Our prediction for this Serie B match:
Struggling Italian powerhouse Sampdoria will look to record their first win of the season when they welcome Bari to their Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris on Saturday afternoon. Andrea Pirlo is under big pressure following back-to-back defeats to Reggiana and Salernitana, but this match could be the turning point for La Samp. A man to watch in the home team will be experienced striker Massimo Coda, who has already found his goal-scoring touch, while defender Nikolas Ioannou has yet to serves his ban.
The Biancorossi, on the other hand, made a slow start to the season as well, with the team losing to both Juve Stabia and Modena, while sharing the spoils with Sassuolo. As Sampdoria are a real force to be reckoned with at home, we predict that Bari are going to Apulia with their hand empty. Moreno Longo has a full squad to choose from for Saturday’s encounter.
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.