Spezia and Sampdoria will face on Sunday the 23rd of January at 3:00 pm in the 23rd week of the Serie A. The match will take place in La Spezia at the Stadio Alberto Picco.
Spezia is in the 14th place in the standings with 22 points. It comes from a 1-2 win against Milan in its last match in the Serie A. Up to now, it has won 6 times, draw 4 times, and lost 12 times.
Sampdoria sits in the 16th position in the standings with 20 points. It comes from a 1-2 loss against Torino in its last match in the Serie A. To date, it has won 5 times, draw 5 times, and lost 12 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Spezia
Spezia has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (7 times or 31.82%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (7 times), 4-3-3 (5 times), 3-5-2 (3 times), 4-1-4-1 (2 times), 4-4-2 (once), 5-3-2 (once), 3-5-1-1 (once), 3-4-2-1 (once) and 3-4-3 (once).
Thiago Motta is expected to play against Sampdoria with the following players: I. Provedel, A. Reca, D. Nikolaou, M. Erlić, K. Amian Adou, V. Kovalenko, J. Kiwior, S. Bastoni, D. Verde, E. Gyasi and R. Manaj.
If the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Spezia would be 25.45.
E. Colley and L. de Souza Sena will definitely miss the match.
Thiago Motta will not be able to have the presence of G. Maggiore who is suspended.
Sampdoria
Sampdoria has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (16 times or 72.73%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (16 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times), 4-3-1-2 (once), 3-1-4-2 (once), 4-3-3 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Roberto D\’Aversa is expected to play against Spezia with the following players: T. Farabegoli, W. Falcone, J. Chabot, R. Drăgușin, B. Bereszyński, T. Augello, M. Thorsby, A. Candreva, M. Gabbiadini and F. Caputo.
Assuming that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Sampdoria would be 28.78.
There are doubts about the presence of A. Ekdal.
Roberto D\’Aversa will probably not be able to employ F. Quagliarella because of injury.
E. Audero Mulyadi, O. Colley, M. Yoshida, M. Ihattaren, V. Verre and M. Damsgaard will definitely miss the match.
