Roma and Sampdoria will play on Wednesday the 22nd of December at 6:30 pm in the 19th week of the Serie A. The match is going to take place in Roma at the Stadio Olimpico.
Roma occupies the 5th place in the standings with 31 points. It comes from a 1-4 win against Atalanta in its last match in the Serie A. To date, it has won 10 times, drawn once, and lost 7 times.
Sampdoria sits in the 15th place in the table with 19 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Venezia in its last match in the Serie A. Thus far, it has won 5 times, draw 4 times, and lost 9 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Roma
Roma has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 61.11%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (11 times), 3-1-4-2 (4 times), 3-5-2 (2 times) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho is expected to play against Sampdoria with the following players: R. dos Santos Patrício, C. Smalling, R. Ibañez da Silva, G. Mancini, M. Viña Susperreguy, H. Mkhitaryan, B. Cristante, J. Veretout, R. Karsdorp, K. Bakumo-Abraham and N. Zaniolo.
If the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Roma would be 26.82.
L. Spinazzola, S. El Shaarawy, L. Pellegrini and B. Reynolds will definitely miss the match.
José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho will not be able to have the presence of F. Afena-Gyan who is suspended.
Sampdoria
Sampdoria has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (13 times or 72.22%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (13 times), 4-3-1-2 (once), 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 Roma with the following players: E. Audero Mulyadi, T. Augello, O. Colley, M. Yoshida, B. Bereszyński, A. Perruchet Silva, A. Ekdal, A. Candreva, M. Gabbiadini, M. Thorsby and F. Caputo.
If the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Sampdoria would be 29.91.
M. Ihattaren, R. Vieira Nan, M. Damsgaard and E. Torregrossa will definitely miss the match.
