After their epic 3-2 rain affected defeat against Roma last Sunday, Sampdoria kick-off week four of Serie A with a high-profile home game against Milan. Samp coach Marco Giampaolo was hotly tipped to be the new man in charge of tonight's visitors at the end of last season so he will be anxious to show the rossoneri that they picked the wrong man in Vincenzo Montella.

Montella, on his return to his former club, could give striker Gianluca Lapadula his first start of the campaign with Carlos Bacca dropping to the bench after last weekends shock home defeat to Udinese. The rossoneri are also crippled with injuries going into the game with five first-team players recovering from various knocks.
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