Genoa and Udinese will face on Saturday the 24th of February at 8:45 pm in the 26th week of the Serie A. The match will be staged in Genova at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris. The appointed referee is Francesco Fourneau.
Genoa sits in the 12th place in the standings with 30 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Napoli in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won 7 times, draw 9 times, and lost 9 times.
Udinese occupies the 14th position in the standings with 23 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Cagliari in its last match in the Serie A. To date, it has won 3 times, draw 14 times, and lost 8 times.
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 (17 times or 68.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (17 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 Udinese with the following players: Josep Martínez, Koni De Winter, Mattia Bani, Johan Vásquez, Aarón Martín, Milan Badelj, Morten Frendrup, Junior Messias, Stefano Sabelli and Albert Guðmundsson.
Granting that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Genoa would be 28.10.
There are doubts about the presence of Mateo Retegui.
Alan Matturro will definitely miss the match.
Udinese
Udinese has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up during the season (14 times or 56.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (14 times) and 3-5-1-1 (11 times).
Gabriele Cioffi is expected to play against Genoa with the following players: Maduka Okoye, Thomas Kristensen, Lautaro Giannetti, Nehuén Pérez, Jordan Zemura, Lazar Samardžić, Sandi Lovrić, Walace, Kingsley Ehizibue, Florian Thauvin and Lorenzo Lucca.
In case that the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Udinese would be 26.18.
Gabriele Cioffi will probably not be able to employ Hassane Kamara because of injury.
Jaka Bijol, Enzo Ebosse, Roberto Pereyra and Gerard Deulofeu will definitely miss the match.
