Serie A: Bologna - Sampdoria pre-match thoughts and facts

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Mon 11.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara (36532 seats)

Serie A: What this match might lack in elegance it should compensate in pace and enthusiasm. Let's go: Bologna - Sampdoria!

Insights:
  • Bologna have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Bologna form and stats

6 victories, 3 draws and 6 defeats. That’s what Bologna have to build on here at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara in the Serie A.

Arnautovic was the last player to score a league goal for Bologna and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Bologna haven't scored in 407 minutes.

The Bologna manager Mihajlović and his side return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Milan (placed 1st). Goalkeeper Skorupski got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.1 out of ten. Skorupski topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Atalanta (0-1).

Bologna has scored 18 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Bologna's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Sampdoria form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sampdoria so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 4-2-9 (win-draw-lose).

Home advantage was not enough for Sampdoria in their previous game as they lost hosting Roma, 0-1.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Venezia with the score of 2-0.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sampdoria have scored 16 goals in 15 league games away. Sampdoria struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 23 goals conceded from these games. More than 50 % of these were let in from the 60th minute and onwards in these in the last 30 minutes of matches.

Head 2 Head

These sides encountered each other earlier this campaign: Sampdoria - Bologna 1-2. Statistics for the preceeding ten meetings between these two participants are: seven wins for Bologna, zero draws and three wins for Sampdoria. Over 2,5 goals: nine times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

BolognaM. Arnautović
M. Arnautović
9 goals
SampdoriaF. Caputo
F. Caputo
9 goals
SampdoriaA. Candreva
A. Candreva
7 goals

Bologna missing players

Sampdoria missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bologna Sampdoria
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 6 Played P 5 15 31
9 6 3 Won W 0 4 8
7 3 2 Drew D 1 2 5
14 6 1 Lost L 4 9 18
32 18 9 Scored S 2 16 39
44 18 6 Conceded C 12 23 52
87% 87% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 93% 97%
67% 60% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 73% 81%
50% 40% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 53% 65%
20% 27% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 33% 42%
17% 20% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 6%
43% 33% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 40% 55%
33% 40% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 27% 19%
37% 40% 33% Failed to Score F T 60% 40% 29%
 
4.8 5.9 8.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 3.8 4.1
4 2.8 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 6.9 5.9
2.6 2.1 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.4 2.5
5 4 2 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
11.8 12.7 16 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 10 10.7
3.9 3.9 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.1 3.6
28% 31% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 13% 34% 35%
 
13.8 11.1 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 17.4 15.7 14.6
4.8 4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.2 4.9 5.2
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Bologna have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Bologna have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 31 20 7 4 56 29 16 9 4 3 23 12 15 11 3 1 33 17 27 67
2 Napoli 31 20 6 5 56 23 15 9 2 4 25 11 16 11 4 1 31 12 33 66
3 Inter 30 18 9 3 63 24 15 10 3 2 36 13 15 8 6 1 27 11 39 63
4 Juventus 31 17 8 6 47 27 16 9 3 4 20 10 15 8 5 2 27 17 20 59
5 Roma 31 16 6 9 51 35 16 9 4 3 23 14 15 7 2 6 28 21 16 54
6 Lazio 31 15 7 9 60 46 15 9 4 2 35 19 16 6 3 7 25 27 14 52
7 Atalanta 30 14 9 7 52 34 15 4 6 5 25 21 15 10 3 2 27 13 18 51
8 Fiorentina 30 15 5 10 49 38 15 10 2 3 33 16 15 5 3 7 16 22 11 50
9 Hellas Verona 31 12 9 10 56 47 16 9 2 5 32 20 15 3 7 5 24 27 9 45
10 Sassuolo 31 11 10 10 56 51 15 5 5 5 23 23 16 6 5 5 33 28 5 43
11 Torino 30 10 8 12 35 30 15 7 4 4 27 16 15 3 4 8 8 14 5 38
12 Bologna 30 9 7 14 32 44 15 6 3 6 18 18 15 3 4 8 14 26 -12 34
13 Udinese 29 7 12 10 41 47 15 5 7 3 24 22 14 2 5 7 17 25 -6 33
14 Empoli 31 8 9 14 41 56 15 3 3 9 23 38 16 5 6 5 18 18 -15 33
15 Spezia 31 9 5 17 32 54 15 5 3 7 16 17 16 4 2 10 16 37 -22 32
16 Sampdoria 31 8 5 18 39 52 16 4 3 9 23 29 15 4 2 9 16 23 -13 29
17 Cagliari 31 5 10 16 29 59 15 2 6 7 16 26 16 3 4 9 13 33 -30 25
18 Genoa 31 2 16 13 23 48 15 1 8 6 10 19 16 1 8 7 13 29 -25 22
19 Venezia 30 5 7 18 25 55 15 2 4 9 15 30 15 3 3 9 10 25 -30 22
20 Salernitana 29 3 7 19 22 66 15 1 5 9 12 32 14 2 2 10 10 34 -44 16

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  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 31 20 7 4 56 29 16 9 4 3 23 12 15 11 3 1 33 17 27 67
2 Napoli 31 20 6 5 56 23 15 9 2 4 25 11 16 11 4 1 31 12 33 66
3 Inter 30 18 9 3 63 24 15 10 3 2 36 13 15 8 6 1 27 11 39 63
4 Juventus 31 17 8 6 47 27 16 9 3 4 20 10 15 8 5 2 27 17 20 59
5 Roma 31 16 6 9 51 35 16 9 4 3 23 14 15 7 2 6 28 21 16 54
6 Lazio 31 15 7 9 60 46 15 9 4 2 35 19 16 6 3 7 25 27 14 52
7 Atalanta 30 14 9 7 52 34 15 4 6 5 25 21 15 10 3 2 27 13 18 51
8 Fiorentina 30 15 5 10 49 38 15 10 2 3 33 16 15 5 3 7 16 22 11 50
9 Hellas Verona 31 12 9 10 56 47 16 9 2 5 32 20 15 3 7 5 24 27 9 45
10 Sassuolo 31 11 10 10 56 51 15 5 5 5 23 23 16 6 5 5 33 28 5 43
11 Torino 30 10 8 12 35 30 15 7 4 4 27 16 15 3 4 8 8 14 5 38
12 Bologna 30 9 7 14 32 44 15 6 3 6 18 18 15 3 4 8 14 26 -12 34
13 Udinese 29 7 12 10 41 47 15 5 7 3 24 22 14 2 5 7 17 25 -6 33
14 Empoli 31 8 9 14 41 56 15 3 3 9 23 38 16 5 6 5 18 18 -15 33
15 Spezia 31 9 5 17 32 54 15 5 3 7 16 17 16 4 2 10 16 37 -22 32
16 Sampdoria 31 8 5 18 39 52 16 4 3 9 23 29 15 4 2 9 16 23 -13 29
17 Cagliari 31 5 10 16 29 59 15 2 6 7 16 26 16 3 4 9 13 33 -30 25
18 Genoa 31 2 16 13 23 48 15 1 8 6 10 19 16 1 8 7 13 29 -25 22
19 Venezia 30 5 7 18 25 55 15 2 4 9 15 30 15 3 3 9 10 25 -30 22
20 Salernitana 29 3 7 19 22 66 15 1 5 9 12 32 14 2 2 10 10 34 -44 16

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Serie A is the division at the top of the Italian football league system and regarded as one of the top leagues of the world. 20 teams play each other home and away to create a final league table after 380 fixtures. The winners are titled “Campione d’Italia” (Champion of Italy), often referred to as the scudetto.