Sampdoria vs Fiorentina prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2022-11-05 14:00.
Sampdoria’s new era under Dejan Stanković hasn’t brought much in the way of revolution, with the Blucerchiati, as expected, following up their maiden league win of 2022/23 with a 3-0 defeat away to Inter Milan. They remain in the relegation zone, but with two home games in their final three assignments of the year, can still escape from it before the World Cup break.
Still winless in Serie A (SA) home action this term (D2, L4), Sampdoria will perhaps point to the fact only one of their prior league opponents at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium started this month inside the bottom-half. And with 13th-placed Fiorentina visiting after a long midweek European trip to Latvia, the hosts have every reason to believe they can secure a third straight home H2H victory.
Such beliefs are reinforced by Fiorentina’s return of just one clean sheet in their previous five league games to immediately follow a UEFA Europa Conference League (UECL) fixture (W2, D1, L2). The elation of a 3-0 victory against Rigas FS was offset by the disappointment of finishing second in Europa League Conference Group A, and being denied direct passage to the Round of 16, perhaps firing Fiorentina up as they find themselves well off the pace of SA’s European chasers.
If that doesn’t motivate Vincenzo Italiano’s men, sour memories of a 4-1 drubbing here at the back end of 2021/22 certainly will. That result sent them into a travelling tailspin too, with only a last-ditch 2-1 win at Spezia to end October giving them a first SA away victory this term, while just one top-flight away win ‘to-nil’ since the start of 2021 indicates Fiorentina are heavily reliant on their frontline.
Players to watch: Abdelhamid Sabiri bagged a goal and an assist for Sampdoria in last season’s landslide home win over La Viola. Hoping to spearhead their possible vengeance, Arthur Cabral – also a scorer vs Rigas FS in midweek – is Fiorentina’s most recent SA away match winner, though four of his last six decisive goals have come before the break.
Hot stat: Five of the last six SA H2Hs have seen a half-time leader.