Milan and Sampdoria will play on Sunday the 13th of February at 12:30 pm in the 25th week of the Serie A. The match is going to take place in Milano at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. The encounter will be officiated by Daniele Chiffi.
Milan sits in the 3rd place in the league with 52 points. It comes from a 1-2 win against Inter in its last match in the Serie A. Until now, it has won 16 times, draw 4 times, and lost 4 times.
Sampdoria occupies the 16th place in the league with 23 points. It comes from a 4-0 win against Sassuolo in its last match in the Serie A. Thus far, it has won 6 times, draw 5 times, and lost 13 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Milan
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (24 times).
Stefano Pioli is expected to play against Sampdoria with the following players: M. Maignan, P. Kalulu Kyatengwa, A. Romagnoli, F. Tomori, D. Calabria, F. Kessié, S. Tonali, R. Conceição Leão, B. Abdelkader Diaz, A. Saelemaekers and O. Giroud.
If the line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Milan would be 25.45.
F. Ballo Touré, S. Thorup Kjær and Z. Ibrahimović will definitely miss the match.
Stefano Pioli will not be able to have the presence of T. Hernández who is suspended.
Sampdoria
Sampdoria has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (16 times or 66.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (16 times), 4-3-1-2 (3 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times), 3-1-4-2 (once), 4-3-3 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Marco Giampaolo is expected to play against Milan with the following players: T. Farabegoli, W. Falcone, I. Saio, N. Murru, A. Ferrari, O. Colley, B. Bereszyński, A. Candreva, M. Thorsby, V. Supriaha and F. Caputo.
Granting that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Sampdoria would be 27.64.
M. Yoshida, M. Damsgaard, M. Gabbiadini and F. Quagliarella will definitely miss the match.