Sampdoria vs Genoa Predictions

Sampdoria vs Genoa Match Info

Date: Sunday April 14 2019
Kick-off time: 2.00pm BST
Venue: Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

Sampdoria vs Genoa Head-To-Head Record

Last 3 matches

November 25 2018: Genoa 1-1 Sampdoria

April 7 2018: Sampdoria 0-0 Genoa
November 4 2017: Genoa 0-2 Sampdoria

Total head-to-head league matches played since 1990-91: 33
Sampdoria wins: 13
Genoa wins: 11
Draws: 9

Sampdoria vs Genoa Stats

• Genoa have won only one of their last 10 matches against Sampdoria
• Under 2.5 goals have been scored in seven of those 10 games
• Three goals or fewer have also been scored in 11 of Genoa’s latest 14 matches

Sampdoria vs Genoa Match Preview

Sampdoria could still squeeze into next season’s Europa League with a strong finish to this campaign, but they are no certainties to get the better of their local rivals in this Genoa derby.

Ninth in the table entering the weekend, Sampdoria had a four-point deficit to bridge to the seventh position that could yield European football next term depending upon who lifts the Coppa Italia.

It’s admittedly a bit of a long shot for Marco Giampaolo’s side to earn themselves a crack at the continental competition, but they may as well have a go albeit back-to-back defeats so far this month have hindered their chances quite considerably.

And although Sampdoria are 11 points ahead of their stadium-sharers Genoa in the Serie A table, this will be no easy task because the Rossoblu have been grinding out some good recent results against teams much higher than them in the league.

For instance, over the past couple of months Genoa have beaten Lazio and Juventus at home and only last weekend they played 62 minutes with 10 men and yet still drew 1-1 away to second-placed Napoli.

Keeping things tight at the back is the modus operandi for Cesare Prandelli’s team and if they can do that again here, they could be able to hold their neighbours to a draw.

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Sampdoria vs Genoa Betting Tips

Draw @ 21/10 with Paddy Power
Under 2.5 goals @ 4/5 with bet365