Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Salernitana & Sampdoria face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Coppa Italia. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Salernitana nor Sampdoria as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Salernitana form and stats
Salernitana have reached this Coppa Italia stage through battling and winning against Ternana.The story so far in the Serie A for Salernitana at their home stadium (Stadio Arechi) is 0 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
Salernitana are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Genoa. Defender Lovato got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.05/10. Lovato won 3 of 4 duels.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a Serie A home game that ended 2-2 versus Cagliari.The match schedule is unforgiving for Salernitana as they have a new game in only four days, a Serie A match thankfully also at home. Napoli are visiting.
Salernitana have scored {4 league goals} here from 5 matches, not a lot. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Salernitana with 11 goals conceded in these matches.
Sampdoria form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Sudtirol in order to reach 2nd round of Coppa Italia. Last season their Coppa Italia adventure ended in the round of 16.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sampdoria so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-2 (win-draw-lose).
Sampdoria are travelling again after losing away to Sudtirol in their previous match (1-3). González was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.43. The defender González scored one goal and won 8 of 10 duels.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Cosenza in the Serie B.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Sampdoria when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 2 times, drawing 1 and winning 1 game.
A new game in only four days for Sampdoria, the Serie B home match versus Palermo. Busy days.
As opposed to that, Sampdoria have seen the ball go into their own net 8 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: two - one - two (Salernitana wins - draws - Sampdoria wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Borini 4 goals |   B. Dia 3 goals |  E. Pedrola Fortuny 3 goals |
Salernitana missing players
Sampdoria missing players
| Salernitana | Sampdoria | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 27 | 18 | Scored | S | 8 | 28 | ||
| 42 | 23 | Conceded | C | 26 | 46 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 68% | ||
| 16% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 4% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 3.6 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 5.3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 12.3 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 38% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 26% | ||
| 13.1 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.2 | 15 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.4 | 6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Inter | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 25 |
| 2 | Juventus | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Milan | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 19 |
| 5 | Napoli | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| 6 | Fiorentina | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | Lazio | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 8 | Bologna | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 9 | Roma | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 14 |
| 10 | Monza | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 11 | Lecce | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 13 |
| 12 | Frosinone | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 12 |
| 13 | Torino | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 12 |
| 14 | Genoa | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 15 | Sassuolo | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 11 |
| 16 | Hellas Verona | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| 17 | Udinese | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 7 |
| 18 | Empoli | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -16 | 7 |
| 19 | Cagliari | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -12 | 6 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -14 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Parma | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 26 |
| 2 | Venezia | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 |
| 3 | Catanzaro | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 21 |
| 4 | Palermo | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | Modena | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 |
| 6 | Como | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 7 | Sudtirol | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 8 | Cremonese | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Cosenza | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 10 | Bari 1908 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 11 | Reggiana | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 12 | Brescia | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| 13 | Cittadella | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 14 | Ascoli | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 12 |
| 15 | Pisa | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 12 |
| 16 | Spezia | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 8 |
| 17 | Sampdoria | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 18 | Lecco | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -8 | 7 |
| 19 | Ternana | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 6 |
| 20 | FeralpiSalo | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -17 | 5 |
