Our prediction for this Serie B match:
Sparkles will be flying when Bari and Sampdoria, the two old rivals, face each other at Stadio San Nicola in the Serie B round 30. The Biancorossi have been struggling to find their form of late, with the team losing three of their last four league matches and, as a result, their Serie B status seems to be in great danger. While there are no suspended players in the home team, both Ilias Koutsoupias and Jeremy Menez remain in the recovery room.
La Samp, on the other hand, came from behind to beat Ascoli 2-1 in their last league match, with the team moving closer to the playoffs berth. Given Bari’s poor form in March, we predict that Andrea Pirlo’s troops are going to give fans yet another reason to celebrate this weekend. All Leonardo Benedetti, Cristiano Piccini, and Alex Ferrari are injured for the visiting team.
Highlighted Player (Fabio Borini):
Fabio Borini is an Italian football player who was born on 29 March, 1991. Borini plays as a striker, but he is capable of playing as a winger as well. The Italian footballer began his professional career at Chelsea, but he made no more than four appearances for the capital club.
On 9 July 2012 Fabio Borini completed a transfer to Liverpool, but he had a pretty disappointing start to his career at Anfield, scoring just two goals in 25 appearances for the club. The Italian striker spent the 2013/2014 season on loan at Sunderland and he scored seven goals in 32 appearances for the Stadium of Light outfit. As a result, he signed a permanent deal with the Black Cats in August 2015.
Speaking of his international career, Borini made his Italy debut on 26 February, 2012 in a friendly with USA. He made Italy Euro 2012 squad as well, but he did not come off the bench at the tournament finals.
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.