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Hello, my friends. Here are the 2019-2020 Serie A Week 23 PREVIEW / Twenty-third Round on Friday 7, Saturday 8, and Sunday 9 February 2020.
We might have a change in the leadership in this round. Juventus is currently the sole leader of the Serie A after defeating Fiorentina with a 3-0 at the Allianz Stadium reaching 54 points and a positive goal difference of +22. Inter with 51 points might take the leadership if Juventus lose the game against Hellas Verona at the Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium. Inter will have to win the Derby della Madonnina against AC Milan at the San Siro Stadium.
Lazio with 50 points might take the 2nd position away from Inter if AC Milan win the Derby. Lazio will have to defeat Parma at the Ennio Tardini Stadium. Surely, this is a round not to miss. On top of this, we have the debut of new coaches. Brescia sacked Eugenio Corini and the new coach is Diego Lopez. Brescia will play against Udinese at the Stadio Mario Rigamonti.
The other new coach is Moreno Longo replacing former coach Walter Mazzarri. Longo will make his debut against Sampdoria at the Olimpico di Torino Stadium.
👉 Up to Serie A Week 22: There is a three-way race between Juventus (54), Inter (51), and Lazio (50)
⚽️ Serie A Top Scorer up to Week 22:
Lazio forward Ciro Immobile with 25 goals
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Results from Serie A Week 22
- Sassuolo 4 – 2 AS Roma
- Cagliari 2 – 2 Parma
- Bologna 2 – 1 Brescia
- Juventus 3 – 0 Fiorentina
- AC Milan 1 – 1 Hellas Verona
- Atalanta 2 – 2 Genoa
- Lazio 5 – 1 SPAL
- Lecce 4 – 0 Torino
- Sampdoria 2 – 4 Napoli
Top Serie A teams standing AFTER Serie A Week 22 game. First 4 qualifying for Champions League, 5 and 6 for Europa League. (Up to Wednesday 5 February 2020)
– JUVENTUS, 1st position with 54 points and a positive goal difference of +22
– INTER, 2nd position with 51 points and a positive goal difference of +26
– LAZIO, 3rd positions with 50 points and a positive goal difference of +32
– ATALANTA, 4th position with 39 points and a positive goal difference of +29
– AS ROMA, 5th position with 39 points and a positive goal difference of +13
– CAGLIARI, 6th position with 32 points and a positive goal difference of +4
Relegation Zone:
– GENOA, 18th position with 16 points and a negative goal difference of -20
– BRESCIA, 19th position with 15 points and a negative goal difference of -21
– SPAL, 20th position with 15 points and a negative goal difference of -22
2019 – 2020 Italy Serie A Standing – Serie A Table up to Wednesday 5 February 2020
Rank | TEAM | GD | ||||||||
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Juventus | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 21 | 22 | 54 | ||
Internazionale | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 44 | 18 | 26 | 51 | ||
Lazio | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 52 | 20 | 32 | 50 | ||
Atalanta | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 59 | 30 | 29 | 39 | ||
Roma | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 27 | 13 | 39 | ||
Cagliari | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 38 | 34 | 4 | 32 | ||
Parma | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 29 | 2 | 32 | ||
Milan | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 27 | -4 | 32 | ||
Verona | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 31 | ||
Napoli | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 31 | 3 | 30 | ||
Bologna | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 30 | ||
Torino | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 39 | -13 | 27 | ||
Sassuolo | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 36 | 37 | -1 | 26 | ||
Fiorentina | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 32 | -7 | 25 | ||
Udinese | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 35 | -16 | 24 | ||
Sampdoria | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 37 | -15 | 20 | ||
Lecce | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 42 | -15 | 19 | ||
Genoa | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 43 | -20 | 16 | ||
Brescia | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 41 | -21 | 15 | ||
SPAL | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 38 | -22 | 15 |
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Friday 7 February 2020
AS ROMA – BOLOGNA
Olimpico di Roma Stadium
Referee: GUIDA
Assistants: DI IORIO – IMPERIALE
Fourth Official: SACCHI
VAR: IRRATI
AVAR: CARBONE
20:45
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
AS Roma, 5th position with 39 points and a positive goal difference of +13
Bologna, 10th position with 30 points and a goal difference of “0”
Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | Goals | DIFF | Points |
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5 | Roma | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 40:27 | 13 | 39 |
10 | Bologna | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 34:34 | 0 | 30 |
Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer of AS ROMA: Edin Dzeko with 10 goals.
Top scorer of BOLOGNA: Riccardo Orsolini with 6 goals.
