Sampdoria-Bologna 

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Sampdoria and Bologna both need points and they will fight for it.

Following their 3-0 win against Udinese, Sampdoria had hard trip to the Juventus Stadium to face the champions of Italy. Doria lost that game 2:4, but 2 scored goals against Turin giants mean that they can fight against anyone.

Samp Coach Sinisa Mihajlovic: “We must give credit to Juventus, as they were much better than us. We did defend well for long periods, and we never gave up throughout the game.”

Welcoming relegation-threatened Bologna, who have only recorded one win in 10 games, will the home side be able to bounce back from their resounding loss? 

Bologna are in good mood, because their tie with Scudetto hopefuls Napoliended 2:2. with Rolando Bianchi earning the plaudits for his impressive brace, which included a 90th minute equaliser to rescue a point for his team.

Rossoblu new coach Davide Ballardini was very pleased with his side’s hard-fought draw, and praised his players’ attitude.

“Today, the squad showed itself to have desire and seriousness. It was a match with the correct result” - said Ballardini.

This  encounter is very difficult to predict, but Sampdoria hold home advantage and have been in better form of late.We must say that Bologna was goal-shy recently, only scoring six times in their last 10 League encounters. The Rossoblu have not tasted victory in this encounter almoast 15 years, with their most recent win was 3-2 result in the 1997-98 season.

Probable Formations
Sampdoria: Angelo Da Costa; Regini, Gastaldello, Mustafi, De Silverstri; Pedro Obiang, Palombo, Bjarnason; Wszolek, Gabbiadini, Eder

Bologna: Curci; Cherubin, Natali, Antonsson; Morleo, Pazienza, Krhin, Garics, Perez, Diamanti; Bianchi