Our prediction for this Serie B match:
Cosenza will be aiming to build on a 3-1 win over Lecco when they take on Sampdoria in the Serie B round 26. The Rossoblu have been producing fine display in the Italian second tier of late and they are surely capable of making life difficult for La Samp in front of home fans. Keep in mind, though, that defender Michael Venturi serves a one-game ban due to the accumulation of yellow cards.
Andrea Pirlo’s men, on the other hand, failed to win the previous three league matches. Given Cosenza’s fine form in the Italian second tier, we do not believe that the visitors are going to grab more than one point form Friday’s encounter. All Ferrari, Borini, and Pedrola are sidelined with injuries, but there are no suspended players in the visiting team ahead of the trip to Calabria.
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.