AS ROMA | Goals | Goals | BOLOGNA |
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Dzeko, Edin | 10 | 6 | Orsolini, Riccardo |
Kolarov, Aleksandar | 5 | 5 | Palacio, Rodrigo |
Zaniolo, Nicolo | 4 | 4 | Sansone, Nicola |
Mkhitaryan, Henrikh | 3 | 4 | Bani, Mattia |
Perotti, Diego | 3 | 3 | Soriano, Roberto |
Stats. Here are the last 3 games of AS ROMA:
DAte | TO | Match | FT | ROund | |||
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01/02/20 | SA | Sassuolo – Roma | 4:2 | 22 | |||
26/01/20 | SA | Roma – Lazio | 1:1 | 21 | |||
22/01/20 | CI | Juventus – Roma | 3:1 | Q |
Stats. Here are the last 3 games of BOLOGNA: 2 wins, 1 draw
DAte | TO | Match | FT | ROund | |||
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01/02/20 | SA | Bologna – Brescia | 2:1 | 22 | |||
25/01/20 | SA | Spal – Bologna | 1:3 | 21 | |||
19/01/20 | SA | Bologna – Verona | 1:1 | 20 |
- Here are AS Roma vs Bologna probable lineups.
AS ROMA (4-2-3-1): Pau Lopez; Santon, Mancini, Smalling, Kolarov; Cristante, Veretout; Ünder, Perotti, Kluivert; Dzeko.
Subs: Mirante , Fuzato, Fazio, Juan Jesus, Cetin, Spinazzola, Bruno Peres, Pastore, Mkhitaryan, Perez, Kalinic.
Unavailable: Zaniolo, Diawara, Zappacosta.
Suspended players: Pellegrini.
Coach: Paulo Fonseca.
BOLOGNA (4-2-3-1): Skorupski; Tomiyasu, Danilo, Bani, Denswil; Schouten, Dominguez; Orsolini, Soriano, Barrow; Palacio.
Subs: Da Costa, Sarr, Mbaye, Corbo, Mazza , Svanberg, Skov Olsen, Juwara.
Unavailable: Dijks, Medel, Krejci, Santander, Sansone.
Suspended players: Poli.
Coach: Sinisa Mihajlovic (on the bench Tanjga)
Saturday 8 February 2020
FIORENTINA – ATALANTA
Artemio Franchi Stadium
Referee: MARIANI
Assistants: COSTANZO – RANGHETTI
Fourth Official: CHIFFI
VAR: NASCA
AVAR: DI VUOLO
15:00
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Fiorentina, 14th position with 25 points and a negative goal difference of -7
Atalanta, 4th position with 39 points and a positive goal difference of +29
Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | Goals | DIFF | Points |
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4 | Atalanta | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 59:30 | 29 | 39 |
14 | Fiorentina | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 25:32 | -7 | 25 |
Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer of FIORENTINA: Dusan Vlahovic with 4 goals.
Top scorer of ATALANTA: Josip Ilicic with 14 goals.
Fiorentina | Goals | Goals | Atalanta |
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Vlahovic, Dusan | 4 | 14 | Ilicic, Josip |
Pulgar, Erick | 3 | 12 | Muriel, Luis |
Milenkovic, Nikola | 3 | 7 | Gosens, Robin |
Chiesa, Federico | 3 | 7 | Zapata, Duvan |
Castrovilli, Gaetano | 3 | 6 | Gomez, Papu |
Stats. Here are the last 3 games of FIORENTINA: 1 draw, 2 lost.
DAte | TO | Match | FT | ROund | |||
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02/02/20 | SA | Juventus – Fiorentina | 3:0 | 22 | |||
29/01/20 | CI | Inter – Fiorentina | 2:1 | Q | |||
25/01/20 | SA | Fiorentina – Genoa | 0:0 | 21 |
Stats. Here are the last 3 games of ATALANTA: 1 win, 1 draw, 1 lost.
DAte | TO | Match | FT | ROund | |||
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02/02/20 | SA | Atalanta – Genoa | 2:2 | 22 | |||
25/01/20 | SA | Torino – Atalanta | 0:7 | 21 | |||
20/01/20 | SA | Atalanta – Spal | 1:2 | 20 |
- Here are Fiorentina vs Atalanta probable lineups.
FIORENTINA (3-5-2): Dragowski; Milenkovic, Ger.Pezzella, Caceres; Lirola, Benassi, Pulgar, Castrovilli, Dalbert; Chiesa, Cutrone.
Subs: Terracciano, Igor, Venuti, Terzic, Agudelo, Ceccherini, Brancolini, Badelj, Ghezzal, Sottil, Vlahovic.
