Serie A is ready to return to the field with a new and exciting weekend of great football valid for the 38th matchday of the championship. Seasonal last dance for clubs.
A round full of high-level matches, important both for the European race and for that of salvation, with the latter having already given 2 out of 3 verdicts. Let's see together the complete program of the day which will be played from Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th May.
The match between Fiorentina and Atalanta will open the proceedings on Friday at 8.45pm at the Franchi.
It will continue on Saturday with Bologna-Inter at the Dall'Ara at 6.00 pm and then Lazio-Pisa at the Olimpico at 8.45 pm, with the Tuscans saying goodbye to the top flight after their now arithmetic relegation to Serie B.
The other 7 matches will close the day: at 3pm the match between Parma-Sassuolo at the Tardini, then it will continue with Napoli-Udinese at the Maradona and finally the evening matches all at the same time at 8.45pm, fundamental for the verdicts of salvation and Europe: Verona-Roma at the Bentegodi, Cremonese-Como at the Zini, Lecce-Genoa at the Giardiniero, Milan-Cagliari at the Meazza and finally the derby between Turin-Juve at the Olimpico Grande Torino.
Who will be able to impose themselves on their opponent and gain precious points to achieve their seasonal objectives? To find out we'll just have to wait. In the meantime, however, it is already time to get into the pre-match atmosphere and take a look at the probable lineups of the 20 Serie A teams, ready to take to the field and fight for every ball for the entire 90 minutes.
Probabili formazioni di Fiorentina-Atalanta
Friday 22nd May at 8.45pm
For the final day, Fiorentina loses Parisi, who underwent an operation after damaging his anterior cruciate ligament in the match against Juve. In his place Vanoli is determined to field Harrison, while in defense there is a run-off between Rugani and Comuzzo to replace the suspended Ranieri. For the Dea, Palladino only thinks of two changes in the rearguard Hien and Kolasinac from the 1st minute together with Scalvini. Krstovic still in attack.
FIORENTINA (4-3-3): De Gea; Dodo, Pongracic, Comuzzo, Gosens; Ndour, Beans, Mandragora; Harrison, Piccoli, Solomon All. Vanoli
Disqualified: Ranieri
Unavailable: Parisi, Lamptey | Worth considering: Kean
ATALANTA (3-4-1-2): Carnesecchi; Scalvini, Hien, Kolasinac; Zappacosta, De Roon, Ederson, Zalewski; De Ketelaere; Raspadori, Krstovic. Coach Palladino
Disqualified: None
Unavailable: Bernasconi, Kossounou
Probabili formazioni di Bologna-Inter
Saturday 23rd May at 6pm
The Italian will have to resolve some doubts for the match: in goal Skorupski is ahead of Pessina, while in attack Bernardeschi and Sohm are in a run-off with the Italian ahead. On the Inter side, Chivu allowed Thuram, Akanji, Dumfries and Calha to leave early to prepare for the World Cup. As regards the formation in goal, one between Martinez and Di Gennaro, with the latter having the advantage; in defense De Vrij and Acerbi with Bastoni; in the middle of the field Sucic with Mkhitaryan and Frattesi and in attack Pio with Bonny; Darmian and Cocchi on the flanks, but also watch out for Mosconi who has a great chance.
BOLOGNA (4-2-3-1): Skorupski; Joao Mario, Lucumì, Heggem, Miranda; Ferguson, Freuler; Bernardeschi, Orsolini, Castro; Rowe All.Italian
Disqualified: None
Unavailable: Cambiaghi, Casale, Vitik
INTER (3-5-2): Di Gennaro; De Vrij, Acerbi, Bastoni; Darmian, Frattesi, Sucic, Mkhitaryan, Cocchi; Pio Esposito, Bonny All.Chivu
Disqualified: None
Unavailable: Thuram, Akanji, Dumfries, Calhanoglu
Probabili formazioni di Lazio-Pisa
Saturday 23 May at 8.45pm
Maurizio Sarri prepares a large turnover. Taylor, Tavares and Rovella will not be there due to disqualification while captain Zaccagni, not yet at his best, will be evaluated. Pisa side disqualified Caracciolo, while Bozhinov and Loyola return after having served it.
