Sport Betting Tip: Torino - Sampdoria, Serie A

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In 17 previous H2H meetings, there’s only been one goalless draw – so this promises to be an intriguing showdown between two teams who desperately need an upturn in form.Neither side has excelled in this H2H matchup (five wins each, seven draws),

Torino lost their opening three matches in Serie A but have shown some promise in recent weeks. A 2-1 win at Genoa was followed by a 0-0 draw against Crotone. They also advanced in the Coppa Italia after a 2-0 home win against Virtus Entella. First half goals to Zaza and Federico Bonazzoli was enough to get past the Serie B strugglers.They did so without talismanic forward Andrea Belotti, whose absence was surprising to Inter players as he trudged towards the substitutes’ bench before last week’s encounter. After sustaining an injury in the warm-up to his kne.

Sampdoria have been very inconsistent this season. They lost their opening two matches before four straight wins, including 3-0 against Lazio and 3-1 at Atalanta but their  Coppa Italia campaign came to an end on Thursday. They were 1-0 ahead against Genoa thanks to Valerio Verre before conceding three goals in the second half.Since a three-match winning streak against Fiorentina, Lazio and Atalanta last month, they’ve taken one point from a possible nine in Italy’s top-flight and lost their last three games on the bounce.

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• Torino vs Sampdoria Stats

• Torino are undefeated in 5 of their last 7 matches (all competitions).
• Torino are undefeated in 5 of their last 6 home matches against Sampdoria (Serie A).
• Torino have drawn 2 of their last 4 home matches against Sampdoria (Serie A).
• Sampdoria have won 2 of their last 3 away matches (Serie A).