Sampdoria take on the visitors Benevento at “Stadio Luigi Ferraris” in the starting matchday of the Italian Serie A of 2017/2018 season. The game will be played in Genoa on Sunday, August 20th.
Last season Sampdoria settled on the 10th place in the Serie A table, having gained 48 points with 49-55 goal difference. During the summer break “I Blucerchiati” have sold their three leaders for the total sum of 52.2 million EUR while have signed only Gaston Ramirez and Dawid Kownacki instead which means the squad became weaker. The team recorded three wins and three losses in six summer clashes, showing inconsistent football.
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Benevento are the debutant of the Italian strongest football division. Last season “Stregoni” performed in the Serie B where they occupied only the fifth place but thanks to their successful play in the Play Offs they managed to promote to the elite division. This summer the visiting side have enforced its roster by engaging free agents and rented footballers, therefore, their current state of things is a whole mystery. “Stregoni” made a horrible start in the new season by having been thrashed 0:4 by Perugia in the Coppa Italia.
Sampdoria and Benevento have met two times and both times in the Coppa Italia: in 2006 and 2013. “I Blucerchiati” have won both head-to-heads with the same 2:0 scoreline. Despite the fact the hosts have become weaker this summer, their class is still higher than the one of the visitors who have signed not the best players during the summer break plus the home-field factor is on Sampdoria’s side.
Prediction for the match: Sampdoria to win.
