Our prediction for this Serie B match:
Buoyed by back-to-back wins over Lecco and Reggiana, Sampdoria will look to give fans yet another reason to celebrate when they take on FeralpiSalo on Saturday afternoon. La Samp have been showing signs of improvement of late and, no doubt, new boss Andrea Pirlo is capable of bringing glory days back to Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris. A man to keep an eye on in the home team will be talented forward Sebastian Esposito, who has been producing excellent displays of late. Antonio La Gumina misses out through suspension.
FeralpiSalo, on the other hand, did well to put an end to their three-game losing run, with the team beating Cremonese in their last league match. The newcomers, though, struggle on the travels and given Sampdoria’s fine form, home win should be considered. There are no fresh injury concerns in the visiting team ahead of the trip to Genoa.
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.