Football tips: Hellas Verona vs Sampdoria - predictions and betting guide

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Wed 16.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi (42160 seats)

Hellas Verona and Sampdoria have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Serie A.

Insights:
  • Hellas Verona has the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Serie A
  • Sampdoria have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Hellas Verona form and stats

Hellas Verona have collected 11 points from their Serie A home games so far after 3-2-1.

Happy days for Hellas in their previous game, a Serie A match away at Lazio (placed 9th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Cagliari that ended 1-1.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Hellas as they are travelling to their away game against Fiorentina in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.

Hellas Verona are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. Hellas are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 6 matches.

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Sampdoria form and stats

2 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Sampdoria playing as the away team in the Serie A this season.

Sampdoria play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Napoli (placed 3rd). The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Milan.

A new game in only three days for Sampdoria, the Serie A home match versus Crotone. Busy days.

Sampdoria have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. Sampdoria's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 11 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Hellas Verona-Sampdoria H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Hellas Verona two wins, Sampdoria six wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

SampdoriaF. Quagliarella
F. Quagliarella
5 goals
HellasA. Barák
A. Barák
3 goals
SampdoriaJ. Jankto
J. Jankto
3 goals

Hellas Verona missing players

Sampdoria missing players

Hellas Verona Sampdoria
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 2 6 11
4 2 1 Won W 1 2 3
4 2 1 Drew D 0 1 2
2 1 0 Lost L 1 3 6
12 5 2 Scored S 3 8 16
9 4 1 Conceded C 3 11 19
90% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
30% 20% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 83% 82%
20% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 27%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
50% 40% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 73%
30% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 9%
30% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
12.5 16.8 13 Shots (avg) S ( 7 10.7 10.1
4 4.8 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.5 3.8
30% 21% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 38% 38%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Sampdoria's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Hellas Verona has the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Serie A
  • Hellas Verona has the most matches under the total-line (7) in Serie A
  • Sampdoria have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Sampdoria have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sampdoria haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 11 8 3 0 25 11 6 3 3 0 14 7 5 5 0 0 11 4 14 27
2 Inter 11 7 3 1 29 15 5 3 1 1 14 10 6 4 2 0 15 5 14 24
3 Napoli 11 8 0 3 26 11 6 4 0 2 17 7 5 4 0 1 9 4 15 23
4 Juventus 11 6 5 0 23 9 5 4 1 0 11 2 6 2 4 0 12 7 14 23
5 Sassuolo 11 6 4 1 21 12 6 2 3 1 9 8 5 4 1 0 12 4 9 22
6 Roma 11 6 3 2 24 16 5 3 2 0 12 4 6 3 1 2 12 12 8 21
7 Hellas Verona 11 5 4 2 15 9 6 3 2 1 8 4 5 2 2 1 7 5 6 19
8 Atalanta 10 5 2 3 21 16 5 2 1 2 10 8 5 3 1 1 11 8 5 17
9 Lazio 11 5 2 4 17 19 6 1 2 3 7 12 5 4 0 1 10 7 -2 17
10 Udinese 10 4 1 5 13 14 5 2 0 3 5 7 5 2 1 2 8 7 -1 13
11 Cagliari 11 3 3 5 18 23 5 2 1 2 9 9 6 1 2 3 9 14 -5 12
12 Bologna 11 4 0 7 16 22 6 3 0 3 12 13 5 1 0 4 4 9 -6 12
13 Sampdoria 11 3 2 6 16 19 5 1 1 3 8 8 6 2 1 3 8 11 -3 11
14 Parma 11 2 5 4 12 19 5 1 3 1 3 4 6 1 2 3 9 15 -7 11
15 Benevento 11 3 2 6 12 22 5 1 1 3 5 11 6 2 1 3 7 11 -10 11
16 Spezia 11 2 4 5 15 23 5 0 2 3 5 12 6 2 2 2 10 11 -8 10
17 Fiorentina 11 2 3 6 11 19 5 2 1 2 6 6 6 0 2 4 5 13 -8 9
18 Torino 11 1 3 7 19 27 6 0 2 4 11 16 5 1 1 3 8 11 -8 6
19 Genoa 11 1 3 7 10 22 6 1 0 5 8 13 5 0 3 2 2 9 -12 6
20 Crotone 11 1 2 8 10 25 6 1 1 4 6 12 5 0 1 4 4 13 -15 5

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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.