Our prediction for this Serie A match:
All eyes will be on Stadio Luigi Ferraris when Sampdoria and Sassuolo take on each other in the Serie A round 24. La Samp failed to win the previous four home fixtures in the national championship, and it is no wonder the bookies see them as underdogs in Sunday’s clash. Midfielder Albin Ekdal is sidelined through suspension, while both Yoshida and Damsgaard remain in the recovery room. Midfielder Kristoffer Askildsen is a major doubt, and he will be assessed ahead of the kick-off.
The Neroverdi, on the other hand, played out a 1-1 draw with Torino before the international break. Anyhow, the share of spoils is on the cards in Genoa as Sassuolo and Sampdoria seem to be evenly matched. Rogerio is banned for the visitors, while influential attacking midfielder Djuricic is a major doubt. In the first half of the season the two teams played out a goalless draw.
Highlighted Player (Antonio Candreva):
Antonio Candreva is an Italian football player born on 28th of February 1987 in Rome. Candreva played in the youth academy of Udinese where he made his debut in season 2007/2008.
After playing for Livorno, Juventus, Parma, Cesena he transferred to Lazio Roma, which didn’t pay any transfer fee. Cendreva plays for the Italian national team as well where he made his debut in November 2009. Candreva didn’t play for the Italian team during the EURO 2012 but did during the World Cup 2014 in Brazil.
Candreva is a 181cm right-footed midfielder that is known for being multifunctional in the pitch. Because Candreva played for lots of clubs he is known for being very mature and having a great vision in the game. Candreva scored the most amount of goals in his career in the season 2013/2014. The only prize Candreva won was the Coppa Italia in 2012/2013 with Lazio Roma. Candreva’s nickname is Il Timido.
Highlighted Team (Sassuolo):
US Sassuolo Calcio is an Italian football club from Sassuolo, state Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region. In the season 2012/2013 Sassuolo managed to promote to the Serie A before playing in the Serie B for four seasons. Sassuolo was founded in 1922 and is known for being one of the smaller teams in the Serie A.
Sassuolo hosts its home games in the Stadio Citta del Tricolore which holds a capacity for approximately 21 000 spectators. Sassuolo is also known as i Neroverdi and plays at home in black and green. The biggest achievements in the club history were in 2007/2008 where the club won the Serie C1 and in season 2012/2013 were Sassuolo won the Serie B as well.
Known players in the club history are Andrea Poli, Antonio Floro Flores, Simone Zaga and Reto Ziegler.