H2H: Sampdoria vs Bologna – Prediction (Serie A

H2H: Sampdoria vs Bologna – Comparison.

SA veteran Fabio Quagliarella has scored in four of his last six Sampdoria appearances, and bagged four goals from 13 league starts vs Bologna. With four goals and three assists, Roberto Soriano has contributed to seven of Bologna’s 11 SA goals so far, two of which were first-half match openers. Ranieri has won four of his five prior meetings with opposite number Mihajlović (W4, L1) – four games saw just a single-goal margin.

Sampdoria Insights.

Claudio Ranieri’s Sampdoria had a five-game unbeaten run in all competitions abruptly ended last time out (W4, D1, L1), and whilst they’ve lost each of their last three H2Hs with Bologna, they have not recorded four straight losses in this fixture since 1961/63. In another boost, they have beaten no side more at home since 2003/04 than Bologna (W9, D2, L1). Sampdoria recorded a run of ten straight home league games without a draw ahead of their most recent stalemate here vs Genoa (W4, D1, L6). The last time they recorded consecutive home league draws was a run of three ending in November 2019.

Bologna Insights.

Visiting Bologna have now failed to keep a clean sheet in 40 consecutive Serie A (SA) games, which is the third-longest such streak in any of the ‘big-five’ European leagues, and two more such games will match Bordeaux’s record of 42 ending in 1960. Notably, 30 of those 40 games also saw both teams score. Coach Siniša Mihajlović lives in hope of ending Bologna’s leaky run here, given that his side on the day has kept clean sheets in four of 11 H2Hs with Sampdoria (W5, D4, L2). They may have to do so again to get anything here, given that Bologna have scored just one away goal so far. At the other end, four of their five conceded away goals have come beyond HT.