Our prediction for this Serie B match:
All eyes will be on Stadio Luigi Ferraris when Sampdoria and Brescia lock horns in the Serie B derby on Matchday 12. Following back-to-back wins over Cesena and Mantova, la Samp shared the spoils with Cittadella at the weekend and you should know that they are eyeing their third consecutive clean sheet in the Italian second tier. Midfielder Ronaldo Vieira should be the only absentee in the home team.
Le Rondinelle, on the other hand, failed to win the previous four league matches. As Brescia are not regarded as good travellers, we predict that the hosts are going to pick up all three points from Sunday’s clash. Both Giacomo Olzer and Massimo Bertagnoli are out of contention with injuries for the visiting team. In their last meeting at the venue the two sides played out a 1-1 draw, but home win should be considered this time out as Sampdoria have been in a much better form of late than Brescia.
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.