Roma-Cagliari, probable formations: Nicola changes formation for the many absentees
Expected news from the rossoblù, who face the great ex Claudio Ranieri at the Olimpico (4pm)
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For Roma-Cagliari, with kick-off postponed to 16:00 due to the clash with the Marathon , Davide Nicola is forced to change the formation. This is due to the three absences that have reduced the number of full-backs available to the rossoblù to the bone: Florinel Coman, Zito Luvumbo and Gabriele Zappa are out, with the first two injured in the match (against Genoa and Bologna respectively) and the last one suffering from a muscle problem in Wednesday's training. The certainty, announced yesterday by the coach in a press conference, is the return of José Luis Palomino as a starter : he hadn't played since January 11, against Milan. But the formation should be a 3-5-2, also definable as 3-5-1-1.
With Palomino, Yerry Mina and Sebastiano Luperto will play – obviously – to complete the defensive trio. Tommaso Augello and Nadir Zortea are forced to play on the wings, as there are no alternatives ( Mattia Felici and Adam Obert on the bench ). But the big news for Roma-Cagliari is also in the middle, where a relaunch of Matteo Prati is possible : with the 4-2-3-1 the midfielder has practically never had space (two snippets of the game in 2025), with a three-man midfield he can take back his place as hasn't happened since October 29th. With him Michel Adopo and Alessandro Deiola, while Antoine Makoumbou can stay out. In the three-quarters Nicolas Viola, in support of Roberto Piccoli.
In front of us is the great former Claudio Ranieri, who yesterday also wanted to send a greeting to his glorious past . The referee will be Marco Piccinini from the Forlì section . These are the probable formations of Roma-Cagliari: kick-off at 16:00, on unionesarda.it the live of the challenge and on Radiolina the live radio commentary by Lele Casini from the Olimpico followed by the post-match with all the comments .
Roma (3-4-2-1): Svilar; Rensch, Mancini, N'Dicka; Saelemaekers, Koné, Paredes, Angeliño; The. Pellegrini, Dybala; Shomurodov. Coach: C. Ranieri.
Cagliari (3-5-2): Caprile; Palomino, Mina, Luperto; Viola, Piccoli. Coach: Nicola.
