There’s a whole host of Serie A matches on Sunday afternoon and Sampdoria host Chievo at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris in a top half of the table clash.
Sampdoria have struggled in the bottom half of the table in the past few seasons and only once since their return to Serie in 2012/13 have the finished higher than 10th place. They will be hoping to improve on that record this season but need to win games like this if they are to finish higher. Chievo have also struggled to finish in the top half of Serie A in recent years and only once have they finished above 10th in the past 9 seasons.
Serie A Stadio San Paolo, Naples – 29th Sunday October – 14:00 UK Time
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Draw Best Odd of: 13/5 at Ladbrokes |
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Sampdoria
Chievo VeronaSampdoria Form
Sampdoria had a tricky away match in mid-week at Inter Milan, who held Napoli to a 0-0 draw last weekend. Despite going 3-0 down in the game, Sampdoria continued to press the Inter Milan defence and score two late goals to cause some nervousness inside the San Siro. There wasn’t enough time to complete a comeback but there was enough about their performance to suggest Sampdoria could finish inside the top half this season. At home, Sampdoria have won all 5 of their games, with 4 in Serie A and one in the Coppa Italia. The home league wins have come against Benevento, AC Milan, Atalanta and Crotone, with the latter an excellent 5-0 victory. Sampdoria have won by 2 or more goals in their last 3 Serie A home matches.
Chievo Form
Chievo were in good form going into their mid-week home match with AC Milan and with the Rossoneri under pressure following some disappointing results, were expected to give them a good test. However, Chievo lost the match 4-1, which was a poor result given their form going into the game and they must bounce back quickly if they want to maintain their place inside the top half of the table. Prior to the defeat against AC Milan, Chievo were on a 6-match unbeaten run and enjoyed wins against Cagliari, Fiorentina and Hellas Verona in the derby match. Away from home in Serie A, Chievo have lost 1 of their last 5 which was at defending champions Juventus.
Team News
Sampdoria are without the injured goalkeeper Emiliano Viviano but he is their only concern going into this game. Marco Giampaolo will need to decide whether to stick with the same starting XI from mid-week or bring in some fresh faces. Chievo travel to Genoa without the suspended Perparim Hetemaj and Nicola Rigoni is expected to take his place in the team. Manuel Pucciarelli is expected to start the match in attack along with Roberto Inglese.
Top Betting Tips
Chievo have had a good start to the season but Sampdoria have looked that little bit better and have been tremendous at home, which is what swings this match in their favour. Sampdoria are 4/5 with Ladbrokes to win this game. Sampdoria have been scoring plenty of goals in home games and have comfortably defeated AC Milan, Atalanta and Crotone. Therefore, they will be confident of recording another good win in this match and you can get 4/1 with Ladbrokes for Sampdoria to win the match by a 2-goal margin. Experienced striker Fabio Quagliarella is Sampdoria’s top scorer this season and has scored a goal in his last 2 games. The Italian is 4/1 with Ladbrokes to open the scoring.