem after 2 “opaque” matches, to avoid
• Nahuel Molina: unrecognizable, to be benched while waiting for better times
• Walace: as always little possibility of bonuses and card

Venezia

NEXT MATCH: Atalanta (Away)

UNAVAILABLE: Fiordilino, Ebuehi, Vacca, Sigurdsson

BANNED: None

OPTIONS: Johnsen-Henry 60%-40%, Haps-Molinaro 60%-40%

TYPICAL LINE UP VENEZIA (4-3-3): Romero; Mazzocchi, Caldara, Ceccaroni, Haps; Kiyine, Ampadu, Busio; Aramu, Okereke, Johnsen

To line up:

• Mattia Aramu: rigorista and place-kicks specialist, even in such a complicated game could gain bonus
• Gianluca Busio: a performance guarantee
• Dennis Johnsen: With its speed he can hurt in counter-attack

To avoid:

• Ridgeciano Haps: risk of “getting out with broken bones” from comparison with Zappacosta
• Sergio Romero: Venice has a good defensive phase but in this match at least 2 goals on the passive have to be foreseen
• Pasquale Mazzocchi: he needs to rest but the absence of Ebuehi does not allow him

Verona

NEXT MATCH: Cagliari (Home)

UNAVAILABLE: Frabotta, Hongla, Kalinic, Tameze, Cetin

BANNED: None

OPTIONS: Ceccherini-Gunter 51%-49%, Simeone-Lasagna 60%-40%

TYPICAL LINE UP VERONA (3-4-2-1): Montipò; Dawidowicz, Ceccherini, Casale; Faraoni, Ilic, M. Veloso, Lazovic; Barak, Caprari; Simeon

To line up:

• Giovanni Simeone: “fasting” from two games, could come back to “bollare” against his former team
• Antonin Barak: like most of his teammates, he disappointed in the Marassi match but facing the match with the “friendly audience” is usually transformed
• Ivan Ilic: Good return against Sampdoria

To avoid:

• Kevin Lasagna: in Genoa his presence in the field was only spotted when he took the place of Simeone
• Miguel Veloso: his performance up to now has been anything but despicable but the loss of his rigorista status has caused him to decrease considerably his “fantasy football” appeal
• Koray Gunter: due to alternate performances he is in danger of losing his resident position

By Giovanni Maggio

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