Sampdoria and Roma will face off on Sunday the 3rd of April at 6:00 pm in the 31st week of the Serie A. The match will be played in Genova at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris. The chosen referee is Gianluca Manganiello.
Sampdoria occupies the 15th position in the league with 29 points. It comes from a 0-2 win against Venezia in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won 8 times, draw 5 times, and lost 17 times.
Roma is in the 6th place in the league with 51 points. It comes from a 3-0 win against Lazio in its last match in the Serie A. Thus far, it has won 15 times, draw 6 times, and lost 9 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 53.33%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (16 times), 4-3-1-2 (7 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 Roma with the following players: E. Audero Mulyadi, I. Saio, N. Murru, A. Ferrari, O. Colley, B. Bereszyński, A. Ekdal, A. Candreva, M. Thorsby, A. Sabiri and F. Caputo.
Granting that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Sampdoria would be 28.73.
Marco Giampaolo will probably not be able to employ M. Gabbiadini because of injury.
M. Damsgaard will definitely miss the match.
Roma
Roma has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (13 times or 43.33%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (13 times), 3-4-1-2 (6 times), 3-1-4-2 (6 times), 3-5-2 (3 times) and 3-4-2-1 (2 times).
José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho is expected to play against Sampdoria with the following players: R. dos Santos Patrício, C. Smalling, G. Mancini, R. Ibañez da Silva, N. Zalewski, B. Cristante, E. Bove, R. Karsdorp, L. Pellegrini, H. Mkhitaryan and K. Bakumo-Abraham.
Presuming that this will be the line-up, the average age of Roma would be 26.82.
José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho will probably not be able to employ N. Zaniolo because of injury.
L. Spinazzola and J. Veretout will definitely miss the match.
