Roma should be feeling rather frustrated about the outcome of their previous match against Inter Milan, as despite the fact that they took the lead, they ended up losing by two goals. They will now be hosted by Sampdoria on Saturday, September 9th, who have actually been quite good at the start of the season, as they have won both league matches, and a Cup match as well.
Roma (1-1-0) are coming off a rather frustrating 3-1 loss at home against Inter Milan. It was a pretty balanced first half between the two sides, where Roma managed to take the lead at the 15th minute with Edin Dzeko. Inter were quite threatening in the first half, but failed to score. Even so, Inter kept on creating one shot on target after the other, and eventually managed to pull even at the 67th minute. Moreover, they overturned the lead at the 77th, and eventually sealed the 3 points 10 minutes later for the final 3-1. Roma should be feeling rather frustrated with their defense, and a little bit about their offense, as they did create numerous scoring chances but were quite inaccurate. They are now sitting at the 11th spot of the league table with 3 points, having scored 2 goals against 3 conceded.
Sampdoria (2-0-0) are coming into this match after a pretty two-faced match against Fiorentina on the road, where they eventually won by 2-1. Sampdoria were excellent in the first half of that match, as they managed to take the lead at the 32nd minute, and doubled that just 3 minutes later from the penalty spot. However, they were utterly dominated in the second half of that match, as they failed to record a single shot on target, against 7 by their opponents, who did score at the 50th minute. However, Sampdoria did great to hold their lead till the final whistle, as they have now won all 3 matches so far (including a 0-3 win in the Cup). They are now sitting at the 5th spot of the league table with 6 points, having scored 4 goals against 2 conceded.