Sampdoria vs Monza prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2022-10-01 13:00.
Sampdoria have made a disastrous start to the new campaign, picking up just two points from their opening seven matches. Pressure is now starting to mount on manager Marco Giampaolo, and if reports are to be believed, then he could lose his job with another defeat here. In their Serie A (SA) history, the Blucerchiati have always had at least four points on the board by gameweek eight, so there’s some unwanted history on the line here.
With all this for context, Giampaolo will most likely be pleased to see Monza as Sampdoria’s next opponent. The hosts have avoided defeat in each of their last seven competitive home games against them (W4, D3), though the last came back in 2001. To continue that run, Sampdoria will need to provide more in attack, as they´ve scored more than a single goal in just one of their last nine SA home matches (W2, D2, L5).
It’s not been easy for Monza either, who are just two points better off than their bottom-of-the-table hosts (W1, D1, L5). Although new to the league, the club’s hierarchy felt a change was needed, so out went manager Giovanni Stroppa earlier this month and reserve manager Raffaele Palladino was promoted in his place. His impact has been almost instantaneous as Monza picked up four points in their final two games before the international break, with their 1-0 win over Juventus last time out proving the result of the round.
Palladino’s task of continuing that good form was made slightly tougher over the break with the news that marquee summer signing Andrea Ranocchia opted to terminate his contract by mutual consent. The defender picked up a serious injury in his first appearance for the club in the second game of the season against Napoli, and his missing presence would have been a big contributor to Monza’s joint league record of 14 goals conceded ahead of this gameweek.
Players to watch: Building a reputation as a hot head, Sampdoria’s Abdelhamid Sabiri had committed the joint highest number of fouls heading into the weekend (24), while Monza forward Gianluca Caprari used to don the blue of Sampdoria and boasts five career goals against his former side.
Hot stat: Monzo’s Palladino could become the first manager since 2005 to win his first two SA games in charge with a side coming from Serie B.