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Sampdoria and Salernitana lock horns at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris in Genoa on Sunday for the first leg of their Serie B relegation play-out match. With 41 points from 38 games, La Samp finished in 17th position in the league phase in the 2024-25 season, winning just eight times along the way.
It marked a dramatic fall from grace for a club that finished in seventh place last season and narrowly missed out on a promotion to Serie A after losing to Palermo in the play-offs.
This time around, however, Alberico Evani's side are fighting to avoid the ignominy of dropping into the third division for the first time in history. It had become a dark reality for them until Brescia were docked four points, allowing Sampdoria to move out of the drop zone and into 17th place.
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Yet, they aren't completely out of the woods. Standing in the way of their survival are Salernitana, who finished just a point above them in the Serie B table.
Having only been relegated from the top division last year, the Maroons are looking to avoid a drop for the second year running. If it hadn't been for an improvement in form towards the tail end of the campaign, which saw the Campania outfit win four times from their last six league games, their relegation would have already been confirmed by now.
Sampdoria vs Salernitana Head-To-Head and Key Numbers
- There have been 23 clashes between the sides in history, with Sampdoria winning 12 times over Salernitana and losing on eight occasions.
- Out of Salernitana's eight wins in the fixture, four have come within their last six games alone, including one in the Italian Cup.
- Sampdoria and Salernitana met as recently as 9 May 2025, for their penultimate fixture of Serie B, with the former winning 1-0 at home.
- The Maroons have won four of their last six games in all competitions.
Sampdoria vs Salernitana Prediction
The Maroons will be gunning for revenge for their 1-0 loss to Sampdoria last month. But there's a catch: they've been terrible away from home, winning just once from their last 17 games on the road.
Sampdoria had beaten them on home turf just four weeks ago and we could be in for a repeat of the same here.
Prediction: Sampdoria 1-0 Salernitana
Sampdoria vs Salernitana Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Result: Sampdoria to win
Tip 2 - Goals over/under 2.5: Under 2.5 goals
Tip 3 - Both teams to score: No
