Roma striker Edin Dzeko. (Photo : Getty Images)
Lowly club UC Sampdoria (6-9-6, 24 points) will try to get out of their current rut as they face title contenders AS Roma (15-4-2, 47 points) on Sunday, Jan. 29 at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium in a 2016-2017 Serie A season encounter.
Start Time and Streaming Info
The game starts at 9:00 a.m. ET. It can be viewed live online thru FuboTV.
Sampdoria is on a downward spiral as of late with six straight winless performances. The team is currently in the 16th spot of the 20-team league table, 14 points above the bottom three relegation zone.
In their most recent game last Sunday, La Samp was nipped by contending team Atalanta, 0-1, on the road at the Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, as per Sofa Score.
The two sides went goalless in the first half of the match before Atalanta forward Alejandro Gomez netted the winning goal in the 55th minute after converting a spot kick from a foul by Uruguayan midfielder Lucas Torreira on Andrea Petagna.
It was the fourth loss in the last six outings for head coach Marco Giampaolo's squad, who has alternated drawing and losing in their last four matches.
Meanwhile, Roma extended their winning streak to four games after edging newly-promoted team Cagliari, 1-0, at their home field of Stadio Olimpico in Rome also last Sunday, via SkySports.
Bosnian striker Edin Dzeko provided the winning goal for head coach Luciano Spalletti's side in the 55th minute with a right-footer from the center of the box off a pass by German full-back Antonio Rudiger.
Cagliari midfielder Joao Pedro was sent off in injury time after a hard foul on Roma midfielder Kevin Strootman. Pedro received a three-match ban afterward while Strootman is questionable in this game versus Sampdoria with an injury.
Roma has won five of their last six games to remain in the second spot of the Italian top flight table, only one point behind defending champions and current league leaders Juventus with 17 rounds to go in the current season.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a 2-0 romp by Roma.
Sampdoria starting lineup (4-3-1-2 formation): Puggioni; Pavlovic, Skriniar, Pereira, Silvestre; Fernandes, Praet, Linetty; Torreira; Schick, Quagliarella
Roma starting lineup (3-4-2-1 formation): Szczesny; Rudiger, Fazio, Manolas; Emerson, Strootman, De Rossi, Peres; Dzeko, Nainggolan; Perotti
