Palermo vs Sampdoria Prediction & Betting Tips (17 May)

A legendary club in the country, Palermo must deal with the playoffs to hope to return to SA 8 years after its last appearance in the elite 2016-17. Finishing in 6th place, it will be Samp' 7th who will face him but note that he has the advantage of the field for this confrontation in a single match. The Rosaneros didn't really end their regular season in the best possible way, defeating Südtirol away 0-1 on the last matchday, but let's remember that they had only won one of their last 12 matches in SB 6 defeats, 5 draws. We can even add that the evening's locals could have allowed themselves to dream bigger but they literally shot themselves in the foot with such a record.

As funny as it is, Sampdoria finished its regular season much better than Palermo by conceding only one of their last 11 championship matches for a satisfactory record of 7 wins and 3 draws but insufficient to move ahead of their evening opponent in the standings. We can however say that confidence and momentum are on the side of the winner of the SA in 1991 who will make this trip with increased confidence following his three victories in a row against Lecco 0-1, for the reception of Reggiana 1- 0 and demonstrated during the final day on the field of a candidate for these playoffs, the promoted Catazanro 1-3.

Four midfielders are likely to be missing this evening, namely Coulibaly (1 goal, 1 assist this season), Vasic (rotation), the important Aurélio (26 caps in SB) and the crucial Gomes ( 3 assists in the league this season) all injured. This is not the end of the list of players possibly absent since Di Mariano (0 goals in 27 league games to his credit) and Ceccaroni (2 goals, 2 assists) are also on the flank. The Rosaneros will, however, be able to count on the impressive Brunori (3rd top scorer in the championship with a total of 17 goals to his credit) without forgetting Segre (7 pawns, 4 caviars) and the duo Di Francesco and Soleri (5 goals, 2 offerings each in the league).

There is also damage to report on the Sampdoria side since boys like Girelli (17 appearances), Murru (23 caps) and the former Barça resident Pedrola (3 goals in 15 appearances since his arrival at the club ) are injured and a priori OUT for this move. The Samp' coach will however be able to deal with the imperial Manuel De Luca (10 goals, 5 assists), the man with the hat-trick against Catanzaro Borini (9 goals, 3 assists) without forgetting to mention Esposito (6 goals, 4 assists) and Kasami (5 goals).