Genoa and Sampdoria are going to face on Friday the 10th of December at 8:45 pm in the 17th week of the Serie A. The match will be staged in Genova at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris. The chosen referee is Daniele Doveri.

Genoa occupies the 19th position in the league with 10 points. It comes from a 2-0 loss against Juventus in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won once, draw 7 times, and lost 8 times.​​

Sampdoria occupies the 15th position in the league with 15 points. It comes from a 1-3 loss against Lazio in its last match in the Serie A. As of now, it has won 4 times, draw 3 times, and lost 9 times.​​

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

Genoa​

Line - Ups​
4-2-3-1
21 May
Genoa-Bologna
0-1
4-2-3-1
15 May
Napoli-Genoa
3-0
4-2-3-1
06 May
Genoa-Juventus
2-1
4-2-3-1
30 Apr
Sampdoria-Genoa
1-0
4-2-3-1
24 Apr
Genoa-Cagliari
1-0
4-3-2-1
15 Apr
Milan-Genoa
2-0
4-2-3-1
10 Apr
Genoa-Lazio
1-4
4-2-3-1
04 Apr
Hellas Verona-Genoa
1-0
4-2-3-1
18 Mar
Genoa-Torino
1-0
4-2-3-1
13 Mar
Atalanta-Genoa
0-0
4-2-3-1
06 Mar
Genoa-Empoli
0-0
4-2-3-1
25 Feb
Genoa-Inter
0-0
4-3-1-2
20 Feb
Venezia-Genoa
1-1
4-2-3-1
13 Feb
Genoa-Salernitana
1-1
4-2-3-1
05 Feb
Roma-Genoa
0-0
4-3-3
22 Jan
Genoa-Udinese
0-0
4-3-1-2
17 Jan
Fiorentina-Genoa
6-0
3-5-2
09 Jan
Genoa-Spezia
0-1
3-5-2
06 Jan
Sassuolo-Genoa
1-1
3-5-2
21 Dec
Genoa-Atalanta
0-0
3-5-2
17 Dec
Lazio-Genoa
3-1
3-5-2
10 Dec
Genoa-Sampdoria
1-3
3-5-2
05 Dec
Juventus-Genoa
2-0
3-5-2
01 Dec
Genoa-Milan
0-3
3-5-2
28 Nov
Udinese-Genoa
0-0
3-5-2
21 Nov
Genoa-Roma
0-2
3-4-1-2
05 Nov
Empoli-Genoa
2-2
4-3-1-2
31 Oct
Genoa-Venezia
0-0
4-1-4-1
26 Oct
Spezia-Genoa
1-1
4-4-1-1
22 Oct
Torino-Genoa
3-2
3-5-2
17 Oct
Genoa-Sassuolo
2-2
3-5-2
02 Oct
Salernitana-Genoa
1-0
4-2-3-1
25 Sep
Genoa-Hellas Verona
3-3
4-2-3-1
21 Sep
Bologna-Genoa
2-2
4-2-3-1
18 Sep
Genoa-Fiorentina
1-2
3-5-2
12 Sep
Cagliari-Genoa
2-3
3-5-2
29 Aug
Genoa-Napoli
1-2
3-4-1-2
21 Aug
Inter-Genoa
4-0

Genoa has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (8 times or 50.00%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (8 times), 4-2-3-1 (3 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times), 4-3-1-2 (once), 4-1-4-1 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).

Andriy Shevchenko is expected to play against Sampdoria with the following players: S. Sirigu, M. Bani, D. Biraschi, J. Vásquez Ibarra, A. Cambiaso, H. Azevedo Júnior, A. Touré, V. Behrami, P. Ghiglione, C. Ekuban and G. Pandev.

Suppose that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Genoa would be 28.36.

D. Criscito, M. Fares, N. Maksimović, M. Badelj, F. Cassata, I. Radovanović, N. Rovella, S. Sturaro, F. Caicedo Corozo, M. Destro and Y. Kallon will definitely miss the match.

Sampdoria​

Line - Ups​
4-1-4-1
22 May
Inter-Sampdoria
3-0
4-1-4-1
16 May
Sampdoria-Fiorentina
4-1
4-1-4-1
07 May
Lazio-Sampdoria
2-0
4-1-4-1
30 Apr
Sampdoria-Genoa
1-0
4-1-4-1
23 Apr
Hellas Verona-Sampdoria
1-1
4-3-1-2
16 Apr
Sampdoria-Salernitana
1-2
4-1-3-2
11 Apr
Bologna-Sampdoria
2-0
4-1-3-2
03 Apr
Sampdoria-Roma
0-1
4-3-1-2
20 Mar
Venezia-Sampdoria
0-2
4-3-1-2
12 Mar
Sampdoria-Juventus
1-3
4-3-1-2
05 Mar
Udinese-Sampdoria
2-1
3-4-1-2
28 Feb
Atalanta-Sampdoria
4-0
4-3-1-2
19 Feb
Sampdoria-Empoli
2-0
4-4-1-1
13 Feb
Milan-Sampdoria
1-0
4-3-1-2
06 Feb
Sampdoria-Sassuolo
4-0
4-3-1-2
23 Jan
Spezia-Sampdoria
1-0
4-2-3-1
15 Jan
Sampdoria-Torino
1-2
4-4-2
09 Jan
Napoli-Sampdoria
1-0
4-4-2
06 Jan
Sampdoria-Cagliari
1-2
4-4-2
22 Dec
Roma-Sampdoria
1-1
4-3-1-2
19 Dec
Sampdoria-Venezia
1-1
4-4-2
10 Dec
Genoa-Sampdoria
1-3
4-4-2
05 Dec
Sampdoria-Lazio
1-3
4-4-2
30 Nov
Fiorentina-Sampdoria
3-1
4-4-2
27 Nov
Sampdoria-Hellas Verona
3-1
4-4-2
21 Nov
Salernitana-Sampdoria
0-2
4-4-2
07 Nov
Sampdoria-Bologna
1-2
3-1-4-2
30 Oct
Torino-Sampdoria
3-0
4-3-3
27 Oct
Sampdoria-Atalanta
1-3
4-4-2
22 Oct
Sampdoria-Spezia
2-1
4-4-1-1
17 Oct
Cagliari-Sampdoria
3-1
4-4-2
03 Oct
Sampdoria-Udinese
3-3
4-4-2
26 Sep
Juventus-Sampdoria
3-2
4-4-2
23 Sep
Sampdoria-Napoli
0-4
4-4-2
19 Sep
Empoli-Sampdoria
0-3
4-4-2
12 Sep
Sampdoria-Inter
2-2
4-2-3-1
29 Aug
Sassuolo-Sampdoria
0-0
4-4-2
23 Aug
Sampdoria-Milan
0-1

Sampdoria has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (12 times or 75.00%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (12 times), 3-1-4-2 (once), 4-3-3 (once), 4-4-1-1 (once) and 4-2-3-1 (once).

Roberto D\’Aversa is expected to play against Genoa with the following players: E. Audero Mulyadi, T. Augello, O. Colley, A. Ferrari, B. Bereszyński, V. Verre, A. Ekdal, M. Thorsby, A. Candreva, F. Quagliarella and F. Caputo.

If this will be the line-up, the average age of Sampdoria would be 29.64.

M. Ihattaren, R. Vieira Nan, M. Damsgaard and E. Torregrossa will definitely miss the match.