Genoa and Cagliari are going to face off on Sunday the 24th of April at 6:00 pm in the 34th week of the Serie A. The match will be played in Genova at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris. The appointed referee is Paolo Valeri.
Genoa occupies the 18th position in the table with 22 points. It comes from a 2-0 loss against Milan in its last match in the Serie A. Up to now, it has won twice, draw 15 times, and lost 15 times.
Cagliari occupies the 17th place in the league with 28 points. It comes from a 1-0 win against Sassuolo in its last match in the Serie A. To date, it has won 6 times, draw 10 times, and lost 17 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 most used during the season (13 times or 40.63%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (13 times), 4-2-3-1 (10 times), 4-3-1-2 (3 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times), 4-3-2-1 (once), 4-3-3 (once), 4-1-4-1 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Alexander Blessin is expected to play against Cagliari with the following players: S. Sirigu, A. Šemper, J. Vásquez Ibarra, M. Bani, S. Hefti, S. Sturaro, P. Galdames Millán, M. Badelj, M. Portanova, C. Ekuban and R. Piccoli.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Genoa would be 26.91.
R. Calafiori, A. Cambiaso, Z. Vanheusden, N. Rovella and K. Yeboah will definitely miss the match.
Cagliari
Cagliari has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (19 times or 57.58%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (19 times), 3-1-4-2 (3 times), 4-4-2 (3 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times), 5-3-2 (2 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times), 3-5-1-1 (once) and 3-4-3 (once).
Walter Mazzarri is expected to play against Genoa with the following players: A. Cragno, G. Altare, S. Walukiewicz, A. Carboni, A. Grassi, A. Deiola, R. Marin, R. Bellanova, M. Rog, A. Cerri and K. Baldé Diao.
Presuming that this will be the line-up, the average age of Cagliari would be 25.18.
L. Ceppitelli, A. Obert, N. Nández Acosta, K. Strootman and L. Pavoletti will definitely miss the match.
Walter Mazzarri will not be able to have the presence of M. Lovato who is suspended.