Sampdoria and Sassuolo will face off on Sunday the 6th of February at 3:00 pm in the 24th week of the Serie A. The match is going to take place in Genova at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris. The encounter will be officiated by Fabio Maresca.
Sampdoria is in the 16th position in the league with 20 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Spezia in its last match in the Serie A. To date, it has won 5 times, draw 5 times, and lost 13 times.
Sassuolo occupies the 11th position in the table with 29 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Torino in its last match in the Serie A. Thus far, it has won 7 times, draw 7 times, and lost 8 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Sampdoria
Sampdoria has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (16 times or 69.57%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (16 times), 4-3-1-2 (2 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times), 3-1-4-2 (once), 4-3-3 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Marco Giampaolo is expected to play against Sassuolo with the following players: T. Farabegoli, E. Audero Mulyadi, I. Saio, T. Augello, O. Colley, A. Ferrari, B. Bereszyński, A. Candreva, M. Thorsby, M. Gabbiadini and F. Caputo.
Presuming that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Sampdoria would be 28.27.
M. Yoshida, M. Damsgaard and F. Quagliarella will definitely miss the match.
Marco Giampaolo will not be able to have the presence of A. Ekdal who is suspended.
Sassuolo
Sassuolo has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (14 times or 63.64%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (14 times), 4-3-3 (7 times) and 4-1-4-1 (once).
Alessio Dionisi is expected to play against Sampdoria with the following players: A. Consigli, G. Kiriakopoulos, V. Chiricheș, G. Ferrari, M. Lopez, D. Frattesi, G. Raspadori, D. Berardi and G. Scamacca.
In case that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Sassuolo would be 27.22.
There are doubts about the presence of J. Toljan and M. de Souza.
F. Romagna, F. Đuričić, P. Mba Obiang Avomo and N. Schiappacasse Oliva will definitely miss the match.
Alessio Dionisi will not be able to have the presence of R. Oliveira da Silva who is suspended.