Sampdoria and Cagliari will take on on Thursday the 6th of January at 12:30 pm in the 20th week of the Serie A. The match will take place in Genova at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris. The chosen referee is Giacomo Camplone.
Sampdoria occupies the 15th place in the league with 20 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Roma in its last match in the Serie A. To date, it has won 5 times, draw 5 times, and lost 9 times.
Cagliari sits in the 19th position in the table with 10 points. It comes from a 2-0 loss against Juventus in its last match in the Serie A. Up to now, 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: E. Audero Mulyadi, N. Murru, M. Yoshida, J. Chabot, R. Drăgușin, B. Bereszyński, A. Candreva, A. Ekdal, M. Thorsby, M. Gabbiadini and F. Caputo.
In case that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Sampdoria would be 30.10.
Roberto D\’Aversa will probably not be able to employ R. Vieira Nan because of injury.
W. Falcone, T. Augello, O. Colley, M. Ihattaren, V. Verre and M. Damsgaard 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, A. Carboni, L. Ceppitelli, G. Zappa, R. Bellanova, R. Marin, A. Grassi, A. Deiola, M. Rog and L. Pavoletti.
Presuming that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Cagliari would be 27.00.
Walter Mazzarri will probably not be able to employ R. Ladinetti because of injury.
J. Cáceres Silva, D. Godín Leal, S. Walukiewicz, N. Nández Acosta, K. Strootman, K. Baldé Diao and D. Ceter Valencia will definitely miss the match.
Walter Mazzarri will not be able to have the presence of A. Cerri who is suspended.
