Sampdoria and Napoli will face on Sunday the 8th of January at 6:00 pm in the 17th week of the Serie A. The match is going to be played in Genova at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris. The chosen referee is Rosario Abisso.
Sampdoria is in the 18th position in the standings with 9 points. It comes from a 1-2 win against Sassuolo in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won twice, draw 3 times, and lost 11 times.
Napoli occupies the 1st place in the league with 41 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Inter in its last match in the Serie A. Until now, it has won 13 times, drawn twice, and lost once.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Sampdoria
Sampdoria has mostly adopted the 4-1-4-1 line-up most used during the season (8 times or 50.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-1-4-1 (8 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times), 3-5-2 (once), 5-3-2 (once), 4-4-1-1 (once), 4-2-3-1 (once), 4-4-2 (once) and 4-3-1-2 (once).
Dejan Stankovic is expected to play against Napoli with the following players: E. Audero Mulyadi, N. Murru, J. Murillo, B. Nuytinck, T. Augello, R. Vieira Nan, T. Rincón, M. Marcel Léris, F. Đuričić, S. Lammers and M. Gabbiadini.
Granting that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Sampdoria would be 29.27.
Dejan Stankovic will probably not be able to employ H. Winks because of injury.
O. Colley, A. Candreva, M. De Luca, I. Pussetto, F. Quagliarella and A. Sabiri will definitely miss the match.
Dejan Stankovic will not be able to have the presence of B. Amione who is suspended.
Napoli
Napoli has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (13 times or 81.25%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (13 times) and 4-2-3-1 (3 times).
Luciano Spalletti is expected to play against Sampdoria with the following players: A. Meret, M. Silva Duarte, M. Kim, Juan Jesus, G. Di Lorenzo, T. Ndombélé, S. Lobotka, P. Zieliński, K. Kvaratskhelia, H. Lozano Bahena and V. Osimhen.
In case that the line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Napoli would be 27.91.
Luciano Spalletti will probably not be able to employ G. Gaetano because of injury.