Sampdoria and Cagliari are going to clash on Thursday the 6th of January at 12:30 pm in the 20th week of the Serie A. The match is going to be played in Genova at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris. The encounter will be officiated by Giacomo Camplone.
Sampdoria sits in the 15th place in the table with 20 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Roma in its last match in the Serie A. Thus far, it has won 5 times, draw 5 times, and lost 9 times.
Cagliari sits in 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. To date, it has won once, draw 7 times, and lost 11 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 (14 times or 73.68%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (14 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 Cagliari with the following players: N. Murru, J. Chabot, M. Yoshida, B. Bereszyński, A. Candreva, M. Thorsby, M. Gabbiadini and F. Caputo.
In case that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Sampdoria would be 30.38.
There are doubts about the presence of E. Audero Mulyadi and A. Ekdal.
W. Falcone, T. Augello, O. Colley, M. Ihattaren, V. Verre, R. Vieira Nan, M. Damsgaard and E. Torregrossa will definitely miss the match.
Roberto D\’Aversa will not be able to have the presence of K. Askildsen who is suspended.
Cagliari
Cagliari has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 57.89%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (11 times), 4-4-2 (3 times), 5-3-2 (2 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times) and 3-4-3 (once).
Walter Mazzarri is expected to play against Sampdoria with the following players: A. Cragno, C. Lykogiannis, L. Ceppitelli, A. Carboni, G. Zappa, R. Bellanova, R. Marin, A. Grassi, A. Deiola, M. Rog and L. Pavoletti.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Cagliari would be 27.00.
J. Cáceres Silva, D. Godín Leal, S. Walukiewicz, R. Ladinetti, N. Nández Acosta, K. Strootman and K. Baldé Diao will definitely miss the match.
Walter Mazzarri will not be able to have the presence of A. Cerri who is suspended.