LAZIO (4-3-3): Furlanetto; Marusic, Gila, Romagnoli, Pellegrini; Basic, Cataldi, Dele-Bashiru; Isaksen, Dia, NoslinAll.Sarri
Disqualified: Rovella, Taylor, Tavares
Unavailable: Provedel, Motta | Worth evaluating: Zaccagni
PISA (3-5-2): Always; Calabresi, Bozhinov, Canestrelli; Leris, Vural, Aebischer, Akinsanmiro, Angori; Moreo, Stojilkovic All.Hjliemark
Disqualified: Caracciolo
Unavailable: | Worth evaluating: Coppola, Tramoni, Denoon
Probabili formazioni Parma-Sassuolo
Sunday 24 May at 3.00pm
Elphege and Rinaldi's season ended early due to injury. Cuesta therefore relies on the usual ones for his starting 11. Grosso is also ready to do the same, except for Romagna in defense and Pinamonti who returns from the 1st minute to the offensive trident.
PARMA (3-5-2): Suzuki; Delprato, Circati, Troilo; Valenti, Keita, Ordonez, Nicolussi Caviglia, Valeri; Strefezza, Pellegrino All.Cuesta
Disqualified: None
Unavailable: Rinaldi, Elphege| To evaluate: Frigan, Cremaschi, Bernabé, Oristanio, Ondrejka
SASSUOLO (4-3-3): Turati; Coulibaly, Romagna, Muharemovic, Garcia; Konè, Matic, Thorstvedt; Berardi, Pinamonti, Laurienté All.Grosso
Disqualified: None
Unavailable: Boloca, Candé, Pieragnolo | Worth evaluating: Walukiewicz, Vranckx
Probabili formazioni di Napoli-Udinese
Conte ready to say goodbye at the end of the season. For the match against Maradona ready to deploy De Bruyne from the 1st minute, while little news for the rest of the lineup. Politano is also back available after the disqualification. On the Udinese side, there will be neither Zaniolo who ended the season early, nor Kamara who is disqualified.
NAPLES (3-4-2-1): Milinkovic Savic; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Buongiorno; Gutierrez, Lobotka, McTominay, Spinazzola; De Bruyne, Santos A.; Hojlund All.Conte
Disqualified: None
Unavailable: Lukaku, Neres
UDINESE (3-5-2): Okoye; Kristensen, Kabasele, Solet; Ehizibue, Piotrowski, Karlstrom, Atta, Zemura; Buksa, Davis All.Runjaic
Disqualified: Kamara
Unavailable: Zanoli, Zaniolo, Ekkelenkamp
Probabili formazioni di Verona-Roma
Sunday 23 May, 8.45pm
Verona saying goodbye to Serie A, trying to at least save face. Sammarco ready to confirm the last 11 with the exception of Gagliardini (disqualified). On the Roma side, Gasperini wants to qualify for the Champions League. Wesley will not be disqualified, while Konè and Ndicka are in doubt.
VERONA (3-5-2): Montipò; Nelsson, Edmundsson, Valentini; Belghali, Lovric, Akpa Akpro, Bernede, Frese; Bowie, Suslov All. Sammarco
Disqualified: Gagliardini
To evaluate: Mosquera, Serdar, Oyegoke, Orban
ROMA (3-4-2-1): Svilar; Ghilardi, Mancini, Hermoso; Celik, Cristante, Pisilli, Rensch; Soulé, Dybala; Malen All.Gasperini
Disqualified: Wesley
Unavailable: Ferguson, Zaragoza| To be evaluated: Konè, Pellegrini, Ndicka
Probabili formazioni di Cremonese-Como
Sunday 23 May, 8.45pm
Giampaolo makes the final call for salvation, but everything will also depend on the result of Lecce. For the match, however, he is ready to reconfirm the eleven also lined up against Udinese last day. Como side, few new lineups compared to Fabregas' classic eleven. Nico Paz still needs to be evaluated due to his knee problem.
