Lecce-Atalanta and Sassuolo-Roma: At 18:30, two more matches in the last midweek round of 2022. Official lineups and goalscorer predictions
The last midweek match of 2022 continues with two interesting matches. Before the evening triptych (Inter-Bologna, Salernitana-Fiorentina and Torino-Sampdoria), games are played in Lecce, where Gian Piero Gasperini’s Atalanta, fresh from their home defeat to Napoli, will be on the scene, and in Reggio Emilia. José Mourinho’s Roma arrive at the Mapei Stadium, eager to turn the page immediately after the bitter defeat in the derby against Lazio, in which they once again revealed their usual problems in the scoring phase. Both La Dea and the Giallorossi must take advantage of Milan’s unexpected false step last night against Cremonese.
Alessio Dionisi’s Sassuolo, fresh from their double defeat to Napoli and Empoli, are also hungry for points, while Lecce are coming off a good draw at the Dacia Arena in Udine, although Marco Baroni’s Giallorossi continue to miss out on a win.
- LECCE (4-3-3): Falcone; Gendrey, Pongracic, Baschirotto, Gallo; Blin, Hjulmand, Gonzalez; Strefezza, Colombo, Di Francesco.
- ATALANTA (3-4-2-1): Sportiello; Okoli, Djimsiti, Ruggeri; Soppy, Pasalic, de Roon, Zortea; Malinovskyi, Ederson; Zapata.
- SASSUOLO (4-3-3): Consigli; Toljan, Ayhan, Ferrari, Kyriakopoulos; Frattesi, Maxime Lopez, Harroui; Laurienté, Pinamonti, D’Andrea.
- ROMA (3-4-2-1): Rui Patricio; Mancini, Smalling, Ibanez; Celik, Matic, Cristante, Zalewski; Zaniolo, Volpato; Shomurodov.
Lecce v Atalanta and Sassuolo v Roma: the scorers’ predictions
Gasperini is dusting off Malinovsyi: the Ukrainian trequartista, surprisingly preferred to Lookman, could be one of the stars of the match at the ‘Via del Mare’ with his powerful, precise shots from distance. Watch out also for Zapata. As for Lecce, Atalanta is the team Di Francesco has scored the most goals against since he played in the top flight. The same story for Pinamonti, who has already castigated Roma three times. Among the Giallorossi, without Abraham and Pellegrini, Zaniolo is likely to end up on the scorers’ sheet.
Lecce-Atalanta and Sassuolo-Roma: likely cautions and marksmen
Pasalic
In Lecce-Atalanta Strefezza could make himself dangerous several times, while Pasalic will shoot at least once towards the opponent’s goal. In Sassuolo v Roma, watch out for Shomurodov, surprisingly launched by Mourinho, and youngster D’Andrea. Potential foul-takers include Baschirotto, de Roon and Cristante.
