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The teams under examination in our free Atalanta vs Sampdoria preview today currently occupy 8^th and 6^th place in the Serie A table. The home team have a game in hand over their visitors, so a win this weekend could potentially set them up to leapfrog their opponents in the standings in their next fixture. Both clubs are in the race for the Europa League qualification places.

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In the weeks just prior to our Atalanta vs Sampdoria betting tips, La Dea were eliminated from two cup competitions, losing out to Borussia Dortmund in the UEL and Juventus in the TIM Cup. As disappointing as those exits were, the focus can now be turned fully on Serie A. Gian Piero Gasperini’s men are unbeaten in their last four league games and Atalanta will need to maintain that pace to have a chance of making the top six.

Sampdoria have only lost once in their last seven ahead of their trip to Bergamo. La Samp are just about hanging on to sixth spot ahead of in-form Milan, though they know any slip ups could see them overtaken by Gattuso’s Rossoneri. Marco Giampaolo’s men have the second best home record in Serie A in 2017/18, though their form on the road has continually let them down. We will analyse their results on the road in more detail in the next section.

Atalanta vs Sampdoria Prediction and Betting Advice

We hinted at it above, but there is a huge gap in performance levels between La Samp’s home and away displays. In the run up to today’s Atalanta vs Sampdoria bets, they have lost four out of five away matches. I Blucerchiati came unstuck, like many do, at Napoli and Milan. Their defeat at Fiorentina was disappointing too, but their 3-2 loss to bottom club Benevento was an appalling result.

Really, they have been suspect on the road for the entire season, winning just three of their twelve Serie A fixtures on their travels since last August. They have taken just a third of the total points available from their twelve away games, collecting only twelve points from a possible thirty-six. Furthermore, they have lost on three of their last four trips to Bergamo.

La Dea have only tasted defeat three times in thirteen at the Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia this term and that trio of losses are their only setbacks there in twenty-four Serie A fixtures in a run stretching all the way back to December 2016. When a strong home team meets a poor away side, the result usually follows the trend. The odds on today’s Serie A football at William Hill for a win for La Dea provide exceptional value and are too good to turn down.

We are backing both sides to get their names on the scoresheet in the second part of our free Atalanta vs Sampdoria predictions. In four of their last six clashes against each other, each team scored at least one goal. They both found the net in the reverse Serie A fixture between the two in October. La Samp marched to a 3-1 win that day.

Marco Giampaolo’s players have become experts at finding the net in general. They have scored in nine of their last ten matches, though it’s their numbers on the road that are more remarkable, especially when you consider their poor overall results away from home. La Samp have registered a goal or more in six of their last seven away fixtures, even though they won only once.

As strong as La Dea are on their own patch, they are no strangers to conceding goals at the Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia. They have allowed their opponents to score seven goals in their last five fixtures in Bergamo and have kept only one clean sheet in their most recent five outings there. When the historical and current data is considered, it makes sense to expect both teams to have success in front of goal this weekend. You can back the final entry in our free Italian football bets for today using the superb odds at Sportingbet. Our research shows that you won’t find better value at any other bookmaker.