In this 5th week match, on Sunday Sep 4th, Hellas Verona will host Sampdoria at Stadio Marc’antonio Bentegodi in a meeting of these two evenly matched Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, which is great football weather. Hellas Verona sits at 16th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Empoli. Baldanzi scored the first goal for Empoli in the 26th minute, then tied it up for Hellas Verona in the 69th minute on a feed from Josh Doig earning them at least the one point. Hellas Verona looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10, while in their last match, 17th placed Sampdoria, recorded a 1-1 draw against Lazio. Ciro Immobile struck first for Lazio in the 21st minute on a feed from Sergej Milinković-Savić, then Manolo Gabbiadini got the equalizer for Sampdoria in the 2nd minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Tomás Rincón squeezing out at least the one point for Sampdoria. Sampdoria looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 2 of their last 10.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Sampdoria won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Sampdoria is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Abdelhamid Sabiri and Manolo Gabbiadini each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Both Kevin Lasagna and Thomas Henry have been the hottest scorers for Hellas Verona in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each.