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Sampdoria and Roma play in the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris in a match of the 22nd round of Serie A TIM. In the final confrontation between these teams in this competition, on 11-09-2016, Roma won at home by (3-2). At this stage, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which has 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the last 4 games. In fact, the last time they faced in this stadium was 23-09-2015, in a game for Serie A TIM that ended with the victory of Sampdoria by (2-1). The goals of the match were scored by Eder (50 ‘) and K. Manolas (85’ Autogolo) for Sampdoria and Mohamed Salah (69 ‘) for Roma. Although this is a game between 16th and 2nd of the overall standings, it is actually a game between the 11th place in home games and the 3rd as a visitor.
Sampdoria
After 6 wins, 6 draws and 9 losses, the home team is in 16th place, having won 24 points. In the last match, they lost with Atalanta away by (1-0), after in the previous game to have drawn at home, in a game against Empoli, by (0-0). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they conquered 18 points, against only 6 in their games as a visitor. In the last 10 home games for the championship, Sampdoria have won 5, 3 draws and 2 defeats, having won 18 points out of 30. In the matches played in their championship stadium, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 ‘was 0-0, which occurred in 6 of their 10 matches. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 games but his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches in this competition. In 21 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 13 times and only got 2 turns on the scoreboard. In the last 10 home games in this competition there are 1 highlights: scored 6 of his 12 goals in minutes (76’-90 ‘).
Sampdoria has been making a very poor Italian Championship and is among the last placed with a 38% advantage of the points played so far, but it is worth mentioning that it has a good advantage of 14 points for the relegation zone. The team scored 22 goals, being the seventh worst attack in the competition, and had 27 goals, with the tenth defense leaked and these figures show that it is necessary to adjust both the offensive and defensive system to get out of the uncomfortable situation in which it is . Playing in his stadium, as his match on Sunday, Sampdoria has been behaving in a reasonable manner with 60% and averages of 1.20 goals scored and 0.80 goals conceded, which shows that in home games the scores are usually low . In the overall competition, his attack is more efficient in the second half, as 64% of his goals came in the second half. For the difficult confrontation against Roma, coach Marco Giampaolo has as doubt the striker Fabio Quagliarella, but it is probable that the athlete is in the field.
Rome
After 15 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses, the visiting team is in 2nd place, having won 47 points. In the last match, they beat Cagliari at home (1-0), after their previous match had won out in a game against Udinese by (0-1). This is a team affected by the home factor, having achieved 17 points and 30 visitors in their stadium, with 28 goals scored and 7 goals conceded at home, against 14 goals scored and 11 suffered as a visitor. In the championship, Roma have won 16 points out of a possible 30 after 5 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses in their last 10 away games. In his league games as a visitor the most frequent result in the break was 0-1 (5 out of 11 matches). His attack has scored regularly, as he has scored goals in 9 of the last 10 games for this competition. In their away games there is a tendency towards few goals, since 5 of their last 11 games by the competition finished with Less than 1.5 goals. In 21 games for Serie A TIM, he suffered the first goal 5 times but managed to turn the score in 2.
Roma are making a great Italian championship and are among the first placed to take advantage of 75% of the points played so far and it is worth mentioning that it is only 1 point behind the leader Juventus, but the rival has a match less. The team has a great offensive power and scored 42 goals, being the second best attack of the competition, while its defense also presents great solidity and is the second less leaked with 18 goals suffered, which evidences the great balance between the sectors offensive and defensive That allow the team the optimal current campaign.
Prediction: Rome Win @ 1.80