Sampdoria take on the visitors Napoli in the round 17 match of Italian Serie A. The match will be played on Sunday, January 8th at Stadio Luigi Ferraris (Genoa).
Sampdoria has become one of the main disappointments of the season. Today’s hosts have long been a pretty tough nut to crack in Italian football. Even once, under Giampaolo, they got into European competition. However, already last season there were extremely mediocre results. But now one can only dream of such a thing. And already without Marko - he was replaced by Dejan Stankovic in the middle of autumn. But the Serb was not able to revive the project either, they went on pause with the 1st victory and 6 points - a terrible result after 15 rounds. It was urgent to add immediately after the resumption of the cycle. And they made the first step in the winter successfully, having won on the road against Sassuolo!
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Napoli were as pleasantly surprised as they were disappointed by their next opponent. Partenopeia successfully relied on Luciano Spalletti. He repeated results on former coaches - Ancelotti and Gattuso - they finished in the top 4. Moreover, for a long time it was possible to breathe in the back of Inter and even Milan. Yes, it was the last success of a number of "senators" led by Insigne. But the updated line-up (we can't help but note how brilliantly started Kvaratskhelia) showed excellent, almost perfect statistics in August-November, leading the standings by a margin. But on January 4, the first defeat happened - Inter won due to the only goal of Dzeko.
Napoli have won all 6 of their last head-to-head matches. This including 4-0 on the road and 1-0 at home last season. It is important for Napoli to show that there was a misfire in the last round, and the progress of Sampdoria should not be overestimated. We bet on the victory of the visitors with a handicap of "-1".
Prediction for the match: Napoli to win with -1.0 handicap.