Genoa and Atalanta are going to take on on Sunday the 11th of February at 6:00 pm in the 24th week of the Serie A. The match is going to be staged in Genova at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris. The chosen referee is Andrea Colombo.
Genoa is in the 11th place in the league with 29 points. It comes from a 0-0 draw against Empoli in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won 7 times, draw 8 times, and lost 8 times.
Atalanta occupies the 4th place in the table with 39 points. It comes from a 3-1 win against Lazio in its last match in the Serie A. Thus far, it has won 12 times, draw 3 times, and lost 7 times.
Atalanta won the last 3 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 23rd of December against Bologna and the score was 1-0.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Genoa
Genoa has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up during the season (15 times or 65.22%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (15 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 4-3-2-1 (2 times), 3-4-2-1 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Alberto Gilardino is expected to play against Atalanta with the following players: Josep Martínez, Alessandro Vogliacco, Mattia Bani, Johan Vásquez, Stefano Sabelli, Ruslan Malinovskyi, Milan Badelj, Morten Frendrup, Djed Spence, Albert Guðmundsson and Mateo Retegui.
Granting that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Genoa would be 27.73.
Alberto Gilardino will probably not be able to employ Junior Messias and David Akpan Ankeye because of injury.
Ridgeciano Haps will definitely miss the match.
Alberto Gilardino will not be able to have the presence of Koni De Winter who is suspended.
Atalanta
Atalanta has mostly adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up during the season (15 times or 68.18%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-1-2 (15 times), 3-4-2-1 (6 times) and 3-5-2 (once).
Gian Piero Gasperini is expected to play against Genoa with the following players: Marco Carnesecchi, Giorgio Scalvini, Sead Kolasinac, Berat Djimsiti , Matteo Ruggeri, Mario Pasalic, Marten de Roon, Emil Holm, Aleksei Miranchuk, Charles De Ketelaere and Gianluca Scamacca.
If the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Atalanta would be 26.55.
Gian Piero Gasperini will probably not be able to employ Michel Ndary Adopo and Teun Koopmeiners because of injury.
Isak Hien, José Luis Palomino and Ademola Lookman will definitely miss the match.
Gian Piero Gasperini will not be able to have the presence of Éderson who is suspended.