Sampdoria vs Roma Betting Tips

Sampdoria return home after a disappointing 2-0 defeat at Torino this weekend. Still, it’s been another bright start to a season for Sampdoria after they lost personnel over the summer. The set-up seems reliable at this club and they’ve shown an improved ability to score goals this season with nine in four games. It’s worth noting that five of those goals came in the opening weekend match-up against Carpi.

They were typically a rigid defensive football team during the Serie A season last year. They’ll probably still adopt a more cautious approach with Roma visited, but they’ve added a counter-attacking edge to their structure and it’s a definite positive.

They’ve beaten Juventus and drawn with Barcelona, but Roma somehow squandered a great chance to assert themselves in Serie A at the weekend when they needed a late equaliser to earn one point at home against Sassuolo.

They face a similar opponent on Wednesday night, a team that makes the most of what they’ve got and it’ll be interesting to see how what sort of line-up is utilised.

Three Reasons for Betting Tips

1. Roma bounce back

They’re a good team, they’ve played quite a bit of football of late, but we expect them to take a more measured approach to this match-up and to attack Sampdoria in a controlled way.

2. Sampdoria are a little fragile defensively

There’s still a slight feeling on our part that Sampdoria will get exposed against some of the better teams defensively, it’s arguably what happened against Torino. This isn’t necessarily a team with the experience and ability to resist for long periods of time.

3. Roma’s slight slip has improved odds

The fragility that they displayed against Sassuolo has perhaps just slightly increased the number on a Roma win, which is something to jump on, we think.