Sampdoria” data-scaytid=”1″>Sampdoria go head-to-head with Torino in the first lunchtime kick-off of the Serie A season.
It starts at 11.30 UK time (10.30 GMT), click here for a match preview.
Both sides started their campaigns with stalemates, as 10-man Samp fought back for a 1-1 draw in Palermo and Toro saw a penalty saved by Inter.
Sampdoria go head-to-head with Torino in the first lunchtime kick-off of the Serie A season.
It starts at 11.30 UK time (10.30 GMT), click here for a match preview.
Both sides started their campaigns with stalemates, as 10-man Samp fought back for a 1-1 draw in Palermo and Toro saw a penalty saved by Inter.
Vasco Regini was sent off in Sicily and is therefore suspended, while Nenad Krsticic is sidelined.
Stefano Okaka starts with Eder and Manolo Gabbiadini, but Gonzalo Bergessio is ready to come off the bench.
Torino are adjusting to life without last year’s top scorers Ciro Immobile and Alessio Cerci, who have moved on to Borussia Dortmund and Atletico Madrid respectively.
Quagliarella leads the attack and returns to his old hunting ground, having played for Sampdoria in 2006-07.
Paulo Vitor Barreto, Migjen Basha and Alexander Farnerud are injured, so Marcelo Larrondo is Quagliagol’s strike partner.
Matteo Darmian had been due to start, but is suffering from sinusitis, so makes way for Cristian Molinaro.
There could well be a Serie A debut for Juan Sanchez Miño, who has been tipped to switch allegiance from Argentina to Italy, in the second half.
Half the profits from today’s game will be donated to research into ALS.
Sampdoria: Viviano; De Silvestri, Gastaldello, Silvestre, Cacciatore; Obiang, Palombo, Soriano; Eder, Okaka, Gabbiadini
Torino: Padelli; Bovo, Glik, Moretti; Maksimovic, El Kaddouri, Vives, Nocerino, Molinaro; Quagliarella, Larrondo