Cosenza-Sampdoria is a match in the 26th day of Serie B and is played Friday at 8:30 p.m.: odds, predictions, live TV and streaming.
After a long fast of victories, which had brought it back to flirt with the red zone again, Fabio Caserta’s Cosenza seems to have turned around. In the last five days the Rossoblù have brought home three wins (Venezia, Sudtirol and Lecco) and two draws (Pisa and Modena). Eleven points that have allowed the Lupi to move away from the sixteenth place and bring themselves to just two glues from the eighth, the last valid to play the playoffs, never “tasted” by the Silani since their return to Serie B, which took place in 2018.
The protagonist of this positive streak is striker Tutino, who has reached 12 goals on the season (double against Lecco). The January signings have allowed Caserta to fix a defense that in the first part of the season had boarded too many goals, and the prerequisites to close on a high note – and above all without troubles – seem to be all there, but according to the coach originally from Melito Porto Salvo, before making any flights of fancy and thinking about the postseason, salvation must be closed. The match with Sampdoria will tell us more about the real ambitions of this Cosenza: Andrea Pirlo’s blucerchiati continue to limp along and since mid-December the only victory has come in late January at home to Cittadella. Samp even has four points less than Cosenza and only three more than the fifth-last-place Ternana. Last Saturday against Brescia, the Ligurians got caught up in the midst of a recovery, reached at 94′ by a goal from Adorni (1-1).
Cosenza-Sampdoria: the latest lineup news
Caserta is expected to confirm the 4-2-3-1, with Zuccon and Praszelik in the midfield and Forte the offensive terminal. Behind the “Shark” will act the untouchable Tutino, on the right instead Marras returns after disqualification. On the left, Mazzocchi and Canotto will compete for a shirt. Camporese and Fontanarosa will arrange themselves in the center of the defense.
Many absences at Samp, from Murru to Vieira, via Esposito and Pedrola. The form Pirlo will choose is 3-5-2, with Alvarez and De Luca in attack. The outside lanes will be dominated by Depaoli and Giordano.
The prediction
The fact that Sampdoria conceded 39 goals, fewer only than Feralpisalò and Lecco, is symptomatic of the poor balance between the wards of Pirlo’s team. Cosenza, on the wings of enthusiasm and propelled by more than 10 thousand spectators, should be able to avoid defeat in a match with at least one goal on each side.
The probable formations of Cosenza-Sampdoria
COSENZA (4-2-3-1): Micai; Gyamfi, Camporese, Fontanarosa, Frabotta; Zuccon, Praszelik; Marras, Tutino, Mazzocchi; Forte.
SAMPDORIA (3-5-2): Stankovic; Piccini, Ghilardi, Gonzalez; Depaoli, Kasami, Yepes, Darboe, Giordano; Alvarez, De Luca.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-1