Unavailable: Duncan, Kouamé, Ribery.
No suspended players.
Coach: Giuseppe Iachini.
ATALANTA (3-4-1-2): Gollini; Toloi, Palomino, Djimsiti; Castagne, Pasalic, Freuler, Gosens; Gomez; Ilicic, D.Zapata.
Subs: Sportiello, Rossi, Caldara, Czyborra, Bellanova, Hateboer, Malinovskyi, Tamère, Colley, Muriel.
Unavailable: Sutalo.
Suspended players: De Roon.
Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini.
TORINO – SAMPDORIA
Olimpico di Torino Stadium
Referee: VALERI
Assistants: PRETI – BRESMES
Fourth Official: BARONI
VAR: DOVERI
AVAR: BINDONI
18:00
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Torino, 12th position with 27 points and a negative goal difference of -13
Sampdoria, 16th position with 20 points and a negative goal difference of -15
Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | Goals | DIFF | Points |
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12 | Torino | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 26:39 | -13 | 27 |
16 | Sampdoria | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 22:37 | -15 | 20 |
Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer of TORINO: Andrea Belotti with 9 goals.
Top scorer of SAMPDORIA: Fabio Quagliarella with 6 goals.
Torino | Goals | Goals | Sampdoria |
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Belotti, Andrea | 9 | 6 | Quagliarella, Fabio |
Berenguer, Alex | 5 | 5 | Gabbiadini, Manolo |
Ansaldi, Cristian | 4 | 3 | Ramirez, Gaston |
Zaza, Simone | 3 | 3 | Caprari, Gianluca |
Izzo, Armando | 1 | 2 | Linetty, Karol |
Stats. Here are the last 3 games of TORINO: 3 lost.
DAte | TO | Match | FT | ROund | |||
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02/02/20 | SA | Lecce – Torino | 4:0 | 22 | |||
28/01/20 | CI | Milan – Torino | 4:2 (OT) | Q | |||
25/01/20 | SA | Torino – Atalanta | 0:7 | 21 |
Stats. Here are the last 3 games of SAMPDORIA: 1 draw, 2 lost.
DAte | TO | Match | FT | ROund | |||
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03/02/20 | SA | Sampdoria – Napoli | 2:4 | 22 | |||
26/01/20 | SA | Sampdoria – Sassuolo | 0:0 | 21 | |||
18/01/20 | SA | Lazio – Sampdoria | 5:1 | 20 |
- Here are Torino vs Sampdoria probable lineups.
TORINO (3-4-3): Sirigu; Izzo, Nkoulou, Lyanco; De Silvestri, Lukic, Rincon, Aina; Berenguer, Belotti, Verdi.
Subs: Rosati, Ujkani, Bremer, Djidji, Adopo, Singo, Meitè Millico, Edera.
Unavailable: Ansaldi, Zaza, Baselli.
No suspended players.
Coach: Moreno Longo.
SAMPDORIA (4-4-2): Audero; Bereszynski, Tonelli, Colley, Murru; Ramirez, Vieira, Ekdal, Linetty; Gabbiadini, Bonazzoli.
Subs: Seculin, Falcone, Augello, Chabot, Thorsby, Jankto, Barreto, Bertolacci, Leris, Maroni, Quagliarella, La Gumina.
Unavailable: Depaoli, Ferrari.
No suspended players.
Coach: Claudio Ranieri
HELLAS VERONA – JUVENTUS
Marc’Antonio Bentegodi Stadium
Referee: MASSA
Assistants: TEGONI – COLAROSSI
Fourth Official: MARINELLI
VAR: FABBRI
AVAR: ALASSIO
20:45
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Hellas Verona, 10th position with31 points and a positive goal difference of +3
Juventus, 1st position with 54 points and a positive goal difference of +22
Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | Goals | DIFF | Points |
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1 | Juventus | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 43:21 | 22 | 54 |
10 | Verona | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 26:23 | 3 | 31 |
Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer of HELLAS VERONA: Di Carmine, Faraoni, Pazzini, Verre, and Pessina with 3 goals each.
Top scorer of JUVENTUS: Cristiano Ronaldo with 19 goals.
Hellas Verona | Goals | Goals | Juventus |
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Di Carmine, Samuel | 3 | 19 | Ronaldo, Cristiano |
Faraoni, Davide | 3 | 5 | Higuain, Gonzalo |
Pazzini, Giampaolo | 3 | 5 | Dybala, Paulo |
Verre, Valerio | 3 | 3 | Pjanic, Miralem |
Pessina, Matteo | 3 | 3 | Bonucci, Leonardo |
Stats. Here are the last 3 games of HELLAS VERONA: 1 win, 2 draws.
