National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Fiorentina or Sampdoria that keep their silverware dream alive.
Sampdoria could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Serie A game only four sleeps ago.
Fiorentina form and stats
Fiorentina was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Coppa Italia. Juventus was too strong.4-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Fiorentina so far this season.
Fiorentina's last game was hosting Sassuolo and winning 2-1. The victory against Sassuolo came after González's winning goal. The Fiorentina manager Italiano was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 72nd minute. Midfielder Bonaventura was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.42 (out of ten) in that game. Bonaventura hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Before that, Fiorentina drew at home versus Monza.Fiorentina are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Roma awaits in three days.
A decent goal production from Fiorentina in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 9 league matches. Fiorentina have conceded 14 from these games.
Sampdoria form and stats
Sampdoria's mission in Coppa Italia last season failed in the round of 16.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sampdoria so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-5 (win-draw-lose).
This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Napoli with 0-2 on the scoreboard. It is possibly a bad omen for Sampdoria that their goalie Audero made six saves in the Napoli game, but still were unable to prevent a defeat. Audero (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.85. Audero saved a penalty.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Sassuolo.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Sampdoria manager Stankovic as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Empoli.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Sampdoria have conceded 15 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Fiorentina wins - draws - Sampdoria wins). As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less. One of the profiles has been Quagliarella with 8 goals scored against Fiorentina in these 10 encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Bonaventura 3 goals |  A. Mendonça Cabral 3 goals |  L. Jović 3 goals |
Fiorentina missing players
Sampdoria missing players
| Fiorentina | Sampdoria | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 13 | ||
| 54 | 35 | Scored | S | 11 | 22 | ||
| 30 | 17 | Conceded | C | 21 | 40 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 64% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 44% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 16.5 | 18.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 9.6 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3 | ||
| 37% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 24% | ||
| 8 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.2 | 12.8 | ||
| 3 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 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 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 26 | 44 |
| 2 | Juventus | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 37 |
| 3 | Milan | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 37 |
| 4 | Inter | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 37 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 34 |
| 5 | Lazio | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 31 |
| 6 | Roma | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 31 |
| 7 | Atalanta | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 8 | Udinese | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
| 9 | Fiorentina | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 23 |
| 10 | Torino | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 | Lecce | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 19 |
| 12 | Bologna | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -6 | 19 |
| 13 | Empoli | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -7 | 19 |
| 14 | Salernitana | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -6 | 18 |
| 15 | Monza | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 18 |
| 16 | Sassuolo | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -9 | 16 |
| 17 | Spezia | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 16 | -12 | 15 |
| 18 | Sampdoria | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -22 | 9 |
| 19 | Cremonese | 16 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -16 | 7 |
| 20 | Hellas Verona | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -17 | 6 |
