Our prediction for this Serie B match:
Buoyed by a thrilling 5-3 win over Cesena, Sampdoria will look to give fans yet another reason to celebrate when they take on Mantova in the Serie B round 10. La Samp looked sharp in front of goal at the weekend and we are positive that they will adopt an attack-minded approach against Mantova. Dutch midfielder Melle Meulensteen should keep his place in the starting XI after scoring a brace against Cesena, while there are no fresh injury worries in the home team.
The Biancorossi, on the other hand, failed to win the previous three league matches. As Mantova have been struggling on the travels this term, especially at the back, we are tempted to put our money on the famous Italian club. Both Davide Bragantini and Francesco Ruocco should be recalled to the starting XI, speaking of the visiting team.
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.