Our prediction for this Serie A match:
AS Roma
Match Time & Date:
22/12/2021
18:30
Prediction: 2-1
Sampdoria
Roma will look to build on back-to-back wins over Spezia and Atalanta when they take on Sampdoria in the Serie A round 19. The Giallorossi impressed in the 4-1 triumph over the Orobici, with the team keeping their Champions League hopes alive. The capital club aim to give fans yet another reason for celebration, and they are likely to go all guns blazing at La Samp.
All Spinazzola, Pellegrini, and El Shaarawy are sidelined with injuries, while Tammy Abraham should continue to lead the line for the hosts after scoring a brace against Atalanta. Sampdoria, on the other hand, dropped two points in a 1-1 draw with Venezia, and given their anything but brilliant away record, we believe that there is a big value in betting on Jose Mourinho’s charges. Both Damsgaard and Torregrossa are sidelined with injuries, but there are no suspended players in the away team ahead of the trip to Rome.
Highlighted Player (Rui Patricio):
Sporting Lisbon and Portugal national team goalkeeper Rui Patricio is a one-club man. He was reportedly close to signing with Serie A giants Inter Milan during the 2008 of-season, but he remained in his club where he will most likely hang up his boots when the time comes. The 28-year-old shot stopper spent most of his career with the Lions making his debut with the first-team at only 18 years of age.
Rui Patricio went on to appear in more than 350 official games for the Portugal greats and remains the first-choice keeper for his club and country. Having gone through all the youth selections with the national team, Rui Patricio was given his first senior cap in 2010 after Paulo Bento’s appointment.
Rui Patricio represented his national team at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and three European Championships. The 28-year-old was the mainstay in Portugal’s historic Euro 2016 title in France.
Highlighted Team (Sampdoria):
Sampdoria is an Italian football club from Genoa which is currently playing in the highest Italian football division: the Serie A. The club colours of Sampdoria are blue and white and is known under the nickname Blucerchiati. Sampdoria host it’s home games in the Stadio Luigi Ferraris which is located in Genua. Interesting detail is that their biggest city rival Genoa is playing their home games in Stadio Luigi Ferraris as well.
In the past Sampdoria was playing in the Serie B and Serie A on and off. After the big successes in the end of the eighties the club became a stable team in the Serie A. Sampdoria managed to win the Scudetto once in 1991, the Coppa Italia 4 times in 1985, 1988, 1989 and 1994 and the Europe Cup II in 1990.
There are a lot of important players in football history that played for Sampdoria such as: Seedorf, Gullit, Mancini, Poli, Vieri, Zenga, Falcone, Karembeu, Vialli, Klinsmann and Veron.
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