SPAL hosts Sampdoria in round 11 of Italian Serie A. The match will be played on Monday, November 4th at Stadio Paolo Mazza (Ferrara)
SPAL takes 19th place in the standings with seven points. A weak game in attack, together with bad actions in the defense, expectedly sent SPAL to the end of the standings. Speaking of the attack, we can say that SPAL scored only two goals in the last five rounds. Andrea Petagna has already scored three times, but his efforts are not enough to cope with all alone. Last season, Petagni scored 16 goals. In the match with Juventus in Turin, the expected defeat (0:2) happened. But Juve could not score the second goal for a long time, which can be added to the plus. The only match in which there was no goal conceded was a duel with Parma (1-0). Andrea Petagna scored the winning goal. An away meeting with Cagliari turned into another defeat (0:2). But in some miraculous way, a draw was saved in the game with Napoli (1:1). No matter how the Neapolitans tried to score the victory ball that evening, they were not destined. Away game is the main problem of the team. Five away matches - five defeats. The fifth happened at the San Siro from Milan (0: 1). Suso scored a beautiful free-kick.
Sampdoria is in the 20th position and has five points. Fans are waiting for the rebirth of the team. The last line is not about Sampdoria. The club management replaced the coach, and now Claudio Ranieri is at the helm, and certain positive aspects are visible. Last season, Sampdoria scored 60 goals - this was the fifth result in the league. And Fabio Cuagliarella was the top scorer, having scored 26 goals. But this season is a completely different story. Six goals in ten rounds - only Udinese scored less. And Quagliarella does not have its former shape. After the defeats to Inter (1: 3) and Verona (0: 2), the club was led by Ranieri. The Italian coach immediately pleased the fans of the club with a draw (0-0) with Roma. Even one point in a match against the Romans was akin to victory. Offensively, a draw was lost in the game with Bologna (1:2). The opponent scored the winning ball near the end of the meeting. And Sampdoria was already lucky in a duel with Lecce. Gaston Ramirez scored after the assist of Emiliano Rigoni in the 92nd minute, thus obtaining a draw (1:1). If you evaluate the squad, it is quite combat-ready Quagliarella, Gabbiadini, Rigoni, and Ramirez are in the attack. A fairly confident middle line in the face of Ekdal, Bertolacci. Ranieri is the person who can assemble the team from these names.
The meetings of the two outsiders are always interesting in that the battles in them always turn out to be fierce because it is important for each of the opponents to score maximum points. Truth be told, it is hard to say that Sampdoria is an outsider. Even after ten rounds, it’s impossible to get used to this state of affairs. With the arrival of Claudio Ranieri, improvements have been noticeable. Sampdoria is playing better from match to match, which cannot be said about SPAL. And we believe that Sampdoria will be close to winning this match. A zero handicap for the visitors is a great bet on this event.
Prediction for the match: Sampdoria to win with 0.0 handicap
