A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Inter fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and Sampdoria's 16th place in the table will show on the pitch.
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.
Inter form and stats
Inter are steadily winning Serie A games and points here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. 7 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 12 games.
Inter drew their last game, 1-1 away at Napoli (placed 6th). Prior to that, an away loss at Juventus in the Serie A.
Inter are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 13 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won seven, drew four and lost two.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Sassuolo are coming to town in three days.
A decent goal production from Inter in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 12 league matches. Inter have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sampdoria form and stats
There's been little loot from Sampdoria's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 11 away games in the Serie A. Sampdoria only have 3 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw.
Fabio Quagliarella (2) scored in Sampdoria's previous match, the home game against Hellas Verona that ended 2-1. A 1-5 loss hosting Fiorentina before that.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Sampdoria played away with similar odds. This revealed eight games. The visitors overcame the odds to win two times, one were draw and the home team won as expected five times.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Serie A trip to Roma.
Sampdoria find the net regularly in their away games. 12 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. For Sampdoria, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Sampdoria - Inter 1-3, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Inter six wins, one draw and Sampdoria three victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Lukaku Menama 17 goals |  L. Martínez 11 goals |   F. Quagliarella 9 goals |
Inter missing players
Sampdoria missing players
| Inter | Sampdoria | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 25 |
| 16 | 7 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 49 | 23 | 11 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 28 |
| 24 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 22 | 44 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 84% |
| 88% | 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 68% |
| 60% | 58% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 55% | 56% |
| 28% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | 32% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 27% | 24% |
| 64% | 58% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 55% | 56% |
| 32% | 42% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 28% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 27% | 32% |
| 6.1 | 6.6 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
| 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.2 | 5.6 |
| 2.7 | 2.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 417 | 231 | 81 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 115 | 378 |
| 154 | 75 | 33 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 35 | 116 |
| 32% | 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 34% | 24% |
- Inter have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sampdoria has the fewest scored goals in the first half (6)
- Sampdoria has the most conceded goals in the first half (24)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Juventus | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 26 | 63 |
| 2 | Lazio | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 60 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 37 | 62 |
| 3 | Inter | 25 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 49 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 25 | 54 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 70 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 15 | 36 | 48 |
| 5 | Roma | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 51 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 45 |
| 6 | Napoli | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 39 |
| 7 | Milan | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 19 | -6 | 36 |
| 8 | Hellas Verona | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 35 |
| 9 | Parma | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 35 |
| 10 | Bologna | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 22 | -4 | 34 |
| 11 | Sassuolo | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 41 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 32 |
| 12 | Cagliari | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 32 |
| 13 | Fiorentina | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | -4 | 30 |
| 14 | Udinese | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 25 | -16 | 28 |
| 15 | Torino | 25 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 28 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 23 | -17 | 27 |
| 16 | Sampdoria | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 28 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -16 | 26 |
| 17 | Genoa | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 31 | 47 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 29 | -16 | 25 |
| 18 | Lecce | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 34 | 56 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 30 | -22 | 25 |
| 19 | SPAL | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 24 | -24 | 18 |
| 20 | Brescia | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 49 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 24 | -27 | 16 |