Serie A: Fiorentina vs. Sampdoria Betting Preview, Odds, Prediction

Fiorentina and Sampdoria open the third round of the Italian Serie A this Friday night. The hosts want to forget an undeserved defeat in Milan against Inter, and a win here would be a perfect cure for that. Meanwhile, Sampdoria began this campaign very badly, with two losses, the latter being pretty worrying, at home against Benevento. They now have to be aware of another failure, cause starting the season with three losses could put them in a dangerous situation.

Preview

Fiorentina (-125) suffered a frustrating loss on the road against Inter, partially because of their mistakes, but also due to some decisions of the referees. That is at least what they say. But still, Viola had a good and strong performance at Meazza, against a team that is at least seven times more expensive than they are.

After the first round and a win at home against Torino, 1-0, their fans could be content, but only if they keep the record at home perfect and defeat the guests from Genoa. It is time for this club to get back on the Europan scene, which is apparently the management’s goal for this year – reaching the Europa League spot. If they play like in the opening two rounds, that is a pretty realistic target.

Sampdoria (+550) is not in a good place. If it was expected from them to lose against Juventus in the first game of the year, a defeat versus Benevento at home wasn’t planned. The guests who earned a promotion this year outplayed the more famous opponent at its own turf, managing to come back from a two-goal deficit,

That is exactly what presented caused the pain among ‘Doria’s fans. Their favorites were up 2-0 after 18 minutes, experiencing a collapse in the last 18 minutes, allowing two goals. Even though the season is still young, errors like these are not acceptable. 

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Erick Pulgar is the only one in Fiorentina who won’t be eligible to play this match, as he currently spends time in quarantine. 

On the other side, Balde Diao Keita is out for Sampdoria.

Head to Head Matches

Viola has four straight matches in which they haven’t lost against Sampdoria. During the previous year, they beat this opponent twice. Here at Artemio Franki, it was 2-1 for them, while the second game of the season ended with ‘Doria suffering a 1-5 defeat.

When talking about the efficiency, the last 10 h2h games between these two clubs saw both teams to score, and seven went above 2.5 goals, which is pretty rare for Italian football. Though, we need to mention that times change and that this league slowly becomes one of the more efficient in Europe.

Prediction

Fiorentina is in good shape, much better than Sampdoria. The guests allowed three goals in both of their matches so far, and are looking a bit pale, especially in the middle, where they allow the opponents to impose their own style of play. 

Therefore, we are suggesting to bet on Fiorentina. The odds on their victory are -175.