On Friday night, Sampdoria hosts Sassuolo at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris in a Serie A game that neither team has much to play for in.
This season has been a disaster for Sampdoria in Serie A and the Genoa outfit heads into Friday night’s match already consigned to life in Serie B next season.
Dejan Stankovic’s team has been in genuinely woeful form of late in the Italian top flight, as they head into this encounter on the back of a nine-game winless run, including six defeats and three draws.
A 5-1 hammering at Milan last time out saw Samp concede at least two goals for the fourth time in five matches in the Italian top flight.
Sampdoria’s home form in Serie A has been a significant factor in their relegation, as the Blucerchiati have won just once in the Italian top flight on home soil this season.
The visitors have endured an inconsistent campaign and currently sit in 13th place in the Italian top-flight table, 14 points clear of the drop zone and 16 adrift of Serie A’s European spots.
Like their hosts, Sassuolo’s recent league form has not been great, with Alessio Dionisi’s team winless in their previous four matches in Serie A.
A poor defensive record in Serie A of late has not helped Sassuolo’s chances of picking up results, as they have conceded at least two goals in three of their previous four league matches.
A big part of Sassuolo’s poor recent results has been their poor away form in recent weeks, as the visitors have suffered four straight away defeats, having conceded at least two goals in each of the defeats.
Forebet predicts that Sassuolo will add to Sampdoria’s recent misery by recording a victory in a high-scoring encounter.