National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sampdoria or Ascoli that keep their silverware dream alive.
Sampdoria have less rest than Ascoli in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Serie A game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Roma, was also a home game here at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris. The away team is better rested.
Sampdoria form and stats
Sampdoria have reached this Coppa Italia stage through battling and winning against Reggina. Sampdoria was eliminated in the round of 16 last season in the Coppa Italia.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie A this season. Sampdoria have only managed 0 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris.
Sampdoria suffered a surprising defeat 0-1 against Roma in their previous game, also played at home.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Bologna that finished 1-1.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Sampdoria matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats (from 5 games).
There will be little rest for Sampdoria after this match as they are travelling to Cremonese for a Serie A game in only four days.
Sampdoria has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: {2 goals} from 6 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Sampdoria defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Ascoli form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Venezia in order to reach 2nd round of Coppa Italia. They also participated in Coppa Italia last season. This ended in the 1st round.2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Ascoli playing as the away team in the Serie B this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Ascoli, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Bari 1908 last time out. Defender Šimić was the best team player with a rating of 8.23. Šimić scored one goal and won 8 of 10 duels.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Modena.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Ascoli when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 7 matches with the visitors losing 1 time, drawing 4 and winning 2 games.
A quick return to home after this game, as Ascoli are hosting Cagliari in the Serie B only four days away.
Ascoli has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games.
Head 2 Head
Sampdoria have won at least one point in the last 4 fixtures (2-2-0) facing Ascoli.Top Goalscorers
  C. Gondo 4 goals |   F. Đuričić 2 goals |  E. Botteghin 2 goals |
Sampdoria missing players
Ascoli missing players
| Sampdoria | Ascoli | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Scored | S | 18 | 35 | ||
| 37 | 17 | Conceded | C | 15 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 3.6 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.7 | 5.6 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 9.3 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 13.7 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 27% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | ||
| 12.2 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 11.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 26 |
| 2 | Atalanta | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 24 |
| 3 | Milan | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 23 |
| 4 | Roma | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 22 |
| 5 | Lazio | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 21 |
| 6 | Udinese | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
| 7 | Inter | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 18 |
| 8 | Juventus | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| 9 | Sassuolo | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Empoli | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | Torino | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 11 |
| 12 | Salernitana | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 10 |
| 13 | Fiorentina | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 10 |
| 14 | Monza | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 15 | Spezia | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | -10 | 9 |
| 16 | Lecce | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 17 | Bologna | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 7 |
| 18 | Hellas Verona | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 5 |
| 19 | Cremonese | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -12 | 4 |
| 20 | Sampdoria | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -13 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ternana | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 19 |
| 2 | Reggina | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 |
| 3 | Frosinone | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | Bari 1908 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 5 | Genoa | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| 6 | Parma | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 7 | Brescia | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -1 | 16 |
| 8 | Cagliari | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Sudtirol | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 14 |
| 10 | Modena | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 11 | Ascoli | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | Cosenza | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | SPAL | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| 14 | Cittadella | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 10 |
| 15 | Benevento | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 9 |
| 16 | Venezia | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 17 | Palermo | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -6 | 8 |
| 18 | Pisa | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -2 | 7 |
| 19 | Como | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 6 |
| 20 | Perugia | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 4 |
