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Sampdoria vs Fiorentina Prediction & Betting tips
Fiorentina and Sampdoria finished eighth and tenth respectively last year, only three points apart. Last season, Sampdoria won both league matches, but Fiorentina won in the cup.
Sampdoria:
Sampdoria left a lot of fixed values this summer, including Lucas Torreira, Duvan Zapata, Emiliano Viviano, Ivan Strinic and Matias Silvestre. Dennis Praet also seems to want to leave, while it is very important for Sampdoria to keep him. Only Omar Colley (Genk) and talent Ronaldo Vieira (Leeds) were achieved, the selection does not seem complete yet while the season is about to start. Some transference rumors sound like the arrival of Joao Mario (Inter), but Betis seems to have his preference at the moment. More concretely, it seems to be the hire of Tammy Abraham van Chelsea, who last season made eight goals and gave five assists at Swansea.
In the Coppa Italia Sampdoria had trouble with third division Viterbese last weekend. Eventually it was substitute Jakub Jankto who made the only goal fifteen minutes before time. Chances were created in this match by Sampdoria, but there were also many opportunities given away by the defense in which Colley immediately started in the base.
Fiorentina:
Fiorentina finished eighth last season, it was three points short for European football. Compared to that team, a number of significant changes have been implemented this summer. That is how Nikola Kalinic, Bruno Gaspar and Milan Badelj left. On the other hand is the arrival of German Pezzella (Real Betis) and the 19-year-old goalie talent Alban Lafont (Toulouse). In addition, Marko Pjaca from Juventus and Kevin Mirallas from Everton are hired by the club from Florence. Because also great talents such as Chiesa and Milenkovic have remained, the team seems at least as strong as last year.
However, in the preparation, the team did not excel yet. Heracles Almelo (2-0) was won, tied to Dusseldorf (1-1), but lost a lot at the first real test against Schalke (0-3). Although coach Stefano Pioli prefers Kevin Diks in the preparation, he chose Milenkovic as a back, but in addition to that, acquisitions Pjaca and Mirallas did not play yet. Fiorentina was defensively very deep and did not finish the goal after half an hour. It then got some grip on the game, but lost it again after the seventieth minute when several invaders such as Pjaca were brought. Although this match does not end well in terms of score, there seems to be a strong team that can achieve European football this season.
Sampdoria vs Fiorentina head to head matches
21.01.18 SA Sampdoria Fiorentina 3 : 1
13.12.17 COP Fiorentina Sampdoria 3 : 2
27.08.17 SA Fiorentina Sampdoria 1 : 2
09.04.17 SA Sampdoria Fiorentina 2 : 2
06.11.16 SA Fiorentina Sampdoria 1 : 1