Sampdoria will take on Ascoli in the round 1/16 of Coppa italia. The match will take place at Stadio Luigi Ferri (Genoa) on Thursday, 20 October.
Samantha have already changed their coaches for this season. Once again, the club proved that it’s not a waste to say “You cannot enter the same stream twice.” Giampaolo and this team were able to climb in European competition at one time. The tasks are now more manageable – but not enough to fly out of Serie A. It worked out well last season, and a 15th place was achieved. After the summer holidays, they suffered 6 losses and a few draws. Then, after Monza’s debut, 0-3, they were forced to resign. Stankovic arrived in Genoa and gave the result in Genoa in the form 1-1 with Bologna. However, against Roma, Stankovic failed to succeed as expected. The team lost Monday to Mourinho’s pragmatic “wolves”, who opened the scoring in the 9th minute of the penalty spot, and then kept the score at a meager 1-0. After a strong start,
Ascoli suffered a serious slowdown. The White-and-Blacks are known for their occasional promotion to Serie A. Then, there were financial and sports failures that led to bankruptcy. The team finished 6th in the last Serie B. The new season had a great start with 8 points in the 4 first rounds. In August Ascoli beat Venezia 3-2 to win the cup. The team lost to Perugia, and then Parma. It was a 1-1 match with Benevento. However, they lost at home to Modena, the newcomer to the division, 1-2. Only with Bari did it win in the final round. Despite these 2-0 wins, the team is still only 11th in Serie B standings.
It has been 10 years since the last meeting between the teams, during the Serie B 2011/2012. Sampdoria won the match 2-1. Genoa was tied. Sampdoria isn’t up to the cup at the moment, which is a positive note. Stankovic must win in a different place. We dare to guess that Genoa’s hosts will face the middle peasants from Serie B with a handicap equal to “-1 goal.”
Prediction: Sampdoria will win the match with -1.0 handicap
