Sampdoria vs Juve Stabia Prediction

Right then, let's have a proper look at this Serie B scrap between Sampdoria and Juve Stabia. On paper, this looks like a mismatch - Sampdoria are rock bottom of the league with just 7 points from 12 games, while Juve Stabia are sitting pretty in 7th with 17 points from 11 matches. But football's not played on paper, is it?

Sampdoria have been proper shocking this season, make no mistake. They've only managed one win in their last ten games - that was a 4-1 home thumping of Pescara, who are also propping up the table. Apart from that, it's been mostly draws and defeats. They did manage a creditable 1-1 draw at home against Frosinone, who're flying high in 4th, so there's a bit of fight there.

Juve Stabia, on the other hand, have been decent. Four wins, four draws, two losses in their last ten - not bad going. They beat Palermo 1-0 recently, but they've had some shockers away from home, getting stuffed 3-0 by both Modena and Carrarese. That's the thing with these lads - they can be brilliant at home but leak goals like a sieve on the road.

Here's where it gets interesting. Sampdoria actually score a bit at home - 1.2 goals per game. And Juve Stabia away? They concede 2.2 goals per game! That's proper dodgy, that is. In their last five away games, they've kept exactly zero clean sheets. Zero!

The head-to-head doesn't tell us much - only two meetings ever, with one draw and one Juve Stabia win. Last time out was a 0-0 bore draw.

Looking at the stats, both teams tend to score when these two play. Sampdoria's home attack against Juve Stabia's away defense looks like a recipe for goals. The bookies have got both teams to score at 2.05, which looks pretty tasty to me.

Sampdoria might be bottom, but they're not completely toothless at home. And Juve Stabia, despite their decent league position, have got a real problem defending away from home. I reckon we'll see both sides get on the scoresheet here.