Our prediction for this Serie A match:
Empoli
Match Time & Date:
22/12/2018
09:00 AM
Prediction: 0-0
Sampdoria
Buoyed by a 2-0 win over Parma, Sampdoria will be looking to give fans yet another reason for celebration when they take on Empoli at Stadio Carlo Castellani on Matchday 17. Fabio Quagliarella is not getting any older and all eyes will be on the experienced attacker when the two teams face each other in the commune of Florence. La Samp have been showing signs of improvement of late, but they continue with their habit of producing splendid performances at home, while struggling on the travels. The Azzurri, on the other hand, suffered a 3-1 loss to Fiorentina in the local derby at the weekend and, no doubt, they would be happy with one point from Saturday’s football match against Sampdoria. A close encounter is on the cards and, taking everything into account, we predict that the two teams are going to share the spoils at Stadio Carlo Castellani.
Empoli vs Sampdoria H2H
Empoli
58%
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Position
33%
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Sampdoria
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Empoli vs Sampdoria H2H
EMP
58%
Curent Form
Position
vs
Position
33%
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SAM
Last 6 Matches
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Last 6 Matches
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Avg Goals/Match
Highlighted Player (Levan Mchedlidze):
Levan Mchedlidze is a Georgian international who plays for Empoli as a forward. Mchedlidze played for Dila Gori in the 2005/2006 season and in 2007 he moved to Italy. The Georgian attacker signed a contract with Empoli in July, 2007 and he has been playing for the Azzurri ever since.
However, it has to be noted that he was sent on loan to Palermo on 30 August, 2008, playing 11 league games for the Rosanero. Mchedlidze has only three caps for Georgia U21, but he played five games for the senior team in Euro 2016 qualifiers. On 3 June, 2016, he made his 27 appearance for Georgia, in a 5-1 loss to Romania in a friendly match.
The Empoli striker scored his first ever goal for the Georgian national team in a 2-0 win over Scotland on 17 October, 2007. Mchedlidze open the scoring after 16 minutes, but he was replaced by Kvakhadze in the second half of the match.
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.
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