Our prediction for this Serie B match:
Stadio San Vito-Luigi Marulla will host Sunday’s relegation six-pointer between Cosenza and SPAL. The Rossoblu are stuck at the bottom with 26 points on their account, with the team suffering a heavy 4-0 loss to Genoa at the weekend. The rock-bottom side aim to escape the relegation zone, and they have no other choice but to go all guns blazing at the Gli Spalini. Both Praszelik and Zarate miss out with injuries, while there are no suspended players in the home team.
Meanwhile, the visitors desperately needed a win against Cittadella, and they managed to get one, with the team moving closer to the safe zone. Anyhow, the share of spoils is on the horizon at the two teams seem to be evenly matched at the moment. Goalkeeper Enrico Alfonso continues to miss out through injury, but he should be the only absentee in the away team.
Highlighted Player (Alberto Pomini):
Alberto Pomini is a 185-cm-tall goalkeeper who played for Verona during his youth career. In 2001 he moved to San Marino and he made 17 league appearances for the club in the Serie C2. At the end of the season he signed a deal with Bellaria and after playing 20 games for the club, he moved to Sassuolo in 2004.
Pomini played for the Neroverdi in the Serie C2 back then, but the club have been making progress year by year. Sassuolo are currently playing in the Italian top flight, but it has to be noted that Pomini did not see any game action in the 2015/2016 Serie A campaign. The Italian goalkeeper wore No. 17 on his shirt between 2008 and 2012, but following Davide Bassi’s departure he received number 1 shirt.
Alberto Pomini was born in Isola della Scala, Italy on 17 March, 1981. He has a contract with Sassuolo which expires at the end of the 2016/2017 Serie A campaign. His agent is Danilo Caravello.
Highlighted Team (SPAL):
SPAL impressed in the 2016/2017 Serie B campaign, with the team finishing the season in top position in the standings, four points clear of second-placed Hellas Verona.
The Biancazzurri returned to the Italian elite division following a 49-year absence and it has to be noted that they finished the 2016/2017 Serie A campaign in 14th place in the table. As a result, they were relegated to the Italian second tier at the end of the season.
The club was founded in 1907 as Circolo Ars et Labor and six years later was renamed as Societa Polisportiva Ars et Labor. After a bankruptcy the club was re-founded in 2005 and they have been competing as SPAl 1907 ever since.
SPAL welcome their rivals at Stadio Paolo Mazza, the venue which was opened in 1928. You should know that the capacity of the stadium is 12.438 Rovigo are regarded as Spal’s fiercest rivals and the two teams face each other in the Derby of Polesine.