After the mid-week European Cups blast that saw most Italian sides promoted to the knock-out stages, Serie A match-day 11 could be rightfully defined as a transition one – with no “big games” coming up at least on paper.
The menu features a Sassuolo – Benevento appetizer kicking off tonight at 8.45 PM CET, followed by an interesting relegation tie-breaker between Crotone and Spezia the following day. It also includes away games for Inter (Sunday at 12.30 PM at Cagliari) and Juventus (Sunday at 6.00 PM at Genoa) while top-placed Milan will close the program at 8.45 PM as they welcome Parma.
Napoli will face Sampdoria on Sunday at 6.00 PM still without their signature striker Victor Osimhen.
Let’s take a look at who else is missing and who the 20 Serie A teams are expected to lineup in the upcoming Round 11:
Atalanta
Probable Starting XI (3-4-1-2): Gollini; Toloi, Romero, Djimsiti; Hateboer, de Roon, Freuler, Gosens; Gomez; Ilicic, Zapata
Unavailable: Miranchuk, Caldara, Pasalic
![](https://icdn.cultofcalcio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2021_Atalanta_Round11.jpg)
Benevento
Probable Starting XI (4-3-2-1): Montipò; Letizia, Glik, Tuia, Barba; Hetemaj, Ionita, Improta; R. Insigne, Caprari; Lapadula
Unavailable: Iago Falque, Viola, Caldirola, Maggio, Moncini
![](https://icdn.cultofcalcio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2021_Benevento_Round11.jpg)
Bologna
Probable Starting XI (4-2-3-1): Da Costa; De Silvestri, Tomiyasu, Danilo, Hickey; Schouten, Svanberg; Sansone, Soriano, Barrow; Palacio
Unavailable: Dijks, Santander, Orsolini, Skorupski
![](https://icdn.cultofcalcio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2021_Bologna_Round11.jpg)
Cagliari
Probable Starting XI (4-2-3-1): Cragno; Faragò, Walukiewicz, Carboni, Lykogiannis; Rog, Marin; Zappa, Joao Pedro, Sottil; Pavoletti
Unavailable: Nandez, Luvumbo, Ciocci, Godin, Pereiro, Ounas
![](https://icdn.cultofcalcio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2021_Cagliari_Round11.jpg)
Crotone
Probable Starting XI (3-5-2): Cordaz; Magallan, Marrone, Luperto; Pereiro, Molina, Benali, Vulic, Reca; Messias, Simy
Unavailable: Cigarini
Banned: Petriccione
![](https://icdn.cultofcalcio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2021_Crotone_Round11.jpg)
Fiorentina
Probable Starting XI (4-4-1-1): Dragowski; Caceres, Milenkovic, Pezzella, Biraghi; Callejon, Amrabat, Pulgar, Bonaventura; Ribery; Vlahovic
Unavailable: Castrovilli
![](https://icdn.cultofcalcio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2021_Fiorentina_Round11.jpg)
Genoa
Probable Starting XI (4-4-2): Paleari; Ghiglione, Goldaniga, Bani, Masiello; Lerager, Badelj, Sturaro, Pellegrini; Shomurodov, Scamacca
Unavailable: Criscito, Melegoni, Cassata, Zappacosta, Biraschi, Marchetti, Perin, Zapata
![](https://icdn.cultofcalcio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2021_Genoa_Round11.jpg)
Inter
Probable Starting XI (3-4-1-2): Handanovic; D’Ambrosio, De Vrij, Bastoni; Hakimi, Gagliardini, Brozovic, Perisic; Barella; Lukaku, Sanchez
Unavailable: Vecino, Nainggolan, Pinamonti
![](https://icdn.cultofcalcio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2021_Inter_Round11.jpg)
Juventus
Probable Starting XI (3-4-1-2): Szczesny; Danilo, Bonucci, Alex Sandro; Chiesa, McKennie, Bentancur, Cuadrado; Kulusevski; Dybala, Cristiano Ronaldo
Unavailable: Chiellini, Buffon, Demiral
Banned: Morata, Pinsoglio
