Our prediction for this Coppa Italia match:
Sampdoria
Match Time & Date:
04/12/2018
02:45 PM
Prediction: 2-1
SPAL
A place in the Coppa Italia round 5 will be at stake when Sampdoria and SPAL face each other at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris. Sampdoria did well to crush Bologna 4-1 at the weekend, with the team putting an end to their five-game winless run in the Serie A. Fabio Quagliarella scored a brace against Bologna and all eyes will be on the experienced attacker when Sampdoria take on SPAL in Tuesday’s football game. Gli Spallini, on the other hand, head into the Coppa Italia game following a 2-2 draw with Empoli and you should bear in mind that they failed to win previous five league matches. Considering that Sampdoria regained a much-needed confidence and seeing that they are a real force to be reckoned with at home, we predict that the visitors are going to return home empty-handed from the trip to Genoa.
Highlighted Player (Vid Belec):
Vid Belec is a 192-cm-tall goalkeeper, who was born in Maribor, Slovenia on June 6, 1990. Belec played for his home-town club Maribor at youth level and in 2007 he joined Italian side Internazionale.
However, the Slovenian shot-stopper did not see any game action in the Serie A during his spell at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza and it has to be noted that he played for the likes of Crotone, Olhanense and Konyaspor on loan before joining Carpi in 2015. After making 56 appearances for the Biancorossi in the league, Vid Belec moved to Benevento in July, 2017, signing a three-year deal with the Serie A team.
Belec made his debut for Slovenia national football team on June 7, 2014 in a 2-0 loss to Argentina. The Slovenian goalkeeper managed to keep 13 clean sheets for Benevento in the 2016/2017 Serie B campaign and, no doubt, he helped the club secure promotion to the Italian top flight.
Highlighted Team (SPAL):
SPAL impressed in the 2016/2017 Serie B campaign, with the team finishing the season in top position in the standings, four points clear of second-placed Hellas Verona.
The Biancazzurri returned to the Italian elite division following a 49-year absence and it has to be noted that they finished the 2016/2017 Serie A campaign in 14th place in the table. As a result, they were relegated to the Italian second tier at the end of the season.
The club was founded in 1907 as Circolo Ars et Labor and six years later was renamed as Societa Polisportiva Ars et Labor. After a bankruptcy the club was re-founded in 2005 and they have been competing as SPAl 1907 ever since.
SPAL welcome their rivals at Stadio Paolo Mazza, the venue which was opened in 1928. You should know that the capacity of the stadium is 12.438 Rovigo are regarded as Spal’s fiercest rivals and the two teams face each other in the Derby of Polesine.
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