Read our prediction for Genoa vs Sampdoria below. This preview was written by a sport journalist who is specialised in betting tips and predictions.
Genoa vs Sampdoria Prediction & Betting tips
The Derby della Lanterna is arguably the most beautiful derby in Italy. Sampdoria coach Walter Mazzari showed the importance when he saved five players in 2008 for the UEFA Cup meeting with Standard Liege (3-0 defeat) because this derby of Genoa was scheduled four days later. Which of the two teams can call himself the king of Genoa again for six months?
Genoa:
Davide Ballardini has been at the helm of Genoa since December and since the second week of January this has also been producing the desired results. In the last eight games, Napoli, Crotone, Cagliari and Bologna were won and a draw against Verona, Torino and Atalanta. The only defeat in this list came last weekend, when league-leader Inter reinforced the title aspirations with a simple 3-0 victory. The game was actually already played after one minute as Romelu Lukaku made the 1-0 shortly after kick-off and Genoa had only three chances in the entire game. The Grifone cannot measure up to the absolute top, but the current form must be absolutely enough to stay far away from the danger of degradation.
Sampdoria:
Sampdoria is currently tenth with which the season seems to have already been played. It is not possible to compete for the European tickets and the gap to the relegation zone is considerable (twelve points). In addition, Samp lost the last three duels against top teams without scoring a single goal himself (against Atalanta, Lazio and Juventus), but in the meantime managed to get ten points from four games against teams from the right row. Most impressive was probably the victory over Fiorentina, in which Fio fired most of the shots between the posts but Sampdoria was many times more effective. Keita Balde took care of the 1-0 with his fourth goal of the calendar year and the now 38-year-old Fabio Quagliarella took care of the winning 2-1 in his short substitution.
Genoa vs Sampdoria head to head matches
26.11.20 COP Sampdoria Genoa 1 : 3
01.11.20 SA Sampdoria Genoa 1 : 1
22.07.20 SA Sampdoria Genoa 1 : 2
14.12.19 SA Genoa Sampdoria 0 : 1
14.04.19 SA Sampdoria Genoa 2 : 0
* Our advice is: Both teams to score / YES
* Selection odd for this bet is: 1.80
* This analyis is from our perspective and we highly recommend to inform also yourself about all details that can be decisive in your choise to bet!