In a weekend match on Saturday Sep 17th, in week 7, Sampdoria will travel to La Spezia to battle Spezia in a meeting of these two Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, Spezia recorded a 0-1 loss against Napoli. Giacomo Raspadori struck first for Napoli in the 89th minute on a feed from Gianluca Gaetano, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Spezia couldn’t muster any offence and Napoli ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while sampdoria is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Milan. Junior Messias scored the first goal for Milan in the 6th minute, then Filip Đuričić tied it up for Sampdoria in the 57th minute on a feed from Tommaso Augello. Sampdoria looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 6 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Sampdoria is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Manolo Gabbiadini and Francesco Caputo each only have 1 goal in their last five. Spezia’s most prolific scorer has been Bastoni. The Italian midfielder has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches.