Gianluca Atzori has been fired and Sinisa Mihajlovic has been hired as the new Catania’s coach, and will he manage to save the sinking ship? Catania’s board thinks he will, and that’s why former Bologna’s coach has to start recording wins. Catania played below their capabilities this season and is currently at the second to the last spot in the tables with only 9 points, as much as the last-placed Siena. Exactly the loss vs. Siena was the last match when coach Atzori was sitting on their bench. Sinisa has a very tough task now, and many predict he will successfully accomplish it. Catania isn’t a bad team, playing very aggressive in the offense and maybe that could be an additional reason to be optimistic. The start of Mihajlovic’s regime won’t be easy at all as the Sicilians are having yet another struggler as an opponent – Livorno. Barrientos, Sciacca, Delvecchio, Marchese, Pesce and Plasmati won’t be available, while Delvecchio, Andujar, Carboni, Spolli and Martinez are questionable.
In crisis again
Livorno is currently at the 18th spot in Serie A with 12 points from 15 matches. They’re momentarily in a series of very bad results as they suffered defeats in the last 2 league games. Livorno actually never entered good form even though they managed to record 2 consecutive wins over Roma and Atalanta at the end of October, after which the losses to Bari and Inter had followed, then against Udinese while they defeated Genoa in between. The visitors know that a potential success at this game will give them a bit of space in the relegation fight. Tavano and Galante will miss out on this visit to Sicily due to injuries, while Pulzetti could also miss this game due to not being fit enough. Lucarelli will also miss this game due to suspension.
Careful
A clash of the two sides that are fighting hard for avoiding relegation and a tough match is expected which could be decided by one goal only. The hosts will maybe be more motivated as they will have a new coach on their bench, but it shouldn’t be forgotten that Mihajlovic had 5 draws in his first 5 matches as Bologna coach. Take the under.
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Prediction:
Tip: Under 2.5
Odd: 1.61
Bookie: Bet365
Stake: 8 /10
Tipster: Kather
