Sampdoria vs Napoli prediction for Sunday’s Serie A fixture at Stadio Luigi Ferraris in Genoa. Follow on for our free prediction betting tips and preview on this page.
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction One: Napoli To Win – 1.44
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction Two: Under 3 Goals – 1.61
Bookmaker Ratings Prediction Three: Correct Score Group Bet 0-1 or 0-2 or 0-3 – 2.37
Napoli to Win
There is a 75% chance that Napoli will win this game after winning six of their eight away games. Sampdoria meanwhile lost six of their eight home games and drew the other two.
Under 3 Goals
All of Sampdoria’s eight home games produced three or fewer goals. Likewise, 75% of Napoli’s away matches in Serie A ended with under three goals. Three of the last four h2hs also had the same goal outcome.
Correct Score Group Bet 0-1 or 0-2 or 0-3
In five of the last nine games with Sampdoria, Napoli by one of the suggested scores. In addition, Sampdoria lost by one of these scores in eight games, five of them at home.
Sampdoria
Sampdoria returned to winning ways in great fashion as they won their second game of the season after beating Sassuolo 1-2 on Wednesday. The Blucerchiati raised their points tally to nine as they still have a lot of work to do to reach the safe spots in the Serie A table.
Sampdoria showed a significant improvement in terms of picking up points in the last eight rounds. In detail, the Blucerchiati picked up an average of 0.56 points per game. However, that number saw an increase of 57% in the last eight games to 0.88.
Napoli
Napoli suffered their first defeat of the season at the hands of Inter on Wednesday after the World Cup break. The Blues’ lead at the top of the table is now cut down to five points as coach Spaletti wants his team to bounce back quickly against a Sampdoria side who are boosted by their latest win.
Napoli couldn’t handle Inter’s high intensity and aggression as Spaletti’s side failed to break the Nerazzurri defense despite enjoying 63% of ball possession. Napoli have won all of their six games against the bottom six clubs and have beaten Sampdoria in seven straight games.
Napoli are firm favorites to win this game despite their recent loss to Inter. Sampdoria will be happy to keep the scoreline as low as possible. Napoli for the win.
The average number of goals scored by Napoli in Serie A this term is 2.47 goals per game. Sampdoria conceded 1.80 goals per game since the start of the season. With odds of 1.53 at 1XBet, we predict Napoli to score over 1.5 goals in this game.
Despite missing four games through injury, Victor Osimhen managed to score nine goals in 11 games for Napoli in Serie A. The 24-year-old added two assists during the course of the season and has a 7.29 rating as a striker.
Sampdoria’s Quagliarella, Winks, and De Luca are injured while Pussetto is questionable.
Spaletti has a fully fit squad at his disposal which is important in this period of the season.
Sampdoria: Audero; Bereszynski, Murillo, Amione; Leris, Augello, Rincon, Vieira; Verre, Montevago, Gabbiadini;
Napoli: Meret; Di Lorenzo, Kim, Jesus, Rui; Anguissa, Lobotka, Zielinski; Politano, Osimhen, Kvaratshkhelia;
Sunday’s game will be played at Stadio Artemio Franchi in Genoa.
The kickoff for this game is scheduled at 17:00 UTC.
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