Our football match prediction:
Sampdoria
Match Time & Date:
24/01/2018
19:45 GMT
Prediction: 1-1
AS Roma
Sampdoria and Roma face each other in a postponed game at Stadio Communale Luigi Ferraris. La Samp quickly bounced back from a shocking 3-2 loss to Benevento, with the team beating Fiorentina in Genoa on Matchday 20, but they do not want to stop now. Marco Giampaolo’s men have been impressive on home soil so far this term, but they will have a big fish to fry in Wednesday’s football match against Roma. The Romans were on the verge of beating Inter at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza at the weekend, but the Nerazzurri eventually scored a late equalizer and picked up one point from the game. The capital club are eyeing a place in the Champions League and seeing that both Sampdoria and Roma will go for a win in the postponed fixture, we believe that there is a big value in betting on both teams to score.
Highlighted Player (Duvan Zapata):
Duvan Zapata was born in Cali, Colombia on 1 April, 1991. The 186-cm-tall attacker started his youth career at America de Cali, playing for the club between 2004 and 2008. In 2008 he made his debut for the first team and three years later he scored his first hat-trick for the Colombian outfit, in a 3-2 win over Deportivo Pereira. In 2011 he signed a loan deal with Estudiantes and he found the net for the Argentine team on his debut against Belgrano. After scoring 11 goals in 37 appearances for Estudiantes, the Colombian striker joined Napoli in 2013, but he failed to establish himself as a first-choice attacker. On 22 July, 2015 Zapata joined fellow Serie A team Udinese on loan and it has to be noted that he scored eight goals in 24 league appearances for the Zebrette. Duvan Zapata has 5 caps for Colombia U20 team, but he has yet to make his debut for the senior side.
Highlighted Team (AS Roma):
AS Roma are a professional football club based in Rome. Roma were founded by a merger in 1927 and they play in the Italian Serie A. Roma’s fiercest rivals are Lazio and it has to be noted that both capital clubs play their home games at Stadio Olimpico. The two local rivals face each other in the Derby della Capitale, which is considered one of the most exciting derbies in the world of football. The Giallorossi (The Yellow and Reds) have won three Serie A titles (1941/1942, 1982/1983, 2000/2001), while winning nine Coppa Italia trophies. The colour of Roma’s shirts is imperial purple with a golden yellow trim. A number of top-class footballers were part of Roma in the past, but Francesco Totti is undisputedly the club’s biggest legend. “The Prince of Rome” made his 601 appearances for Roma on 14 May, 2016 when the Giallorossi recorded a 3-1 win over Milan at Stadio San Siro.
