Torino vs Sampdoria Prediction and Preview – 20/09/15
Serie A preview – Torino vs Sampdoria prediction
Torino will be without full-back Danilo Avelar, who went off injured early last weekend at Verona. Giampiero Ventura will also have to make do without Nikola Maksimovic and Alexander Farnerud, who are also injured.
Sampdoria are without the injured trio of Mattia Cassani, Lorenzo De Silvestri and Andrea Coda. However, both Antonio Cassano and Ervin Zukanovic are both available for selection and may play a part from the bench.
Possible Line-ups
Torino: 3-5-2 formation: Padelli; Bovo, Glik, Moretti; Peres, Vives, Acquah, Baselli, Molinaro; Quagliarella, Belotti
Sampdoria: 4-3-1-2 formation: Viviano; Pereira, Silvestre, Moisander, Regini; Ivan, Fernando, Baretto; Soriano; Muriel, Eder
Statistics
- Torino have won 7, drawn 1 and lost 2 of their last 10 matches
- Sampdoria have won 6, drawn 3 and lost 1 of their last 10 matches
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Torino have scored an average of 2.9 goals and conceded an average of 0.9 goals per game
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Sampdoria have scored an average of 2.1 goals and conceded an average of 1.2 goals per game
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 8 of Torino’s previous 10 matches
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 6 of Sampdoria’s previous 10 matches
- Sampdoria are undefeated in 5 Serie A games
Prediction
Both teams have made unbeaten starts to the Serie A season and will be aiming to continue that run with a victory in this match. Torino secured an excellent 3-1 win over Fiorentina in their only home match to date this season and that will give them confidence they can turn over Sampdoria. They also came back from a losing position twice at Verona last week, which shows a determination in the team.
Sampdoria have also been impressive, brushing aside Carpi on the opening day of the season and scoring two late goals to defeat Bologna, also at home. Their real test came away to Napoli, where two goals from Eder was enough to secure a point, having trailed 2-0 at half-time. Sampdoria will be aiming for a repeat of that second half performance in Turin.
Torino and Sampdoria have been finding goals easy to come by this season and the match could easily finish in a high scoring draw.
Tips
Over 2.5 goals at 21/20 – Click here to bet with Bet365
Draw at 13/5 – Click here to bet with Bet365
Draw and Eder to score first at 25/1 – Click here to bet with Bet365
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