Venezia and Sampdoria are going to face on Sunday the 20th of March at 12:30 pm in the 30th week of the Serie A. The match will take place in Venezia at the Stadio Pierluigi Penzo. The chosen referee is Daniele Orsato.
Venezia is in the 19th position in the league with 22 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Lazio in its last match in the Serie A. Thus far, it has won 5 times, draw 7 times, and lost 16 times.
Sampdoria sits in the 16th position in the league with 26 points. It comes from a 1-3 loss against Juventus in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won 7 times, draw 5 times, and lost 17 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Venezia
Venezia has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (10 times or 35.71%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (10 times), 4-3-2-1 (6 times), 4-3-1-2 (5 times), 4-4-2 (4 times), 3-4-1-2 (once), 3-4-2-1 (once) and 3-5-2 (once).
Paolo Zanetti is expected to play against Sampdoria with the following players: N. Mäenpää, R. Haps, M. Caldara, P. Ceccaroni, T. Ebuehi, G. Busio, E. Ampadu, D. Črnigoj, M. Aramu, D. Okereke and T. Henry.
If this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Venezia would be 27.00.
Paolo Zanetti will probably not be able to employ M. Modolo and A. Vacca because of injury.
L. Lezzerini, S. Romero, M. Cuisance and D. Johnsen will definitely miss the match.
Sampdoria
Sampdoria has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (16 times or 55.17%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (16 times), 4-3-1-2 (6 times), 4-4-1-1 (2 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times), 3-4-1-2 (once), 3-1-4-2 (once) and 4-3-3 (once).
Marco Giampaolo is expected to play against Venezia with the following players: T. Farabegoli, W. Falcone, I. Saio, N. Murru, M. Yoshida, B. Bereszyński, M. Thorsby, A. Candreva, F. Caputo and F. Quagliarella.
Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Sampdoria would be 29.70.
There are doubts about the presence of O. Colley.
Marco Giampaolo will probably not be able to employ R. Vieira Nan because of injury.
M. Damsgaard and M. Gabbiadini will definitely miss the match.