Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Juventus & Sampdoria face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Coppa Italia. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Juventus form and stats
Juventus have collected 20 points from their Serie A home games so far after 6-2-3.
Juventus's previous game was a Serie A match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Udinese. The home side are looking to build on that result. The forward Dybala won the honour of being "man of the match" for Juventus with the rating of 7.84/10. Dybala scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 62 successful passes (of 66 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Inter (after extra-time) (1-2).The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Juventus home games with this odds we find eleven games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in eight wins, one draw and two defeats. Looking at the victories, five matches were won by at least two goals.
The Juventus fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 11 matches. From these home matches, Juventus have conceded only 8 goals.
Sampdoria form and stats
Sampdoria's mission in Coppa Italia last season failed in the 4th round.Playing away, Sampdoria have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 5 defeats in the Serie A this season.
Home advantage was not enough for Sampdoria in their previous game, as they lost their Serie A-match, hosting Torino, 1-2. It is a bit worrying for Sampdoria that their keeper Falcone managed ten saves in the Torino match, but still were unable to prevent a defeat. Falcone was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.45. The agile goalkeeper Falcone stopped the opponent with ten saves.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Napoli's place.You'll want to know how Sampdoria managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found seven similar matches resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and seven home wins.
Sampdoria have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 13 goals have been scored. In the opposite end, Sampdoria have conceded 15 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Juventus eight wins, zero draws and Sampdoria two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Exequiel Dybala 7 goals |   A. Candreva 6 goals |  M. Gabbiadini 6 goals |
Juventus missing players
Sampdoria missing players
| Juventus | Sampdoria | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | ||
| 40 | 21 | Scored | S | 13 | 37 | ||
| 24 | 9 | Conceded | C | 15 | 44 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 88% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 76% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 20% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.6 | 6 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 14.6 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 11.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 35% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 37% | ||
| 11.2 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.2 | 14.9 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Inter | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 51 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 35 | 49 |
| 2 | Milan | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 23 | 48 |
| 3 | Napoli | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 22 | 43 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 18 | 41 |
| 5 | Juventus | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 41 |
| 6 | Lazio | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 35 |
| 7 | Roma | 21 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 35 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 32 |
| 8 | Fiorentina | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 32 |
| 9 | Torino | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 31 |
| 10 | Sassuolo | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 28 |
| 11 | Empoli | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | -8 | 28 |
| 12 | Hellas Verona | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 27 |
| 13 | Bologna | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -5 | 27 |
| 14 | Udinese | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -8 | 20 |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -11 | 20 |
| 16 | Spezia | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 27 | -20 | 19 |
| 17 | Venezia | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -19 | 17 |
| 18 | Cagliari | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -21 | 16 |
| 19 | Genoa | 21 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -19 | 12 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -33 | 11 |
