Genoa and Udinese are going to face on Saturday the 22nd of January at 3:00 pm in the 23rd week of the Serie A. The match will be played in Genova at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris. The appointed referee is Daniele Doveri.
Genoa is in the 19th position in the table with 12 points. It comes from a 6-0 loss against Fiorentina in its last match in the Serie A. To date, it has won once, draw 9 times, and lost 12 times.
Udinese sits in the 14th place in the league with 23 points. It comes from a 2-0 loss against Juventus in its last match in the Serie A. As of now, it has won 5 times, draw 8 times, and lost 8 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Genoa
Genoa has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (13 times or 59.09%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (13 times), 4-2-3-1 (3 times), 4-3-1-2 (2 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times), 4-1-4-1 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Andriy Shevchenko is expected to play against Udinese with the following players: S. Sirigu, A. Cambiaso, J. Vásquez Ibarra, Z. Vanheusden, S. Hefti, P. Galdames Millán, M. Badelj, S. Sturaro, M. Portanova, K. Yeboah and M. Destro.
Suppose that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Genoa would be 26.55.
Andriy Shevchenko will probably not be able to employ N. Maksimović because of injury.
P. Ghiglione, H. Azevedo Júnior, D. Criscito, I. Radovanović, A. Touré, F. Bianchi, Y. Kallon and N. Rovella will definitely miss the match.
Udinese
Udinese has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (10 times or 47.62%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (10 times), 3-4-2-1 (4 times), 4-4-2 (3 times), 5-4-1 (2 times) and 3-5-1-1 (2 times).
Gabriele Cioffi is expected to play against Genoa with the following players: M. Silvestri, B. Nuytinck, R. Nascimiento Franca, N. Pérez, I. Udogie, T. Arslan, W. Souza Silva, J. Makengo, B. Soppy, I. Pussetto and G. Deulofeu Lázaro.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Udinese would be 26.27.
Gabriele Cioffi will probably not be able to employ N. Molina Lucero because of injury.
J. Larsen and R. Pereyra will definitely miss the match.
