Cosenza-Reggina is a Serie B Week 27 match to be played on Tuesday at 20:30: odds, predictions, TV and streaming.
A Calabrian derby in a surreal atmosphere. Yes, because to colour the stands of the “Marulla” will be almost exclusively Reggina fans. In fact, the protest against the property in Cosenza is raging and, as it has been happening for a few days, several sectors of the stadium will remain empty. A depressed and perhaps by now resigned environment from which the team coached by William Viali seems to be inevitably suffering.
The red and blue are more and more last in the classification and the wreck in Como last Saturday, where the Lupi were scrambled 5-1, had the aftertaste of surrender. The salvation, reached in extremis in the previous years, is becoming a chimera: a month ago, after the victory over Parma, the team from Bruzia had shown to be still alive and ready to fight tooth and nail to maintain the category. But in the following matches Cosenza were back to square one: defeat against Bari, draw against Sudtirol (with a missed penalty by Marras) and defeat in Como. The league table still does not condemn the red and blue – the playout zone is four points away – but it is urgent to reverse course immediately, and the team does not seem to have the right qualities to do so.
Pippo Inzaghi’s amaranth instead, in a diametrically opposite mood, are trying to stay in the race for second place, the only one together with the first that guarantees direct promotion. At the weekend Reggina put an end to the series of four consecutive defeats that had caused concern on the banks of the Strait. The 2-1 victory over Modena allowed Menez and his team-mates to consolidate their fourth position and stay in the wake of Genoa, who are only four points behind.
Cosenza v Reggina: latest line-up news
Florenzi doubts for Viali: the young midfielder has almost recovered from injury but is unlikely to start. The attack, orphaned of Zarate – season already over for the Argentine arrived in the winter market – will be on the shoulders of Nasti, preferred to Delic. Behind the AC Milan Primavera product will act Marras and Cortinovis.
The Prediction
If Cosenza are still afloat, it is thanks to their home performance: the last team to violate the ‘Marulla’ was Ascoli last December. Reggina, although convalescent, are still superior to the red and blue and proved it in the first leg by overwhelming their cousins 3-0. The amaranths have never lost to Cosenza since their return to Serie A, and they should pick up a positive result this time too in a match that promises to be very close and with less than four goals in total.
Cosenza v Reggina: the likely line-up
- COSENZA (4-3-2-1): Micai; Venturi, Rigione, Vaisanen, D’Orazio; Voca, Calò, Brescianini; Marras, Cortinovis; Nasti.
- REGGINA (4-3-3): Colombi; Pierozzi, Terranova, Thiago Cionek, Liotti; Fabbian, Crisetig, Majer; Canotto, Gori, Menez.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 0-1