![](https://icdn.cultofcalcio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2021_Juventus_Round11.jpg)
Lazio
Probable Starting XI (3-5-2): Strakosha; Luiz Felipe, Acerbi, Radu; Lazzari, Milinkovic-Savic, Lucas Leiva, Luis Alberto, Fares; Correa, Immobile
Unavailable: Lulic, Patric
![](https://icdn.cultofcalcio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2021_Lazio_Round11.jpg)
Milan
Probable Starting XI (4-2-3-1): G. Donnarumma; Calabria, Gabbia, Romagnoli, Hernandez; Kessié, Tonali; Saelemaekers, Calhanoglu, Brahim Diaz; Rebic
Unavailable: Ibrahimovic, Kjaer, Bennacer
![](https://icdn.cultofcalcio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2021_Milan_Round11.jpg)
Napoli
Probable starting XI (4-2-3-1): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Manolas, Koulibaly, Mario Rui; Demme, Fabian Ruiz; Lozano, Mertens, Insigne; Petagna
Unavailable: Osimhen, Hysaj, Rrahmani
![](https://icdn.cultofcalcio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2021_Napoli_Round11.jpg)
Parma
Probable Starting XI (4-3-2-1): Sepe; Busi, Osorio, Bruno Alves, Iacoponi; Scozzarella, Hernani, Kurtic; Karamoh, Gervinho; Cornelius
Unavailable: Mihaila, Laurini, Pezzella, Cyprien, Sohm, Grassi, Kucka
![](https://icdn.cultofcalcio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2021_Parma_Round11.jpg)
Roma
Probable Starting XI (3-4-2-1): Mirante; Ibanez, Smalling, Kumbulla; Karsdorp, Veretour, Villar, Spinazzola; Mkhitaryan, Pellegrini; Dzeko
Unavailable: Zaniolo, Pastore, Mancini
Banned: Pedro
![](https://icdn.cultofcalcio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2021_Roma_Round11.jpg)
Sampdoria
Probable Starting XI (4-4-2): Audero; Ferrari, Yoshida, Colley, Augello; Candreva, Thorsby, Ekdal, Askildsen; Ramirez, Quagliarella
Unavailable: Keita, Gabbiadini, Bereszynski
![](https://icdn.cultofcalcio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2021_Sampdoria_Round11.jpg)
Sassuolo
Probable Starting XI (4-2-3-1): Consigli; Muldur, Marlon, Ferrari, Rogerio; Locatelli, Lopez; Berardi, Djuricic, Boga; Raspadori
Unavailable: Caputo, Romagna, Ricci, Defrel, Chiriches
![](https://icdn.cultofcalcio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2021_Sassuolo_Round11.jpg)
Spezia
Probable Starting XI (4-3-3): Provedel; Ferrer, Terzi, Chabot, Bastoni; Estevez, Ricci, Maggiore; Farias, Nzola, Gyasi
Unavailable: Zoet, Ramos, Dell’Orco, Galabinov, Leo Sena, Mattiello, Agoume
![](https://icdn.cultofcalcio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2021_Spezia_Round11.jpg)
Torino
Probable Starting XI (4-3-1-2): Sirigu; Singo, Bremer, Lyanco, Rodriguez; Meité, Rincon, Linetty; Lukic; Zaza, Belotti
Unavailable: Baselli, Millico, Murru, Verdi, Ansaldi, Ujkani
![](https://icdn.cultofcalcio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2021_Torino_Round11.jpg)
Udinese
Probable Starting XI (3-5-2): Musso; Becao, Nuytinck, Samir; Stryger-Larsen, De Paul, Walace, Pereyra, Zeegelaar; Pussetto, Forestieri
Unavailable: Lasagna, Nestorovski, Mandragora, De Maio, Okaka, Ouwejan, Jajalo
Banned: Arslan
![](https://icdn.cultofcalcio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2021_Udinese_Round10-1.jpg)
Verona
Probable Starting XI (3-4-1-2): Silvestri; Dawidowicz, Lovato, Dimatco; Faraoni, Tameze, Veloso, Lazovic; Barak; Zaccagni, Di Carmine
Unavailable: Gunter, Vieira, Benassi, Kalinic, Cetin
Banned: Ceccherini
![](https://icdn.cultofcalcio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2021_Verona_Round11.jpg)