DAte | TO | Match | FT | ROund | |||
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05/02/20 | SA | Lazio – Verona | 0:0 | 17 | |||
02/02/20 | SA | Milan – Verona | 1:1 | 22 | |||
26/01/20 | SA | Verona – Lecce | 3:0 | 21 |
Stats. Here are the last 3 games of JUVENTUS: 2 wins, 1 lost.
DAte | TO | Match | FT | ROund | |||
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02/02/20 | SA | Juventus – Fiorentina | 3:0 | 22 | |||
26/01/20 | SA | Napoli – Juventus | 2:1 | 21 | |||
22/01/20 | CI | Juventus – Roma | 3:1 | Q |
- Here are Hellas Verona vs Juventus probable lineups.
HELLAS VERONA (3-4-2-1): Silvestri; Rrahmani, Gunter , Kumbulla; Faraoni, Amrabat, Veloso, Lazovic; Zaccagni, Pessina; Borini.
Subs: Radunovic, A.Berardi, Dawidowicz, Adjapong, Bocchetti, Empereur, Dimarco, Di Carmine, Verre, Stepinski, Pazzini.
Unavailable: Badu, Danzi, Salcedo.
No suspended players.
Coach: Ivan Juric.
JUVENTUS (4-3-1-2): Szczesny; Cuadrado, De Ligt, Bonucci, Alex Sandro; Bentancur, Pjanic, Rabiot; Ramsey; Dybala, Ronaldo.
Subs: Buffon, Pinsoglio, De Sciglio, Rugani, Coccolo, Matuidi, Douglas Costa, Higuain.
Unavailable: Chiellini, Khedira, Demiral, Danilo, Bernardeschi.
No suspended players.
Coach: Maurizio Sarri.
Sunday 9 February 2020
SPAL – SASSUOLO
Stadio Paolo Mazza
Referee: GIACOMELLI
Assistants: TOLFO – DI GIOIA
Fourth Official: PRONTERA
VAR: DI PAOLO
AVAR: MONDIN
12:30
- Here are SPAL vs Sassuolo probable lineups.
SPAL (3-5-2): E.Berisha; Tomovic, Vicari, Bonifazi; Strefezza, Valoti, Missiroli, Dabo, Reca; Petagna, Di Francesco.
Subs: Thiam, Letica, Cionek, Felipe, Salamon, Valdifiori, Murgia, Tunjov, Zukanovic, Floccari, Castro.
Unavailable: Fares, D’Alessandro, Cerri.
No suspended players.
Coach: Semplici.
SASSUOLO (4-2-3-1): Consigli; Toljan, Romagna, Peluso, Kyriakopoulos; Locatelli, Obiang; D.Berardi, Djuricic, Boga; Caputo.
Subs: Pegolo, Turati, Marlon, Muldur, G.Ferrari, Piccinini, Rogerio, Magnanelli, Bourabia, J.Traorè, Raspadori, Defrel.
Unavailable: Chiriches, Tripaldelli.
No suspended players.
Coach: Roberto De Zerbi.
BRESCIA – UDINESE
Stadio Mario Rigamonti
Referee: PICCININI
Assistants: MANGANELLI – CALIARI
Fourth Official: RAPUANO
VAR: MANGANIELLO
AVAR: LONGO
15:00
- Here are Brescia vs Udinese probable lineups.
BRESCIA (4-3-1-2): Joronen; Sabelli, Cistana, Chancellor, Mateju; Bisoli, Tonali, Dessena; Romulo; Balotelli, Ayè.
Subs: Alfonso, Gastaldello, Ndoj, Spalek, Mangraviti, Skrabb, Viviani, Martella, Alfr.Donnarumma, Zhmral.
Suspended players: Torregrossa.
Coach: Diego Lopez.
UDINESE (3-5-2): Musso; Becao, De Maio, Nuytinck; Stryger, Fofana, Mandragora, De Paul, Sema; Okaka, Lasagna.
Subs:. Nicolas, Perisan, Ekong, Ter Avest, Walace, Jajalo, Zeegelar, Nestorovski, Teodorczyk.
Unavailable: Samir, Prodl.
No suspended players.
Coach: Luca Gotti.
GENOA – CAGLIARI
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Assistants: Referee: CALVARESE
VIVENZI – FIORITO
Fourth Official: MAGGIONI
VAR: PAIRETTO
AVAR: DE MEO
15:00
- Here are Genoa vs Cagliari probable lineups.
