Week 35 brings us a match on Apr 30th where Sampdoria plays host to Genoa in a meeting of these two evenly matched Serie A teams in the ever popular Genova derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, a perfect day for football. Sampdoria is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Hellas Verona. Francesco Caputo scored the first goal for Sampdoria in the 44th minute, then Gianluca Caprari tied it up for Hellas Verona in the 78th minute earning them at least the one point. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 18th placed Genoa, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Cagliari. Milan Badelj scored the first goal for Genoa in the 89th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Cagliari couldn’t muster any offence and Genoa ran away with the shutout win. Genoa is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
Sampdoria and Genoa last played eachother at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris on the 10th of December. Sampdoria took the match by a score of 3 to 1. Manolo Gabbiadini struck first for Sampdoria in the 7th minute on a feed from Antonio Candreva, then Francesco Caputo added another in the 49th minute.
Genoa hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Manolo Portanova and Patric, and they each have 1 goal.