Sampdoria and Empoli will face on Saturday the 19th of February at 3:00 pm in the 26th week of the Serie A. The match will be played in Genova at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris. The encounter will be officiated by Antonio Rapuano.
Sampdoria is in the 16th position in the standings with 23 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Milan in its last match in the Serie A. Until now, it has won 6 times, draw 5 times, and lost 14 times.
Empoli sits in the 11th place in the table with 31 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Cagliari in its last match in the Serie A. Thus far, it has won 8 times, draw 7 times, and lost 10 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Sampdoria
Sampdoria has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (16 times or 64.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (16 times), 4-3-1-2 (3 times), 4-4-1-1 (2 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times), 3-1-4-2 (once) and 4-3-3 (once).
Marco Giampaolo is expected to play against Empoli with the following players: T. Farabegoli, W. Falcone, I. Saio, N. Murru, G. Magnani, O. Colley, B. Bereszyński, A. Candreva, M. Thorsby, F. Quagliarella and F. Caputo.
If the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Sampdoria would be 29.09.
M. Yoshida, K. Askildsen, M. Damsgaard and M. Gabbiadini will definitely miss the match.
Empoli
Empoli has mostly adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up most used during the season (20 times or 80.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-1-2 (20 times), 4-3-2-1 (3 times), 4-3-3 (once) and 4-1-3-2 (once).
Aurelio Andreazzoli is expected to play against Sampdoria with the following players: G. Vicario, F. Parisi, M. Viti, S. Romagnoli, P. Stojanović, K. Asllani, S. Żurkowski, F. Bandinelli, N. Bajrami, L. Henderson and A. Pinamonti.
Presuming that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Empoli would be 24.64.
S. Luperto, R. Marchizza, N. Haas and E. Ekong will definitely miss the match.
