Napoli and Genoa will face on Saturday the 17th of February at 3:00 pm in the 25th week of the Serie A. The match will be played in Napoli at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. The referee will be Juan Luca Sacchi.
Napoli is in the 10th place in the standings with 35 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Milan in its last match in the Serie A. Up to now, it has won 10 times, draw 5 times, and lost 8 times.
Genoa sits in the 12th place in the table with 29 points. It comes from a 1-4 loss against Atalanta in its last match in the Serie A. Until now, it has won 7 times, draw 8 times, and lost 9 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Napoli
Napoli has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up during the season (21 times or 91.30%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (21 times), 3-5-1-1 (once) and 3-4-2-1 (once).
Walter Mazzarri is expected to play against Genoa with the following players: Mário Rui, Amir Rrahmani , Natan, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Stanislav Lobotka, Hamed Junior Traorè, Frank Anguissa, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Matteo Politano and Giovanni Simeone.
Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Napoli would be 28.30.
There are doubts about the presence of Alex Meret.
Victor Osimhen will definitely miss the match.
Walter Mazzarri will not be able to have the presence of Juan Jesus who is suspended.
Genoa
Genoa has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up during the season (16 times or 66.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (16 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 Napoli with the following players: Josep Martínez, Koni De Winter, Johan Vásquez, Mattia Bani, Morten Frendrup, Ruslan Malinovskyi, Milan Badelj, Stefano Sabelli, Junior Messias, Albert Guðmundsson and Mateo Retegui.
Granting that the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Genoa would be 28.18.
Alberto Gilardino will probably not be able to employ Ridgeciano Haps because of injury.
Alan Matturro will definitely miss the match.
