One of Serie A’s this weekend action sees Spezia exchange tackles with Sampdoria at Stadio Alberto Picco. Kick off on 23rd January 2022 at 17:00 EAT.
Spezia is one of the underperforming teams this season in the competition currently in the 15th spot with 22 points after 22 games. However, the hosts are coming off back to back victories in their previous two fixtures and they will be looking to extend their winning streak to three games here.
Spezia heads into this game following 1-2 Serie A triumph over AC Milan in their previous outing. In that match, Spezia managed 39% possession, 10 shots with six of them on target and goals scored by Kevin Agudelo (64′) and Emmanuel Gyasi (96′). AC Milan on the other end got 25 shots on goal with eight of them on target and a goal by Rafael Leão (45′).
Meanwhile, Sampdoria is also struggling and are on a long losing run. The Samps are winless in all their last five games losing in three and drawing in two of them. They are one of the contenders to get relegated at the end of the campaign, and their defense has been a cause for worry for fans right from the start of the campaign.
Sampdoria will be looking to bounce back from the 4-1 Coppa Italia defeat to Juventus in their last fixture. In that match, Sampdoria managed 37% possession, four shots with only one of them on target and a goal scored by Andrea Conti (63′). Juventus got 27 shots with 15 of them on target and goals by Juan Cuadrado (25′), Daniele Rugani (52′), Paulo Dybala (67′) and Álvaro Morata (77′).
Spezia vs Sampdoria head to head
Out of the last six meetings since 2011 Sampdoria has three wins, Spezia two wins and one match ended in a draw.
- Sampdoria 2-1 Spezia 22/10/21
- Sampdoria 2-2 Spezia 12/05/21
- Spezia 2-1 Sampdoria 11/01/21
- Spezia 3-5 Sampdoria 07/08/19
- Spezia 2-1 Sampdoria 08/09/18
Home
- Milan 1-2 Spezia
- Genoa 0-1 Spezia
- Spezia 1-2 Hellas Verona
- Napoli 0-1 Spezia
- Spezia 1-1 Empoli
Away
- Juventus 4-1 Sampdoria
- Sampdoria 1-2 Torino
- Napoli 1-0 Sampdoria
- Sampdoria 1-2 Cagliari
- Roma 1-1 Sampdoria
Spezia team news
Léo Sena and Aurélien Nguiamba won’t be available for Spezia manager Thiago Motta while Ebrima Colley and Giulio Maggiore unavailable due to duty in the AFCON and suspension respectively.
Sampdoria team news
Maya Yoshida, Fabio Quagliarella, Valerio Verre, Emil Audero and Mikkel Damsgaard are sidelined with injuries while Omar Colley on duty in AFCON.
Prediction and odds
We are backing the home team, Spezia are on a run of back-to-back victories and have lost just one of their last five league games after losing four of their five games prior while have lost four consecutive games and are winless in their last six games.
- Spezia win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both team to score
