This game features two squads dwelling in the carpet of the Serie A, Sampdoria at 20th place and Monza lying 18th. A nice opportunity for one of the participants to improve their position.
- Sampdoria have yet to win a game.
- Monza have the the worst goal difference (-10) in Serie A
Sampdoria and Monza should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Sampdoria form and stats
Sampdoria have played 4 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). Sampdoria has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Giampaolo and the players.
No payout for Sampdoria in their previous match, an away game at Spezia that ended in defeat 1-2. It's a bit interesting, but the exact result 1-2 has been on "repeat" three league matches in a row. Midfield player Sabiri got a match rating of 7.9 in that game, the max score being 10. Sabiri scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Milan (1-2).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sampdoria have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 2.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Sampdoria here at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 4 games). Sampdoria have conceded 5 in these home matches.
Monza form and stats
The Serie A season is young and Monza have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.
Monza had fun at their own home (Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris) last time out, beating Juventus 1-0. Gytkjær scored. Eureka; their first win in the league after six games not winning. Gytkjær came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Juventus last time out, making the manager Stroppa feel like a tactical genius. Izzo, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.32. Izzo hit two key passes and won 6 of 11 duels.
A 1-1 draw at Lecce's stadium before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Monza in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Monza, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
Monza are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 3 away games. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Monza's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 8 goals in 3 travels.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Sabiri 1 goals |  F. Caputo 1 goals |  F. Đuričić 1 goals |
Sampdoria missing players
Monza missing players
| Sampdoria | Monza | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 86% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 57% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 57% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 43% |
| 14% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 43% |
| 3.4 | 3.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| 4.7 | 4.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 7.7 | 6.7 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 11 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 2 | 6.7 | 10.1 |
| 3.9 | 2.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.3 | 3.1 |
| 15% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 25% | 18% |
| 12.4 | 12.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 15.3 | 13.4 |
| 5.6 | 4.8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 5 | 4.6 |
- All of Monza's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Monza have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Monza have the the worst goal difference (-10) in Serie A
- Monza have the the worst goal difference (-7) away in Serie A
- Monza have yet to win a game away.
- Monza haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sampdoria have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sampdoria have yet to win a game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Napoli | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 17 |
| 2 | Atalanta | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | Udinese | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | Lazio | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 5 | Milan | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | Roma | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Inter | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Juventus | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | Torino | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 10 | Fiorentina | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 11 | Sassuolo | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 12 | Spezia | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 13 | Salernitana | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 14 | Empoli | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 15 | Lecce | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 16 | Bologna | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 17 | Hellas Verona | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 5 |
| 18 | Monza | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 4 |
| 19 | Cremonese | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 2 |
| 20 | Sampdoria | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 2 |
