Serie A: What this fixture might lack in glitz it should pay back in guts and dedication. Bring on Empoli - Sampdoria!
- Sampdoria have the fewest scored goals (8) in Serie A
The visiting Sampdoria played their last game only four days ago, a Coppa Italia match. That game, against Fiorentina, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Sampdoria.
Empoli form and stats
Empoli have played 8 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-3 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadio Carlo Castellani.
The Empoli coach Zanetti and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Lazio (placed 5th). There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Lazio as Marin's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. Defender Ismajli got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.31/10. Ismajli won 4 of 4 duels.
1-1 away at Udinese before that.Empoli aren't scoring a lot here at Stadio Carlo Castellani in the league, with only {7 goals} from 8 games.
Sampdoria form and stats
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).
Two away games in a row for Sampdoria, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Fiorentina in the Coppa Italia. Murillo was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.22. The defender Murillo won 8 of 15 duels.
Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Napoli.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sampdoria playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 1 Sampdoria win, 2 draws and 6 defeats.
Highlight this: 8 of the last 10 league matches involving this side have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).
The attacking power of Sampdoria when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 8 league matches away. Sampdoria struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 15 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings featuring these participants: Empoli won one, Sampdoria triumphed in five and we saw four draws. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Parisi 2 goals |  F. Bandinelli 2 goals |
Empoli missing players
Sampdoria missing players
| Empoli | Sampdoria | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 15 | 7 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 22 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 71% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 82% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 62% | 41% |
| 24% | 12% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 6% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 47% | 38% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 35% |
| 29% | 50% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 59% |
| 3.9 | 4.2 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 6.7 | 7.4 | 8.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.9 | 4.2 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.5 | 3.1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.6 | 13.9 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.5 | 9.9 |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 |
| 23% | 21% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 20% | 18% |
| 17.2 | 15.9 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 13.9 | 12.8 |
| 4.9 | 4.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
- Sampdoria have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sampdoria have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sampdoria have the fewest scored goals (8) in Serie A
- Sampdoria have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in Serie A
- Sampdoria have the the worst goal difference (-22) in Serie A
- Sampdoria haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 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 | Atalanta | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 31 |
| 7 | Roma | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 31 |
| 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 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -7 | 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 | Hellas Verona | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -15 | 9 |
| 19 | Sampdoria | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -22 | 9 |
| 20 | Cremonese | 17 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | -18 | 7 |
