Juventus – Sampdoria Prediction & Picks (15.04.2018)

Juventus and Sampdoria meet at Juventus Stadium, in a match for the 32nd round of Serie A. In the last direct match for this edition of the league, on 19-11-2017, Sampdoria won at home by (3-2 ). The history of direct matches played in this stadium is favorable to the home team, which in the last 4 matches won 3 and tied 1. Indeed, the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium, in 26-10- 2016, for Serie A, Juventus won by (4-1). M. Mandžukić (4 ‘), G. Chiellini (9’ e 87 ‘) and M. Pjanić (65’) scored the goals of the match, for Juventus, and P. Schick (57 ‘), for Sampdoria. The condition home / away deserves particular attention, because despite this being a match between 1st and 8th of the league table, it is really a match between the 1st classified in home matches and the 14th as a visitor.

Juventus:

After 26 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, the home team is currently in the 1 st position, with 81 points won. In the last match, they have won in an away match against Benevento by (2-4), after in the previous match they have won (3-1) at home, against Milan. This is a team that usually gets more positive results in away matches than at home, since they have won 41 points in away matches and 40 at their stadium, with 37 goals scored and 13 conceded in away matches, against 37 goals scored and 5 conceded at home. The team comes to this match after a win away with Real Madrid by (1-3).

For this competition, he does not lose in his stadium 10 games ago. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 1-0 (6 out of 15 matches). The defense has been strong and has only had goals in 2 of the last 10 matches, and their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. This is a team that usually scores many times first: opened the scoring in 25 of its last 31 games for Serie A, of these 25 came to the break in advantage in 18 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘in 23 In 31 matches in the competition, they suffered the first goal 4 times, but got the comeback in 3.

Juventus come to this unmotivated match, after being eliminated from the Champions League, however, won a victory in the second leg, away from home, by 1-3. In the Italian championship, he continues in the leadership, with 81 points, with 4 points of advantage over Napoli. Throughout the season coach Massimiliano Allegri has alternated the tactical system between 4-3-3 and 4-4-2, however, the offensive reference is always the Argentine Gonzalo Higuain. However, the also Argentine Paulo Dybala is the best score of Juventus, with 21 goals scored in the championship. For this game the coach can not count on Barzagli and De Sciglio, both injured.

Sampdoria:

The away team is currently in the 8 th position of the league, with 48 points won, after 14 wins, 6 draws and 11 losses. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Atalanta, by (1-2). In the last match, they tied at home against Genoa by (0-0). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since they have won 15 points in away matches and 33 at their stadium, with 19 goals scored and 29 conceded in away matches, against 31 goals scored and 17 conceded at home. For the championship, Sampdoria won 10 points out of 30 possible points, after 3 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses in the last 10 home matches. The team has conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, so it has not presented great defensive solidity, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 11 of the last 15 matches for this competition have ended with Over 2,5 goals. In 31 matches in this competition, they have only won 2-for-9 matches in which they have conceded the first goal.

The Sampdoria comes to this day with a draw at home against Genoa, totaling in this way the second consecutive game without winning the Italian championship. In this game against the powerful Juventus, coach Marco Giampaolo must opt ​​for a more cautious strategy, benefiting the defensive organization and counterattacks: Caprari will be the main weapon in this type of transition. On the other hand, Fabio Qualiarella is the best scorer of Sampdoria, with 18 goals scored. For this game, the visiting coach can not count on Murru and Ricardo Álvarez, both for injury, in addition to Bereszynski, who is suspended.