Serie A: What this fixture might not have in glitz it should pay back in effort and dedication. Let's go: Fiorentina - Sampdoria!
- Fiorentina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sampdoria have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Serie A
It's no vacation for neither Fiorentina nor Sampdoria as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Fiorentina form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadio Artemio Franchi as Fiorentina have scored 14 goals to get 12 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Serie A are 4-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at Stadio Artemio Franchi after three straight home wins.
Fiorentina faced defeat in their previous match, away at Empoli (1-2). Lucas Martínez Quarta, defender, was given a rating of 7.84/10 in that game, top of the team. Quarta hit one key pass and won 7 of 10 duels.
Before that game, the 4-3 home victory against Milan.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Fiorentina matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, two draws and one defeat (from six games).
The Fiorentina manager V. Italiano has got the team scoring with 14 from 6 home games in the league. Fiorentina have conceded 9 from these games.
Sampdoria form and stats
The visitors are W2-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A.
Sampdoria had fun at their own home (Stadio Artemio Franchi) last time out, beating Hellas Verona 3-1. Nicola Murru, Albin Ekdal and Antonio Candreva scored. Antonio Candreva got a match rating of 8.15 in that game, top player of the team. Candreva scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 24 successful passes (of 28 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Salernitana at their stadium, the result 2-0.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Sampdoria playing away, we found two games. Results were one away win, zero draws and one home win.
Sampdoria are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 6 games (in the league). As for defending, Sampdoria rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings with these sides: Fiorentina won three, Sampdoria were winners in four and we saw three draws. nine games with over 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  D. Vlahović 11 goals |   A. Candreva 6 goals |  F. Caputo 3 goals |
Fiorentina missing players
Sampdoria missing players
| Fiorentina | Sampdoria | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 21 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 19 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 9 | 26 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 83% | 93% |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 83% | 86% |
| 71% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 67% | 79% |
| 21% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 33% | 50% |
| 7% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 17% | 14% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 33% | 57% |
| 21% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 21% |
| 21% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5.5 | 4.9 |
| 4.4 | 4 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 7 | 5.9 |
| 2.9 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.6 | 15.5 | 26 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.3 | 12.3 |
| 4.8 | 6.5 | 10 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
| 31% | 36% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | 35% |
| 10.3 | 9.5 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.2 | 15.8 | 15.2 |
| 3.9 | 3.3 | 0.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.8 | 5.7 |
- All of Fiorentina's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Fiorentina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Fiorentina have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Fiorentina haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sampdoria have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Serie A
| 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 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 19 | 32 |
| 2 | Milan | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 32 |
| 3 | Inter | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 31 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 28 |
| 5 | Roma | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 22 |
| 6 | Lazio | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Fiorentina | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 21 |
| 8 | Juventus | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 19 |
| 10 | Empoli | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | -5 | 19 |
| 11 | Bologna | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -5 | 18 |
| 12 | Torino | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 13 | Sassuolo | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 | Sampdoria | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -6 | 15 |
| 15 | Venezia | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -9 | 15 |
| 16 | Udinese | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 14 |
| 17 | Spezia | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 23 | -16 | 11 |
| 18 | Genoa | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 9 |
| 19 | Cagliari | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -13 | 8 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -18 | 8 |