In this 18th week match, on Sunday Dec 19th, Sampdoria will host Venezia at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris in a meeting of these two evenly matched Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Sampdoria is fresh off their 3-1 win against Genoa. Manolo Gabbiadini struck first for Sampdoria in the 7th minute, then Francesco Caputo added another in the 49th minute. Sampdoria is looking for direction having 4 win and 6 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 16th placed Venezia, recorded a 3-1 win against Ternana. Daan Heymans struck first for Venezia in the 49th minute, then Stefano Pettinari tied it up for Ternana in the 53rd minute. Venezia is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Domen Črnigoj has been the most prolific scorer on Venezia in the last five matches with 2 goals. Sampdoria is fortunate enough to have Manolo Gabbiadini in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals.