Whilst Calcio fans are still trying to catch their breath following the midweek round, another exciting matchday awaits them this weekend, and the Cult of Calcio will provide you with a full coverage. But first, let’s check out the Serie A players who are expected to start in the most important matches of Round 33 according to la Gazzetta dello Sport.
Fiorentina – Juventus
Fiorentina will be looking to replicate their away win over Juventus earlier in the season, and produce a historic double. For that matter, they will be relying on the excellent pair of Franck Ribery and Dusan Vlahovic up front.
On the other hand, Pirlo will have many choices to make, including picking one between Paulo Dybala and Alvaro Morata to start alongside Cristiano Ronaldo in attack. The Argentine is currently the slight favorite.
FIORENTINA (3-5-2): Dragowski; Milenkovic, Pezzella, Caceres; Venuti, Amrabat, Pulgar, Castrovilli, Biraghi; Ribery, Vlahovic.
JUVENTUS (4-4-2): Szczesny; Danilo, Bonucci, Chiellini, Alex Sandro; Cuadrado, Bentancur, Rabiot, Ramsey; Dybala, Ronaldo
Inter – Hellas Verona
Inter need to go back to winning ways after two straight draws, and Antonio Conte will have to choose between Stefano Sensi and Christian Eriksen in midfield, whilst Ivan Perisic is the favorite to start on the left flank.
Meanwhile, Kevin Lasagna is expected the lead the line for Verona, supported by Mattia Zaccagni and Antonin Barak.
INTER (3-5-2): Handanovic; Skriniar, De Vrij, Bastoni; Hakimi, Barella, Brozovic, Sensi, Perisic; Lautaro, Lukaku.
VERONA (3-4-2-1): Silvestri; Dawidowicz, Gunter, Magnani; Faraoni, Tameze, Ilic, Di Marco; Barak, Zaccagni; Lasagna.
Cagliari – Roma
Cagliari will be missing the suspended Radja Nainggolan, but will once again rely on their charismatic leader Joao Pedro up front.
For their part, Carles Perez could be set replace captain Lorenzo Pellegrini in the attacking midfield role.
CAGLIARI (3-5-2): Vicario; Rugani, Godin, Carboni; Nandez, Marin, Duncan, Deiola, Lykogiannis; Joao Pedro, Pavoletti.
ROMA (3-4-2-1): Mirante; Mancini, Cristante, Fazio; Reynolds, Veretout, Villar, Bruno Peres; Mkhitaryan, Perez; Mayoral.
Torino – Napoli
Torino will try to maintain their recent positive run, and their attack should be led as usual by their captain Andrea Belotti alongside Antonio Sanabria.
Despite Dries Mertens’ strong performance against Lazio on Thursday, Victor Osimhen is tipped to start this weekend ahead of the Belgian. Amir Rrahmani should replace the suspended Kostas Manolas in defense.
TORINO (3-5-2): Milinkovic-Savic; Izzo, Nkoulou, Bremer; Singo, Rincon, Mandragora, Verdi, Ansaldi; Sanabria, Belotti.
NAPOLI (4-2-3-1): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Koulibaly, Mario Rui; Fabian Ruiz, Demme; Politano, Zielinski, Insigne; Mertens.
Lazio – Milan
Despite losing 2-5 against Napoli, Lazio are expected to maintain almost the same formation for the top clash of the weekend, with Ciro Immobile lined up next to Joaquin Correa in attack.
On the other hand, Rafael Leao is expected to once again start in the absence of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, whilst Ismael Bennacer returns in midfield.
LAZIO (3-5-2): Reina; Marusic, Acerbi, Radu; Lazzari, Milinkovic, Leiva, Luis Alberto, Fares; Correa, Immobile.
MILAN (4-2-3-1): G. Donnarumma; Calabria, Kjaer, Tomori, Dalot; Kessié, Bennacer; Saelemaekers, Calhanoglu, Rebic; Leao.
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