Sampdoria take on the visitors Ascoli in the round of 1/16-finals of Coppa Italia. The match will be played on Thursday, October 20th at Stadio Luigi Ferraris (Genoa).
Sampdoria have already changed coaches this season. The club once again showed that it is not in vain that they say that "you cannot enter the same river twice." At one time, relatively recently, Giampaolo with this team was able to climb into European competition. Now the tasks are more modest - just not to fly out of Serie A. Last season it worked out well, a worthy 15th place was taken. But after the summer holidays, they had 6 losses with a couple of draws, and after 0-3 with the debutant, Monza, there was a resignation. Stankovic arrived in Genoa, and immediately gave the result, in the form of 1-1 with Bologna. But against Roma, he did not succeed as expected, the team on Monday lost to the pragmatic “wolves” of Mourinho, who opened the score in the 9th minute from the penalty spot and eventually kept these minimal 1-0.
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Ascoli seriously slowed down after a good start. The White-and-Blacks are remembered for occasional promotions to Serie A. But then there were both sports and financial failures, which led to bankruptcy. Gradually rising, the team ended up in 6th place in the last Serie B. And the new season also had a good start, from 8 points in the first 4 rounds. Then, in August, Ascoli were able to get through in the cup, beating Venezia away 3-2. But gradually the team was noticeably blown away, losing to Perugia and Parma. Yes, it turned out to be reduced to 1-1 clash with Benevento, but after that they lost at home to the newcomer of the division, Modena, 1-2. And only with Bari in the last round it turned out to finally win. However, even after these 2-0, the team remains only 11th in the Serie B standings.
The last time the teams played was already 10 years ago, as part of the Serie B 2011/2012. There, Sampdoria managed to win away 2-1, after which there was a goalless draw in Genoa. On a good note, Sampdoria is not up to the cup right now. But it's time for Stankovic to win in a new place. So we dare to assume that the hosts in Genoa will deal with the middle peasants of Serie B with a handicap of "-1 goal".
Prediction for the match: Sampdoria to win with -1.0 handicap.
