Our prediction for this Serie A match:
Wednesday’s football game at Stadio Olimpico di Torino pits together Torino and Sampdoria, the two old rivals. Il Toro aim to bounce back from a 2-1 loss to Bologna, and it seems as if they will not have a better chance than this to get back on course. Pietro Pellegri limped off with injury at the weekend, with Yann Karamoh likely to step up. Both Antonio Sanabria and Ola Aina remain on the sidelines for the hosts, who defeated Milan in their last home fixture.
Midfielder Karol Linetty is back from suspension. Dejan Stankovic’s troops, on the other hand, are desperate to escape the relegation zone. Sampdoria, though, are not regarded as good travellers, which is the main reason why we are going to put our money on Ivan Juric’s troops. As for the away side, midfielder Harry Winks has yet to recover from an ankle problem.
Highlighted Player (Etrit Berisha):
Etrit Berisha is an Albanian goalkeeper born on 10 March 1989 in Prishtina, and he has become an important player for the Albania national team over the years. After starting his youth career in his native country, Berisha joined Swedish side as a youngster and he quickly managed to prove his worth on senior level, making 90 league appearances and even scoring 3 goals from the penalty spot.
The impressive displays in Swedish Allsvenskan earned him a lucrative move to Lazio in the summer of 2013, and he has since been vying with Federico Marchetti for a starting berth at Stadio Olimpico, making almost 40 league appearances during the first three years at the club. Berisha has also performed well for the Biancocelesti in Coppa Italia and Europa League, while helping Albania qualify for their first ever European Championship finals.
The talented goalkeeper spent every minute on the pitch during team’s successful qualifying campaign, making sure his name will be written in the Albania national team history books.
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.