Sampdoria and Empoli are going to face on Saturday the 19th of February at 3:00 pm in the 26th week of the Serie A. The match is going to be staged in Genova at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris. The encounter will be officiated by Antonio Rapuano.

Sampdoria occupies 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. So far, it has won 6 times, draw 5 times, and lost 14 times.​​

Empoli occupies the 11th position in the table with 31 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Cagliari in its last match in the Serie A. Until now, 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​

Line - Ups​
4-1-4-1
22 May
Inter-Sampdoria
3-0
4-1-4-1
16 May
Sampdoria-Fiorentina
4-1
4-1-4-1
07 May
Lazio-Sampdoria
2-0
4-1-4-1
30 Apr
Sampdoria-Genoa
1-0
4-1-4-1
23 Apr
Hellas Verona-Sampdoria
1-1
4-3-1-2
16 Apr
Sampdoria-Salernitana
1-2
4-1-3-2
11 Apr
Bologna-Sampdoria
2-0
4-1-3-2
03 Apr
Sampdoria-Roma
0-1
4-3-1-2
20 Mar
Venezia-Sampdoria
0-2
4-3-1-2
12 Mar
Sampdoria-Juventus
1-3
4-3-1-2
05 Mar
Udinese-Sampdoria
2-1
3-4-1-2
28 Feb
Atalanta-Sampdoria
4-0
4-3-1-2
19 Feb
Sampdoria-Empoli
2-0
4-4-1-1
13 Feb
Milan-Sampdoria
1-0
4-3-1-2
06 Feb
Sampdoria-Sassuolo
4-0
4-3-1-2
23 Jan
Spezia-Sampdoria
1-0
4-2-3-1
15 Jan
Sampdoria-Torino
1-2
4-4-2
09 Jan
Napoli-Sampdoria
1-0
4-4-2
06 Jan
Sampdoria-Cagliari
1-2
4-4-2
22 Dec
Roma-Sampdoria
1-1
4-3-1-2
19 Dec
Sampdoria-Venezia
1-1
4-4-2
10 Dec
Genoa-Sampdoria
1-3
4-4-2
05 Dec
Sampdoria-Lazio
1-3
4-4-2
30 Nov
Fiorentina-Sampdoria
3-1
4-4-2
27 Nov
Sampdoria-Hellas Verona
3-1
4-4-2
21 Nov
Salernitana-Sampdoria
0-2
4-4-2
07 Nov
Sampdoria-Bologna
1-2
3-1-4-2
30 Oct
Torino-Sampdoria
3-0
4-3-3
27 Oct
Sampdoria-Atalanta
1-3
4-4-2
22 Oct
Sampdoria-Spezia
2-1
4-4-1-1
17 Oct
Cagliari-Sampdoria
3-1
4-4-2
03 Oct
Sampdoria-Udinese
3-3
4-4-2
26 Sep
Juventus-Sampdoria
3-2
4-4-2
23 Sep
Sampdoria-Napoli
0-4
4-4-2
19 Sep
Empoli-Sampdoria
0-3
4-4-2
12 Sep
Sampdoria-Inter
2-2
4-2-3-1
29 Aug
Sassuolo-Sampdoria
0-0
4-4-2
23 Aug
Sampdoria-Milan
0-1

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, O. Colley, G. Magnani, B. Bereszyński, A. Candreva, M. Thorsby, F. Quagliarella and F. Caputo.

In case that the 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​

Line - Ups​
4-3-1-2
21 May
Atalanta-Empoli
0-1
4-3-1-2
14 May
Empoli-Salernitana
1-1
4-3-1-2
06 May
Inter-Empoli
4-2
4-3-1-2
01 May
Empoli-Torino
1-3
4-3-1-2
24 Apr
Empoli-Napoli
3-2
4-3-1-2
16 Apr
Udinese-Empoli
4-1
4-3-1-2
09 Apr
Empoli-Spezia
0-0
4-3-1-2
03 Apr
Fiorentina-Empoli
1-0
4-3-2-1
20 Mar
Empoli-Hellas Verona
1-1
4-3-2-1
12 Mar
Milan-Empoli
1-0
4-3-2-1
06 Mar
Genoa-Empoli
0-0
4-3-1-2
26 Feb
Empoli-Juventus
2-3
4-3-1-2
19 Feb
Sampdoria-Empoli
2-0
4-3-1-2
13 Feb
Empoli-Cagliari
1-1
4-3-2-1
06 Feb
Bologna-Empoli
0-0
4-3-2-1
23 Jan
Empoli-Roma
2-4
4-3-2-1
16 Jan
Venezia-Empoli
1-1
4-3-1-2
09 Jan
Empoli-Sassuolo
1-5
4-3-1-2
06 Jan
Lazio-Empoli
3-3
4-3-1-2
22 Dec
Empoli-Milan
2-4
4-3-1-2
19 Dec
Spezia-Empoli
1-1
4-3-1-2
12 Dec
Napoli-Empoli
0-1
4-3-1-2
06 Dec
Empoli-Udinese
3-1
4-3-1-2
02 Dec
Torino-Empoli
2-2
4-3-1-2
27 Nov
Empoli-Fiorentina
2-1
4-3-1-2
22 Nov
Hellas Verona-Empoli
2-1
4-3-1-2
05 Nov
Empoli-Genoa
2-2
4-3-1-2
31 Oct
Sassuolo-Empoli
1-2
4-3-1-2
27 Oct
Empoli-Inter
0-2
4-3-1-2
23 Oct
Salernitana-Empoli
2-4
4-3-3
17 Oct
Empoli-Atalanta
1-4
4-3-1-2
03 Oct
Roma-Empoli
2-0
4-3-1-2
26 Sep
Empoli-Bologna
4-2
4-3-1-2
22 Sep
Cagliari-Empoli
0-2
4-3-1-2
19 Sep
Empoli-Sampdoria
0-3
4-1-3-2
11 Sep
Empoli-Venezia
1-2
4-3-1-2
28 Aug
Juventus-Empoli
0-1
4-3-1-2
21 Aug
Empoli-Lazio
1-3

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, S. Żurkowski, K. Asllani, F. Bandinelli, N. Bajrami, L. Henderson and A. Pinamonti.

If this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Empoli would be 24.64.

Aurelio Andreazzoli will probably not be able to employ S. Luperto because of injury.

V. Biagini, R. Marchizza, N. Haas and E. Ekong will definitely miss the match.