Sampdoria and Lazio will lock horns this weekend in another exciting Serie A fixture.
Venue: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Key Statistics
Sampdoria have won just two of their eight home games this season (D2, L4).
They have not kept a clean sheet at home this season.
Lazio have won just one league game away from home since April (D2, L8).
The hosts have conceded 29 goals in the league this season, 17 goals have come away from homes.
Head to head
Lazio have a good record against Sampdoria and have won 21 out of 37 matches played between the two teams. Sampdoria have managed eight victories against Lazio (D8).
Latest Performances in all competitions
Sampdoria: L-W-W-L-L
Lazio: D-L-W-L-W
Sampdoria
Sampdoria will look to get back to winning ways in the league when they welcome struggling Lazio to Genoa this Sunday.
The hosts fell to a 3-1 defeat against Fiorentina in midweek despite opening the scoring. The loss ended a run of two consecutive wins in the league for them.
They will be desperate to bounce back in this fixture to avoid dropping further down the table. Roberto D’Aversa’s side currently sit in 15th place, just five points ahead of their city rivals Genoa.
Despite their poor form and lowly league position, they will fancy their chances of winning this game against a Lazio side struggling to get points away from home.
Possible Sampdoria starting line-ups
Emil Audero; Nicola Murru, Julian Chabot, Maya Yoshida, Bartosz Bereszynski; Valerio Verre, Albin Ekdal, Morten Thorsby, Antonio Candreva; Francesco Caputo, Fabio Quagliarella.
Injured: Mikkel Damsgaard, Fabio Depaoli, Ernesto Torregrossa
Doubtful: None
Suspended: Omar Colley
Lazio
Lazio’s poor start to the league season continued in midweek as they were held to a 4-4 draw with struggling Udinese.
The visitors continue to chase the top six, but currently occupy the ninth place, two points behind Fiorentina in sixth.
Sarri’s side are high on entertainment value though, as their last seven competitive games have averaged a whopping four goals. They have been guilty of conceding late goals this season and have also been undone by a porous defence that has kept just two clean sheets in the league so far.
Their record on the road is even worse as they have won just one away game in 11 tries while their last away clean sheet came in April.
However, they will fancy their chances in this game and will be desperate to avoid another disappointing result.
Possible Lazio starting line-ups
Pepe Reina; Elseid Hysaj, Francesco Acerbi, Luiz Felipe, Manuel Lazzari; Danilo Cataldi, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Luis Alberto; Felipe Anderson, Pedro, Ciro Immobile.
Injured: None
Doubtful: None
Suspended: Patric
Prediction
Sampdoria 1-3 Lazio
