Roma – Sampdoria

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The resurgent AS Roma takes on struggling Sampdoria in the last Sunday Serie A match and both teams will be desperate for points.

AS Roma seems to be back on track after Luciano Spalletti took over, with the hosts riding a two match winning streak, beating both Frosinone (3-1) and Sassuolo (2-0) with a 2 goal difference. Roma can get within 2 points of the last Champions League position after this round, but they need a victory against Sampdoria in order to achieve that.

The visitors are currently on the 17th place in the Serie A and don`t look good at all, despite making a number of signings and changes during the transfer window. The team looks to have zero cohesion and tactical consistency, posting some horrible stats. First of all, the 2-2 draw against Torino last round was the first point for Sampdoria after 4 consecutive defeats. In this run of 5 matches, Sampdoria conceded no less than 13 goals. On the bright side the offense is working well, Samp scored 13 goals themselves in the last 7 combined games.

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Team news & lineups:

Nainggolan, Strootman, Digne, Torosidis and Falque are out for Roma, but there are also doubts over the fitness of De Rossi, Dzeko and Florenzi. Sampdoria can’t count on De Silvestri, Mesbah, Diakite, Sala and possibly Carbonero.

AS Roma: Szczesny – Maicon, Rudiger, Manolas, Zukanovic – Florenzi, Pjanic, Keita – Salah, Dzeko, Perotti

Sampdoria: Viviano – Cassani, Ranocchia, Moisander, Dodo – Fernando, Barreto – Ivan, Soriano, Correa – Muriel

I was thinking about a Roma win, but I still don`t trust the hosts to be stable enough and the under / over market seems to have more rentability here.

Both teams are scoring freely right now and there should be a lot of chances at both ends. Roma obviously could score 3 by themselves against this horrid Sampdoria defense, but I would not be surprised to see the visitors bang in one or two goals themselves. They have the quality up front, scored an average of 2 goals per game in the last 7 matches and, as I said, Roma is still not stable enough – particularly at the back. With these stats and facts in mind, my tip is over 2,5 goals to be scored. Prediction: AS Roma – Sampdoria 3-1.

Pick: over 2,5 goals
Odds: 1.80 @ 1xBet
Stake: 7
Possible profit: 5.60
Event date: 7 February

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