Roma will host Sampdoria at their home ground within the round of 16 of the Italian Cup on the upcoming Thursday. The Romans have gained a great shape and demonstrate high quality football, which brings results. La Samp, in its turn, do no shine, but one should not discard the team even despite some poor results.
Roma lost only once within the last five matches of the championship of Italy. The Wolves were defeated by the acting champion of Italy Juventus with the score of 0:1. Apart from this loss, there were victories over Milan, Chievo, Genoa and Udinese. After 20 played rounds, the Wolves have 44 points in the asset and occupy the second place in Serie A tournament table. The Romans have nothing but victories at home.
La Samp did not manage to win even once in the last five matches: there were two draws and three defeats. The ties happened with Udinese and Empoli at Ferraris, and the losses were registered against Lazio, Chievo and Napoli. All the losses happened with the same score of 1:2, which means, that the Genoese do not give up easily, and Blucerchiati will probably give battle to Roma as well. Whereas it should be noted, that La Samp have started playing away more freely, than before.
Bookmaking action line shows some underestimation of Sampdoria. Roma are very strong in the current season, but mistakes happen for Wolves as well, and La Samp are not that weak, as they seem. In a recent match against Napoli, Partenopei managed to escape a draw only on the last minutes of the encounter.
Prediction for the match: Sampdoria to win with +1.75 Asian handicap
