Our prediction for this Serie B match:
There will be fireworks when Brescia and Sampdoria square off against each other at Stadio Mario Rigamonti. Le Rondinelle head into the match following back-to-back draws with Pisa and Sudtirol, but they need to start winning on a regular basis if they are to return to the Italian top flight. As for the home side, midfielder Giacomo Olzer misses out through suspension, while Mohamed Fares remains in the treatment room.
La Samp, on the other hand, have been showing signs of improvement of late, with the team eyeing their fourth consecutive league win. The visitors have improved offensively and seeing that Brescia are capable of finding the net in front of home fans, we are tempted to bet on both teams to score. The visitors will be without Fabio Borini, Antonio Barreca, and Alex Ferrari in Saturday’s showdown. Both Estanis Pedrola and Lorenzo Malagrida are major doubts.
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.