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This Sunday’s match of the 20th round of Italian Serie A is clash between two teams positioned in the upper half of table, where six-placed Sampdoria has one match fewer and has two points more than ninth-positioned Fiorentina. The guests from Florence are in a bit better shape lately and they won Sampdoria at home 3-2 in the Italian Cup recently. In that way they revenge to the team from Genoa for defeat in Florence 2-1 suffered in the league last autumn.

Sampdoria

On the other hand their match played in Genoa last year was draw 2-2 and consequently many hope that many goals could be scored at the Luigi Ferraris stadium on Sunday. However, Sampdoria fans believe that the time has come for home victory over Fiorentina, especially as this season their team plays much better at home than away, which is why Sampdoria occupies relatively high sixth place in the table.

True, after six consecutive home wins Sampdoria managed to defeat in last three home matches only SPAL, while it lost to Lazio and Sassuolo, so it should allow itself a luxury to make mistake now against Fiorentiny, which is one of its main competitors in the race for European competitions. Regarding the team that will play on Sunday, only suspended defender Sala is going to skip it, while recovered Linetty should replace experienced Barret in the midfield.

Probable lineups Sampdoria: Viviano – Bereszynski, Silvestre, Ferrari, Strinic – Linetty, Torreira, Praet – Ramirez – Quagliarella, Zapata

AC Fiorentina

Fiorentina comes to Genoa after eight-game unbeaten streak in the league, while in the same period this team lost only in the Italian Cup to Lazio away 1-0. However, out of those eight league matches Fiorentina won just two and drew even six of them, so it still lags two points behind teams that occupy European positions. Right because of that the club management announced offensive play in Genoa, especially as they want to revenge to Sampdoria for defeat suffered last autumn.

True, experienced coach Piolo warns that their opponents are one of most inhospitable home teams in the league, which is on top of everything their direct competitor in the race for European competitions. In recent matches Piolo very rarely made changes in the starting line-up but now he is forced to make several as stopper Astori and midfielder Veretout cannot play due to accumulated yellow cards, and their replacements should be Vitor Hugo and Eysseric.

Probable lineups AC Fiorentina: Sportiello – Laurini, Pezzella, Vitor Hugo, Biraghi – Benassi, Badelj, Eysseric – Chiesa, Simeone, Thereau

Verdict:

The guests from Florence are in a bit better shape at the moment but we should bear in mind that Sampdoria has won seven home matches this season, which is why we have decided to give it a slight advantage in this match.

Pick: Asian handicap 0 Sampdoria 2.22 - 122/100 @1XBet