Serie A: What this fixture might miss in elegance it should make up for in guts and dedication. Get ready for Inter - Sampdoria!
- Inter have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Serie A
- Sampdoria have the fewest scored goals (6) in Serie A
The hosts Inter saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Champions League. Thankfully the previous game, versus Viktoria Plzen, was also a home game here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. The away team is better rested.
Inter form and stats
Inter have played 5 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Inter's previous match was a Champions League game also played at their own arena, ending 4-0 against Viktoria Plzen. The home team are looking to repeat that performance. The forward Džeko was named "man of the match" for Inter with a rating of 8.75/10. Džeko scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Fiorentina and winning 4-3.Goals, goals, goals? Who knows about this one, but we do know that 9 of the 11 latest league games with this team has had at least three goals.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Inter as they are travelling to their away game against Bayern München in the Champions League. That match is three days after this one.
Inter have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sampdoria form and stats
As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Sampdoria have produced an overall stat of 1-1-3 so far.
Sampdoria play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Cremonese (placed 20th). That victory was so vital for this club, after a terrible period of ten league games in a row not winning. Audero was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.83. The agile goalkeeper Audero saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.
One game before, 2-2 at home hosting Ascoli (after extra-time, 9-8 on penalties) in the Coppa Italia.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Sampdoria have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's eight Inter victories, one draw and one Sampdoria win. Over/under statistics; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Martínez 6 goals |  N. Barella 4 goals |  E. Džeko 3 goals |
Inter missing players
Sampdoria missing players
| Inter | Sampdoria | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 22 | 10 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 91% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 73% |
| 82% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 45% |
| 45% | 20% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 20% | 9% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 73% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | 45% |
| 27% | 60% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 20% | 45% |
| 5.5 | 6.6 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| 1.7 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.2 | 17.4 | 18.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 11.6 | 10.3 |
| 5.7 | 5.2 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.6 | 3.1 |
| 35% | 38% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 17% | 18% |
| 12.4 | 9 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 13.6 | 12.6 |
| 4.4 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
- Inter have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Inter have scored in all their matches so far.
- Inter have scored more than double the goals of Sampdoria.
- Inter have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Serie A
- Inter have the most matches over the total-line (9) in Serie A
- Inter haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 (6) in Serie A
- Sampdoria have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) 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 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 29 |
| 2 | Milan | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 3 | Lazio | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 24 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 24 |
| 5 | Roma | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 6 | Udinese | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 7 | Inter | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 21 |
| 8 | Juventus | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 9 | Sassuolo | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| 10 | Torino | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 14 |
| 11 | Salernitana | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -3 | 13 |
| 12 | Empoli | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 11 |
| 13 | Bologna | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 10 |
| 14 | Fiorentina | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 10 |
| 15 | Monza | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 10 |
| 16 | Spezia | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | -11 | 9 |
| 17 | Lecce | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 18 | Sampdoria | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -12 | 6 |
| 19 | Hellas Verona | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 5 |
| 20 | Cremonese | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -13 | 4 |
