Verona vs Sampdoria prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2022-09-03 16:00.
Achieving a fourth consecutive top-half Serie A (SA) finish since earning promotion looks to be a mammoth task already after Hellas Verona’s disappointing start to the 2022/23 season (D2, L3). Losing key players in the passing transfer window didn’t help the cause either, with Verona now enduring their longest winless start to a top-flight campaign since being relegated in 2017/18.
The pressure is mounting on new boss Gabriele Cioffi to register his first win after his worst ever start to a managerial reign and that includes three straight home defeats, forming part of a five-game streak beginning before his appointment. The size of the job on his hands is clear, particularly when you consider that Verona’s five-game losing home run is the longest in their 119-year history!
Not dissimilar to their hosts, Sampdoria are yet to win a league game (D2, L2) and only scored their first goal at the death last time out. It was an important strike though, as Manolo Gabbiadini’s goal earned Sampdoria an unlikely point against Lazio, and now with the eye-catching signing of Tottenham’s Harry Winks, Sampdoria’s midfield could be a rejuvenated force.
These are often happy hunting grounds for Sampdoria, with just one defeat across their last six away H2Hs perhaps inspiring confidence (W3, D2, L1). Manager Marco Giampaolo may have what it takes to keep that run alive after avoiding defeat in all eight of his personal meetings with Verona (W5, D3) – that’s his longest 100% unbeaten rate against any side in his career!
Players to watch: Verona’s Thomas Henry has failed to win on nine of his last ten scoring appearances (D3, L6) including two this season. As for Sampdoria, Gabbiadini ended a run of 456 minutes of SA play without a team goal, with that strike adding to a poor personal record of only one win in his last seven scoring appearances (D3, L3).
Hot stat: The side registering the first goal failed to win four of the last five H2Hs.