CREMONESE (3-5-2): Audero; Terracciano, Bianchetti, Luperto; Pezzella, Barbieri, Thorsby, Grassi, Maleh; Bonazzoli, Vardy All. Giampaolo
Disqualified: None
Unavailable: Moumbagna, Baschirotto | To evaluate: Ceccherini, Bondo
COMO (4-2-3-1): Butez; Smolcic, Ramon, Kempf, Moreno; Perrone, Da Cunha; Diao, Rodriguez, Baturina; Douvikas All.Fabregas
Disqualified: None
Unavailable: Addai | Worth evaluating: Nico Paz
Probabili formazioni di Lecce-Genoa
Sunday 23 May, 8.45pm
Lecce must win to avoid the mockery of Cremonese and close the question of salvation. For the match, Di Francesco is ready to rely on the same eleven lined up against Sassuolo. On the Genoa side, De Rossi has few doubts: Ekhator in place of the suspended Vitinha, while Ostigard is to be evaluated. In the event of a forfeit, Zatterlstrom is ready in defense.
LECCE (4-2-3-1): Falcone; Veiga, Siebert, Tiago Gabriel, Gallo; Ramadani, Ngom; N'Dri, Coulibaly, Banda; Cheddira. All. Di Francesco
Disqualified: None
Unavailable: Berisha, Fofana | To evaluate: Thin
GENOA (3-5-2): Bijlow; Marcandalli, Zatterstrom, Vasquez; Ellertsson, Malinovskyi, Frendrup, Baldanzi, Sabelli; Ekhator, Colombo. Coach De Rossi
Disqualified: Vitinha
Unavailable: Messias, Onana, Cornet | To be evaluated: Norton-Cuffy, Ostigard
Probabili formazioni di Milan-Cagliari
Sunday 23 May, 8.45pm
Allegri finds both Leao, Saelemaekers and Estupinan returning from suspension for the last but important match, which will decide whether Milan will go to the Champions League or not. Luka Modric is ready to return from the 1st minute, while Nkunku and Pulisic are still ready in attack. For Cagliari, Pisacane is moving towards confirming the lineup lined up against Torino, a match that gave the Sardinians salvation.
MILAN (3-5-2): Maignan; Tomori, Gabbia, Pavlovic; Saelemaekers, Fofana, Modric, Rabiot, Bartesaghi; Pulisic, Nkunku All.Allegri
Disqualified: None
Unavailable: None
CAGLIARI (4-3-3): Caprile; Zappa, Mina, Rodriguez, Obert; Gaetano, Deiola, Folorunsho; Gym, Mendy, Esposito S. All.Pisacane
Disqualified: None
Unavailable: Idrissi, Mazzitelli, Felici, Pavoletti
Probabili formazioni di Torino-Juve
Sunday 23 May, 8.45pm
Turin Derby, not an easy match for the Bianconeri who will play an entire season: failure to qualify for the Champions League would be a unsuccessful season, but it no longer depends only on them. For the match D'Aversa makes some changes: Njie with Simeone in attack, Casadei in the middle of the pitch and Gineitis on the bench. Towards the return Ismajli and Tameze. Spalletti, on the other hand, loses Bremer (disqualified). Gatti is ready in his place from 1'. There is also room for Holm in the lane, while Vlahovic is still in attack.
TURIN (3-4-1-2): Paleari; Ismajli, Coco, Ebosse; Pedersen, Ilkhan, Casadei, Obrador; Vlasic; Njie, Simeone All.D'Aversa
Disqualified: Maripan
Unavailable | To evaluate: Aboukhlal, Anjorin, Ismajli, Tameze
JUVENTUS (3-4-2-1): Di Gregorio; Kalulu, Gatti, Kelly; Holm, McKennie Locatelli, Cambiaso; Conceicao, Yildiz; Vlahovic All.Spalletti
Disqualified: Bremer
Unavailable: Cabal, Milik