On Monday night, Sampdoria hosts Juventus at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris as the visitors look to build on an impressive opening weekend result.
Marc Giampaolo’s team kicked off the new Serie A campaign with a 2-0 home defeat by Atalanta. Things don’t get any easier for the boys from Genoa either, as they face a potentially resurgent Juventus.
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The opening day defeat just continued Samp’s poor league form from last season, as the home side has now suffered defeat in three of their previous four games in the Italian top-flight.
Defensive weaknesses have been a key factor in that poor league form, as Sampdoria has now conceded at least two goals in three of their last four league matches.
Sampdoria’s league form at the Luigi Ferraris has been inconsistent, to say the least, as they have won four and lost six of their last ten home matches in Serie A.
The Bianconeri opened the new Serie A campaign with a 3-0 home win over Sassuolo. The win was much-needed confirmation that Juventus are moving in the right direction after an unconvincing end to pre-season and last season.
In fact, Max Allegri’s team lost two of their previous three matches in Serie A last season.
The summer signing of Bremer should improve their defensive record, as the clean sheet against Atalanta ended a run of three straight games of conceding two or more goals for the Bianconeri in Serie A.
Juventus had a mixed away record towards the end of the last campaign, winning four and losing two of their final six away games of the season.
Forebet predicts that Juventus will record a second straight league win in a high-scoring encounter to condemn Samp to another fruitless outing.