National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sampdoria or Genoa that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sampdoria and Genoa.
This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.
Sampdoria form and stats
Sampdoria participated in Coppa Italia the last season, where they reached the 4th round.The story so far in the Serie A for Sampdoria at their home stadium (Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris) is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
The Sampdoria fans got no joy from their last match, a Serie A game also here at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris: A 1-2 defeat against Bologna. A Serie A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Cagliari.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sampdoria handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, one draw and one defeat.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sampdoria as they are travelling to their away game against Torino in the Serie A. That match is four days after this one.
Sampdoria have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris with 7 goals in 4 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 6 goals have been conceded.
Genoa form and stats
Genoa's mission in Coppa Italia last season failed in the 8th finals.Playing away, Genoa have won 0 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Serie A this season. It's a growing despair in Genoa as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Genoa, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Udinese. A loss against Roma was the result prior to that, in a Serie A home game.
We have checked recent matches where Genoa have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were zero victories, three draws and two defeats.
A new game in only four days for Genoa, the Serie A home match versus Parma. Busy days.
Goals are few and far between in Genoa's away league games. Only 1 goal from 4 travels. The Genoa manager R. Maran has some worries about the defense as 8 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's five Sampdoria victories, three draws and two Genoa wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Quagliarella 4 goals |  J. Jankto 2 goals |  M. Thorsby 2 goals |
Sampdoria missing players
Genoa missing players
| Sampdoria | Genoa | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 12 | ||
| 41 | 19 | Scored | S | 9 | 33 | ||
| 35 | 15 | Conceded | C | 22 | 49 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 96% | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 80% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 10% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 350 | 142 | Total Shots | T S | 111 | 261 | ||
| 129 | 56 | Shots on Target | S O | 34 | 90 | ||
| 32% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Milan | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 2 | Sassuolo | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 18 |
| 3 | Roma | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | Juventus | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 5 | Inter | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 6 | Napoli | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 7 | Atalanta | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 14 |
| 8 | Lazio | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 10 | Sampdoria | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | Cagliari | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 10 |
| 12 | Bologna | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 13 | Spezia | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 14 | Benevento | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -9 | 9 |
| 15 | Fiorentina | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 16 | Udinese | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 7 |
| 17 | Parma | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -8 | 6 |
| 18 | Torino | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -6 | 5 |
| 19 | Genoa | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 5 |
| 20 | Crotone | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -13 | 2 |