New season, same position. After three games of the 2025-2026 campaign Sampdoria are bottom of Serie B and out of the Coppa Italia. Two league defeats against Modena and Sudtirol – and five goals conceded in the process – and a cup exit on penalties at Spezia put Samp at an immediate disadvantage in whatContinue reading “The state of Sampdoria: Donati, data and the road to recovery”
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Serie A 2025-2026 preview: Napoli Scudetto favourites
Napoli coach Antonio Conte has stressed his team are not the finished article, yet the Partenopei enter the new season as clear title favourites. It’s not the first time the former Juventus, Inter, and Italy coach has tried to dampen expectations by talking down the chances of his side’s potential success. However, everything points towards the NeapolitanContinue reading “Serie A 2025-2026 preview: Napoli Scudetto favourites”
Six Scots in Serie A
An unprecedented six Scots will feature in the 2025-2026 edition of Serie A. The success of a group of multiskilled Scottish internationals has led Italian clubs to widen their scouting networks to monitor more players from one football’s founding nations. While a record number of Scots will turn out for five different top flight clubs,Continue reading “Six Scots in Serie A”
Napoli target Super Cup success in a season to forget
When Napoli began their title defence the Supercoppa Italiana was an afterthought rather than an objective. Now it’s the Neapolitan club’s only realistic opportunity to claim a trophy in an substandard campaign littered with poor results and off the field controversy. From a magnificent third Scudetto the champions have ungraciously fallen to eighth place in the standingsContinue reading “Napoli target Super Cup success in a season to forget”
Stephen Kasiewicz 