January 6 might be a public holiday in Italy, but not for calcio and its followers.
This year, the Befana – an old, kind-hearted witch who according to Italian folklore uses to deliver gifts to kids on the night of January 5 – has something in store also for football fans, who will be treated with the first decisive battle for Scudetto on Wednesday night as Milan welcome Juventus at the San Siro.
Ten games will be played tomorrow, a whole Serie A matchday – just like in those old good times when Italian top-flight rounds were contested in the space of a day. Here are the expected lineups for all the 20 teams that will take the field tomorrow in Serie A Round 16:
Atalanta
Probable Starting XI (3-4-2-1): Gollini; Djimsiti, Toloi, Palomino; Hateboer, de Roon, Freuler, Gosens; Pessina; Zapata, Ilicic
Unavailable: Pasalic
Banned: Romero
Benevento
Probable Starting XI (4-3-2-1): Montipò; Tuia, Glik, Barba, Improta; Hetemaj, Schiattarella, Ionita; R. Insigne, Caprari; Lapadula
Unavailable: Caldirola, Iago Falque, Viola, Letizia, Moncini, Tello
Bologna
Probable Starting XI (4-2-3-1): Da Costa; Tomiyasu, Danilo, Paz, Dijks; Schouten, Svanberg; Orsolini, Soriano, Barrow; Palacio
Unavailable: De Silvestri, Santander, Skorupski, Sansone, Mbaye, Denswil, Medel
Banned: Dominguez
Cagliari
Probable Starting XI (4-2-3-1): Cragno; Zappa, Ceppitelli, Walukiewicz, Tripaldelli; Marin, Nainggolan; Nandez, Joao Pedro, Sottil; Simeone
Unavailable: Luvumbo, Ciocci, Faragò, Rog, Godin, Ounas, Carboni
Crotone
Probable Starting XI (3-5-2): Cordaz; Magallan, Golemic, Luperto; Pereira, Molina, Zanellato, Vulic, Reca; Messias, Riviére
Unavailable: Cigarini, Benali
Fiorentina
Probable Starting XI (3-5-2): Dragowski; Igor, Milenkovic, Pezzella; Barreca; Caceres, Amrabat, Borja Valero, Castrovilli, Biraghi; Ribery; Vlahovic
Unavailable: None
Genoa
Probable Starting XI (3-5-2): Perin; Masiello, Radovanovic, Criscito; Ghiglione, Lerager, Zajc, Behrami, Czyborra; Destro, Shomurodov
Unavailable: Pandev, Zapata, Cassata, Biraschi, Marchetti, Parigini, Lu. Pellegrini
Inter
Probable Starting XI (3-5-2): Handanovic; Skriniar, De Vrij, Bastoni; Hakimi, Gagliardini, Barella, Brozovic, Darmian; Sanchez, Lautaro Martinez
Unavailable: Vecino, Pinamonti, Lukaku
Juventus
Probable Starting XI (3-4-1-2): Szczesny; Danilo, Bonucci, De Ligt; Frabotta, McKennie, Bentancur, Chiesa; Ramsey; Dybala, Cristiano Ronaldo
Unavailable: Cuadrado, Alex Sandro, Morata
Lazio
Probable Starting XI (3-5-2): Reina; Patric, Hoedt, Acerbi; Lazzari, Milinkovic-Savic, Escalante, Luis Alberto, Marusic; Caicedo, Pereira
Unavailable: Lulic, Fares, Correa
Banned: Lucas Leiva
Milan
Probable Starting XI (4-2-3-1): G. Donnarumma; Calabria, Kjaer, Romagnoli, Hernandez; Kessié, Krunic; Castillejo, Calhanoglu, Rebic; Rafael Leao
Unavailable: Ibrahimovic, Gabbia, Bennacer, Saelemaekers
Banned: Tonali
Napoli
Probable starting XI (4-3-3): Ospina; Di Lorenzo, Manolas, Maksimovic, Mario Rui; Fabian Ruiz, Bakayoko, Politano; Zielinski, Insigne, Lozano
Unavailable: Osimhen, Mertens, Koulibaly, Malcuit
Parma
Probable Starting XI (4-3-1-2): Sepe; Busi, Gagliolo, Bruno Alves, Pezzella; Hernani, Brugman, Kurtic; Mihaila; Inglese, Karamoh
Unavailable: Grassi, Osorio, Kucka, Iacoponi, Nicolussi Caviglia, Gervinho
Roma
Probable Starting XI (3-4-2-1): Pau Lopez; Mancini, Smalling, Kumbulla; Karsdorp, Veretout, Cristante, Bruno Peres; Mkhitaryan, Lo. Pellegrini; Dzeko
Unavailable: Zaniolo, Mirante, Spinazzola, Pedro, Calafiori, Pastore, Fazio, Santon
Sampdoria
Probable Starting XI (4-4-2): Audero; Bereszynksi, Tonelli, Colley, Augello; Candreva, Ekdal, Silva, Jankto; Keita, Quagliarella
Unavailable: Prelec, Gabbiadini, A. Ferrari
Banned: Ekdal
Sassuolo
Probable Starting XI (4-2-3-1): Consigli; Toljan, Chiriches, Ferrari, Rogerio; Locatelli, M. Lopez; Berardi, Djuricic, Boga; Caputo
Unavailable: Romagna, Ricci, Marlon
Spezia
Probable Starting XI (4-3-3): Provedel; Vignali, Terzi, Erlic, Marchizza; Deiola, Saponara, Maggiore; Farias, Nzola, Gyasi
Unavailable: Zoet, Verde, Galabinov, Mattiello, Ricci, Acampora, Bastoni
Torino
Probable Starting XI (3-4-1-2): Sirigu; Izzo, Lyanco, Bremer; Singo, Linetty, Rincòn, Rodriguez; Lukic; Belotti, Verdi
Unavailable: Millico
Udinese
Probable Starting XI (3-5-2): Musso; Becao, Bonifazi, Samir; Stryger-Larsen, De Paul, Arslan, Pereyra, Zeegelaar; Forestieri, Lasagna
Unavailable: Okaka, Jajalo, Nuytinck, Deloufeu, Pussetto
Verona
Probable Starting XI (3-4-2-1): Silvestri; Dawidowicz, Magnani, Ceccherini; Faraoni, Barak, Veloso, Dimarco; Tameze, Zaccagni; Kalinic
Unavailable: Vieira, Benassi, Favilli
