AS Roma vs Sampdoria Prediction

This Wednesday’s Round of 16 Coppa Italia clash sees Sampdoria make the trip to face Roma at the Stadio Olimpico. With neither side truly in any sort of incredible form, this match and a ticket into the next round is completely up for grabs for either team.

Key Stats

• AS Roma have won the last 3 meetings between these clubs
• Sampdoria haven’t managed to win a match in their last 7 attempts

Team Previews, Form and Standout Players

AS Roma nor Sampdoria come into this game in flying form. The capital based club are on their third manager since the start of the season. It will take some time for Claudio Raneri to adjust back into being the one calling all the shots as Roma have lost three and won once in the Serie A since his appointment.

Raneri comes against one of his former sides in Sampdoria who are also struggling, but they are in Serie B after seeing relegation last year. Their luck and form has stuck with them it seems as they are only surviving the qualification for relegation by a single point. This Wednesday’s Coppa Italia match could be a crucial turning point in both teams’ season as they are not looking too good at the moment.

AS Roma Preview

Formation: 3-4-2-1 Predicted Line-Up: Mile Svilar; Angeliño, Mario Hermoso, Gianluca Mancini; Nicola Zalewski, Niccolò Pisilli, Leandro Parades, Zeki Çelik; Tommaso Baldanzi, Matías Soulé; Artem Dovbyk

AS Roma have had a poor start to the season by their standards, finding themselves already sacking two managers and having brought in a third a month ago. After 16 games they sit in 12th place with four wins, eight losses and four draws. Those matches have left them with 16 points, sharing that tally but ahead of two teams and only three points behind as high as 10th.

Giallorossi will get ready to kick off their 2024/25 season Coppa Italia campaign this Wednesday. Seeing as their opponents this time around are from the division below, it gives manager Claudio Raneri a chance to rest some of Roma’s superstars. Artem Dovbyk started the season off well in the opening couple of fixtures, scoring four goals, but he has since died out in terms of goals and performances. He could rejuvenate his season in this match against Sampdoria by getting back on the scoresheet and ensuring that him and his Roma teammates have their places booked in for the Quarter Finals.

Sampdoria Preview

Formation: 3-5-2 Predicted Line-Up: Simone Ghidotti; Alessandro Pio Ricco, Melle Meulensteen, Lorenzo Venuti; Nikolas Ioannou, Alessandro Bellemo, Matteo Ricci, Leonardo Benedetti, Fabio Depaoli; Fabio Borini, Gennaro Tutino

Sampdoria are gradually getting worse and worse. They find themselves in the relegation zone yet again but this time it is in Serie B following their drop down last season. After 17 games they sit in 15th place with four wins, seven losses and six draws. Those matches have left them with 18 points with a win in their next league match potentially shooting them up the table to as high as ninth if other results went their way as well. I Blucerchiati have already featured twice in this competition before Roma have played once.

Throughout the stages of the Coppa Italia Cup, Sampdoria have managed to get into the next round via penalties after a 1-1 stalemate in normal time. This happened against Como in the Round of 64 and then to Genoa in the Round of 32. They will most likely not be able to replicate those performances but, lead by new manager Leonardo Semplici, they will be giving it everything this Wednesday night.

Head To Head Stats: AS Roma vs Sampdoria

There have been 147 matches where these two teams have faced each other throughout history.

AS Roma unsurprisingly come into this match holding an advantage over Sampdoria. They have come out victors on 61 occasions, leaving Sampdoria with 47 wins and the remaining 39 fixtures ending in a draw.

The last three faceoffs have all been won by AS Roma. This Wednesday should keep it that way as Roma do have the luxury of being a in a higher tier of Italian football to Sampdoria. They should have the better players to see that they ensure they make it through to the Quarter Finals come the full time whistle.

Betting Tips For AS Roma vs Sampdoria

Roma might have lost at the weekend to a side that one point away from the Serie A relegation zone but they had a UEFA Europa League game mid-week to deal with. This match will all depend on whether Claudio Raneri will take the Coppa Italia seriously, rather than focus on the task of salvaging their season in the league. Assuming Roma do take it seriously, they should eliminate Sampdoria from the competition.

For that reason, our betting experts have gone with AS Roma To Win + Over 1.5 Goals as our best value tip for this game.

Odds of 4/7 mean that a £10 bet has the potential to return up to £15.80 in this match.

(odds subject to change)

Final Prediction: AS Roma vs Sampdoria

AS Roma 2-0 Sampdoria

Roma might be suffering from tired legs and disappointment from the Como game but we can see them turning that around and grabbing a win in this Wednesday’s Coppa Italia affair.