GENOA (3-5-2): Perin; Biraschi, C.Zapata, Masiello; Ghiglione, Radovanovic, Schöne, Sturaro, Criscito; Pandev, Sanabria.
Subs: Marchetti, Barreca, Goldaniga, Lerager, Jagiello, Eriksson, Ankersen, Pajac, Agudelo, Cassata, Favilli, Pinamonti.
Suspended players: Behrami, Romero.
Coach: Davide Nicola.
CAGLIARI (4-3-2-1): Cragno; Faragò, Klavan, Pisacane, Lu.Pellegrini; Nandez, Oliva, Ionita; Nainggolan, Joao Pedro; Simeone.
Subs: Olsen, Rafael, Mattiello, Lykogiannis, Cacciatore, Birsa, Pereiro, Ragatzu, Paloschi.
Unavailable: Rog, Ceppitelli, Pavoletti.
Suspended players: Cigarini.
Coach: Rolando Maran
NAPOLI – LECCE
San Paolo Stadium
Referee: GIUA
Assistants: GALETTO – ROCCA
Fourth Official: FOURNEAU
VAR: ABISSO
AVAR: DEL GIOVANE
15:00
- Here are Napoli vs Lecce probable lineups.
NAPOLI (4-3-3): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Koulibaly, Manolas, Mario Rui; Allan, Demme, Zielinski; Politano, Milik, Insigne.
Subs: Ospina, Karnezis, Luperto, Maksimovic, Fabian Ruiz, Lozano, Llorente, Mertens, Younes.
Unavailable: Ghoulam, Malcuit.
Suspended players: Elmas.
Coach: Gennaro Gattuso.
LECCE (4-3-1-2): Vigorito; Rispoli, Lucioni, Rossettini, Donati; Petriccione, Deiola, Mancosu; Saponara; Lapadula, Falco.
Subs.: Gabriel, Vera, Paz, Shakov, Calderoni, Mayer, Dell’Orco, Barak, Chironi.
Unavailable: Farias, Tachtsidis, Babacar.
No suspended players.
Coach: Fabio Liverani.
PARMA – LAZIO
Ennio Tardini Stadium
Referee: DI BELLO
Assistants: LIBERTI – PRENNA
Fourth Official: MINELLI
VAR: BANTI
AVAR: VALERIANI
18:00
- Here are Parma vs Lazio probable lineups.
PARMA (4-3-3): Colombi; Darmian, Iacoponi, Alves, Gagliolo; Hernani, Brugman; Barillà; Kurtic, Kucka; Siligardi.
Subs: I.Radu, Corvi, Dermaku, Regini, Laurini, Gius.Pezzella, Grassi, Sprocati, Cornelius, Karamoh.
Unavailable: Sepe,Kulusevski, Scozzarella, Adorante, Inglese.
No suspended players.
Coach: Roberto D’Aversa.
LAZIO (3-5-2): Strakosha; Patric, Acerbi, Bastos; Lazzari, Parolo, Leiva, Luis Alberto, Lulic; Caicedo, Immobile.
Subs: Proto, Guerrieri, Vavro, Luiz Felipe, D.Anderos, J.Lukaku, Marusic, Minala, Jony, A.Anderson, Adekanye, Cataldi.
Unavailable: Correa.
Suspended players: Milionkovic, Radu.
Coach: Simone Inzaghi.
INTER – AC MILAN
Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
Referee: MARESCA
Assistants: PERETTI – PAGANESSI
Fourth Official: LA PENNA
VAR: MAZZOLENI
AVAR: SCHENONE
20:45
- Here are Inter vs AC Milan probable lineups.
INTER (3-5-2): Padelli; Godin, De Vrij, Skriniar; Candreva, Barella, Brozovic, Vecino, Young; R.Lukaku, Sanchez.
Subs: Handanovic, Stankovic, Ranocchia, D’Ambrosio, Biraghi, Moses, Sensi, Eriksen, Borja Valero, Agoumé, Esposito.
Unavailable: Gagliardini.
Suspended players: L.Martinez, Berni, Bastoni.
Coach: Antonio Conte.
AC MILAN (4-4-2): G.Donnarumma; Conti, Musacchio, Romagnoli, Hernandez; Castillejo, Kessie, Bennacer, Calhanoglu; Ibrahimovic, Leao.
Subs: Begovic, Ant.Donnarumma, Calabria, Gabbia, Kjaer, Laxalt, Biglia, Bonaventura, Krunic, Paquetà, Saelemaekers, Rebic.
Unavailable: Duarte.
No suspended players.
Coach: Stefano Pioli.