Bologna – Sampdoria

Should we expect a goal shootout from the teams?

A poor start to the season and a series of defeats for Sampdoria led to the logical outcome - the resignation of the head coach. Marco Giampaolo came into the team with a great deal of credibility but did not manage to work for a year. This season the Genoese have picked up just two points after eight rounds, scored just twice and are sitting bottom of the league table. The match against Monza was fatal for the coach. Sampdoria lost to the newcomer to the championship with a 0-3 scoreline. The team, meanwhile, played their worst game of the season. Given that Lazio and Juventus have previously defeated the Genoese, it does look strange. Nevertheless, it will be Dejan Stankovic who will lead the way. The Serb led Crvena Zvezda to the league title last season. It will be exciting to see how the Italian football legend will do in his current season as coach. Bologna have already gone through a coaching rotation. Sinisa Mihajlovic was replaced by Tiago Motta just under a month ago. The new coach had time to play two games with the team - and lost both of them. The first was a 0-1 defeat at the hands of Empoli, which was not exactly fair, and then a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Juventus. There's not much to justify the latter result. All we can say is that it takes time to get used to it. The opponents are obviously not in the best shape. Nevertheless, both teams regard this fixture as a chance to earn points and rehabilitate themselves in the public eye. Sampdoria can also take advantage of the coaching change to claim points. Bologna, for example, after Mihajlovic was sacked, managed to secure their first win of the season (2-1 over Fiorentina). "The Rossoblu will have their third game under Motta, and it's time to give a positive result. It is doubtful that, with such an attack, the team will not score in a third successive meeting. It may end in a goal exchange.