Lazio vs Sampdoria Predictions

• Lazio are unbeaten in their last three games, winning two and keeping three clean sheets.
• Sampdoria have lost six of their last eight matches, failing to win in that run.
• The visitors have also failed to score in six of their last eight games, including three of their last four on the road.

Struggling Samp have little hope in Rome

Sampdoria’s preparations for Monday’s trip to the Stadio Olimpico have hardly been ideal. With Dejan Stankovic’s team sat 19^th in Serie A and seemingly destined to slide out of the top flight, Saturday saw the revelation that a pig’s head had been left outside their headquarters in an apparent threat to the club’s board. Upcoming opponents Lazio have a far more harmonious feel after going three matches without losing, and they will be strong favourites in the capital.

On the pitch, things have been dismal for Sampdoria, who have gone eight games without winning, losing six times during that run and failing to net six times. Off it, players have seen wage payments delayed and fan dissatisfaction with owner Massimo Ferrero is reaching boiling point. Stankovic’s men – Serie A’s lowest scorers with just 11 goals in 23 league games this term – have failed to net in three of their last four on the road, and another fruitless trip looks likely.

Indeed, Lazio have kept three successive clean sheets since a 2-0 loss at home to fellow top-four contenders Atalanta, beating CFR Cluj 1-0 on aggregate in the Europa Conference League and seeing off Salernitana 2-0 in Serie A last week. Though Maurizio Sarri’s teams are universally praised for their easy-on-the-eye approach, Lazio also possess a solid streak which makes them genuine Champions League hopefuls, with only Napoli (15) and Juventus (17) conceding fewer than their 19 goals against in Serie A this campaign.

Lazio should be untroubled

Given Lazio’s run of shutouts and Sampdoria’s pitiful attacking record, backing the hosts to win to nil looks the obvious play for Monday’s game, and with an odds-against price available, that bet appears to offer good value.

Meanwhile, Samp have conceded multiple goals in three of their last four games, and with Lazio possessing Serie A’s joint-fourth best attacking record, a 3-0 Biancocelesti win is our correct score tip.

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