The league table in Serie A tells a story about these teams so far, with Inter leading Sampdoria by 31 points. Match preview to follow:
The hosts Inter saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa League. That game was an away game at Ludogorets, so at least Inter are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
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.
A good away victory last time out for Inter, who won 2-0 against Ludogorets. Prior to that, an away loss at Lazio in the Serie A.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Inter home games with this odds we find twelve games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in six wins, four draws and two defeats. Looking at the victories, three matches were won by at least two goals.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Inter, as the Europa League home game vs Ludogorets is only four days away.
The Inter fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 12 league matches. Inter are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 10 from 12 matches.
Sampdoria form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sampdoria so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-7 (win-draw-lose).
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Serie A home defeat versus Fiorentina with 1-5 on the scoreboard. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Torino at their stadium, the result 3-1.
Sampdoria lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.
You'll want to know how Sampdoria managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found seven similar matches resulting in two away wins, zero draws and five home wins.
Sampdoria have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. Sampdoria have conceded 22 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Sampdoria - Inter 1-3 earlier this season. Inter-Sampdoria H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Inter six wins, Sampdoria three wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. Lukaku Menama 17 goals |  L. Martínez 11 goals |   F. Quagliarella 7 goals |
Inter missing players
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| Inter | Sampdoria | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 24 |
| 16 | 7 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 49 | 23 | 11 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 26 |
| 22 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 7 | 22 | 43 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 83% |
| 88% | 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 67% |
| 62% | 58% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 55% | 54% |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | 33% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 27% | 25% |
| 67% | 58% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 55% | 54% |
| 33% | 42% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 29% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 27% | 33% |
| 6.2 | 6.6 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
| 4.5 | 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 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 404 | 231 | 81 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 115 | 361 |
| 152 | 75 | 33 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 35 | 109 |
| 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 (23)
- Sampdoria have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sampdoria have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| 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 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 24 | 60 |
| 2 | Lazio | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 55 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 34 | 56 |
| 3 | Inter | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 49 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 27 | 54 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 63 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 13 | 31 | 45 |
| 5 | Roma | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 39 |
| 6 | Napoli | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 36 |
| 7 | Milan | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 19 | -5 | 36 |
| 8 | Hellas Verona | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 35 |
| 9 | Parma | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 35 |
| 10 | Bologna | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 20 | -2 | 34 |
| 11 | Cagliari | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 32 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 38 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -1 | 29 |
| 13 | Fiorentina | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | -4 | 29 |
| 14 | Torino | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 27 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 21 | -16 | 27 |
| 15 | Udinese | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 25 | -16 | 27 |
| 16 | Lecce | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 26 | -13 | 25 |
| 17 | Sampdoria | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -17 | 23 |
| 18 | Genoa | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 28 | -16 | 22 |
| 19 | Brescia | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 46 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -24 | 16 |
| 20 | SPAL | 25 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 24 | -25 | 15 |