Sassuolo and Genoa are going to take on on Friday the 22nd of December at 6:30 pm in the 17th week of the Serie A. The match is going to be staged in Reggio nell’Emilia at the MAPEI Stadium – Città del Tricolore. The appointed referee is Marco Guida.
Sassuolo occupies the 15th position in the standings with 16 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Udinese in its last match in the Serie A. Thus far, it has won 4 times, draw 4 times, and lost 8 times.
Genoa sits in the 14th place in the standings with 16 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Juventus in its last match in the Serie A. As of now, it has won 4 times, draw 4 times, and lost 8 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Sassuolo
Sassuolo has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up during the season (14 times or 87.50%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (14 times) and 4-3-3 (2 times).
Alessio Dionisi is expected to play against Genoa with the following players: Andrea Consigli, Marcus Pedersen, Gian Marco Ferrari, Martin Erlic, Jeremy Toljan, Matheus Henrique, Daniel Boloca, Armand Laurienté, Kristian Thorstvedt, Domenico Berardi and Andrea Pinamonti.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Sassuolo would be 27.00.
Matías Viña, Mattia Viti, Pedro Obiang, Uroš Račić, Agustín Álvarez and Grégoire Defrel will definitely miss the match.
Genoa
Genoa has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up during the season (11 times or 68.75%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (11 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 4-3-2-1 (2 times) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Alberto Gilardino is expected to play against Sassuolo with the following players: Josep Martínez, Koni De Winter, Radu Drăgușin, Mattia Bani, Johan Vásquez, Stefano Sabelli, Ruslan Malinovskyi, Milan Badelj, Morten Frendrup, Albert Guðmundsson and Caleb Ekuban.
If the line up is confirmed, the average age of Genoa would be 26.64.
Alberto Gilardino will probably not be able to employ Kevin Strootman because of injury.
Junior Messias and Mateo Retegui will definitely miss the match.
