Napoli and Sampdoria are going to face on Sunday the 9th of January at 4:30 pm in the 21st week of the Serie A. The match is going to be staged in Napoli at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona (Napoli). The referee will be Marco Di Bello.
Napoli occupies the 3rd position in the league with 40 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Juventus in its last match in the Serie A. Until now, it has won 12 times, draw 3 times, and lost 4 times.
Sampdoria is in the 15th place in the standings with 20 points. It comes from a 1-2 loss against Cagliari in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won 5 times, draw 5 times, and lost 10 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Napoli
Napoli has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 57.89%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (11 times), 4-3-3 (7 times) and 3-4-3 (once).
Luciano Spalletti is expected to play against Sampdoria with the following players: D. Ospina Ramírez, F. Ghoulam, J. Nunes Jesus, A. Rrahmani, G. Di Lorenzo, D. Demme, S. Lobotka, L. Insigne, P. Zieliński, M. Politano and D. Mertens.
If the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Napoli would be 30.45.
A. Meret, K. Koulibaly, K. Malcuit, M. Silva Duarte, H. Lozano Bahena, A. Ounas, F. Ruiz Peña, A. Zambo Anguissa and V. Osimhen will definitely miss the match.
Sampdoria
Sampdoria has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (15 times or 75.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (15 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 Napoli with the following players: E. Audero Mulyadi, N. Murru, A. Ferrari, J. Chabot, R. Drăgușin, K. Askildsen, M. Thorsby, A. Ekdal, B. Bereszyński, M. Gabbiadini and F. Caputo.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Sampdoria would be 28.10.
W. Falcone, T. Augello, O. Colley, M. Yoshida, M. Ihattaren, V. Verre and M. Damsgaard will definitely miss the match.
Roberto D\’Aversa will not be able to have the presence of A. Candreva who is suspended.
