Sampdoria and Torino are going to clash on Saturday the 15th of January at 3:00 pm in the 22nd 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 Luca Massimi.

Sampdoria occupies the 15th place in the league with 20 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Napoli in its last match in the Serie A. As of now, it has won 5 times, draw 5 times, and lost 11 times.​​

Torino occupies the 9th position in the standings with 28 points. It comes from a 4-0 win against Fiorentina in its last match in the Serie A. Up to now, it has won 8 times, draw 4 times, and lost 8 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 (16 times or 76.19%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (16 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 Torino with the following players: W. Falcone, T. Augello, R. Drăgușin, A. Ferrari, K. Askildsen, M. Thorsby, A. Ekdal, A. Candreva, M. Gabbiadini and F. Caputo.

Granting that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Sampdoria would be 29.33.

There are doubts about the presence of B. Bereszyński.

Roberto D\’Aversa will probably not be able to employ V. Verre and F. Quagliarella because of injury.

E. Audero Mulyadi, O. Colley, M. Yoshida, M. Ihattaren and M. Damsgaard will definitely miss the match.

Roberto D\’Aversa will not be able to have the presence of J. Chabot who is suspended​.

Torino​

Torino has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (17 times or 85.00%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (17 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times) and 3-4-3 (once).

Ivan Juric is expected to play against Sampdoria with the following players: E. Berisha, L. Djidji, R. Rodríguez Araya, G. Bremer Silva Nascimento, M. Vojvoda, T. Pobega, S. Lukić, W. Singo, J. Brekalo and A. Sanabria Ayala.

Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Torino would be 26.60.

There are doubts about the presence of D. Praet.

Ivan Juric will probably not be able to employ V. Milinković Savić and C. Ansaldi because of injury.

T. Olaoluwa Aina, S. Edera and A. Belotti will definitely miss the match.