Soccer match preview: Home fans with big hopes before Lazio - Sampdoria

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 07.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Olimpico (72698 seats)

A home win is anticipated from this game if the league table is anything to judge by. The Lazio club members are confident that the contrast between 5th and Sampdoria's 15th place in the table will be revealed on the arena.

Insights:
  • Lazio have the most scored goals in the second half (38) in Serie A
  • Lazio have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sampdoria have scored away.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Lazio form and stats

Lazio have collected 32 points from their Serie A home games so far after 9-5-3.

It's back home for Lazio, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Spezia away with the result 4-3. Acerbi, Milinković-Savić and Immobile found the net in that victory. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? The home team have an in-form goalscorer in Immobile, having scored in four matches in a row. Midfield player Milinković-Savić got a match rating of 7.94 in that game, the max score being 10. Milinković-Savić scored one goal and had 67 successful passes (of 81 total).

Ahead of that match, Lazio lost 1-2 at home to Milan.

Goals decide football matches and Lazio are scoring many of them at home; 37 on target from 17 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Lazio's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 22 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sampdoria form and stats

There's been little loot from Sampdoria's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 17 away games in the Serie A. Sampdoria only have 4 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 3 draws.

The followers enjoyed Sampdoria's previous match versus Genoa (placed 18th), a 1-0 win played at home. Audero (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.12. Audero saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Sampdoria travelled to Hellas Verona and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Sampdoria have conceded 26 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the end result when the contenders met previously this season; Sampdoria - Lazio 1-3. Last ten meetings between these sides: Lazio won eight, Sampdoria triumphed in one and we saw one draw. nine games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals. The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters. One of the profiles has been Immobile with 12 goals scored against Sampdoria in these 10 meetings.

Top Goalscorers

LazioC. Immobile
C. Immobile
27 goals
SampdoriaF. Caputo
F. Caputo
11 goals
LazioS. Milinković-Savić
S. Milinković-Savić
10 goals

Lazio missing players

Sampdoria missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lazio Sampdoria
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 6 Played P 4 17 35
17 9 4 Won W 0 4 9
8 5 2 Drew D 1 3 6
10 3 0 Lost L 3 10 20
70 37 18 Scored S 3 17 42
53 22 7 Conceded C 6 26 57
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
91% 82% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 76% 80%
77% 71% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 47% 60%
43% 41% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 29% 37%
20% 24% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 6% 6%
63% 65% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 41% 54%
23% 29% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 24% 20%
17% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 41% 29%
 
4.4 5 6.8 Corners for (avg) C F 1 3.6 3.9
4.1 3.7 2 Corners against (avg) C A 7.8 6.7 5.6
2.3 1.8 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.4 2.5
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
11.4 13.3 17.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.6 10.3
4.9 5.2 6.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 3.1 3.5
41% 42% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 32% 35%
 
12.4 11.5 6.8 Shots against (avg) S A 17.5 15.6 14.4
3.6 3.7 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.6 4.9
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Lazio have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sampdoria have scored away.
  • Lazio have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Serie A
  • Lazio have the most scored goals in the second half (38) 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 Milan 34 22 8 4 60 30 17 10 4 3 25 12 17 12 4 1 35 18 30 74
2 Inter 34 21 9 4 72 28 17 12 3 2 41 14 17 9 6 2 31 14 44 72
3 Napoli 35 21 7 7 67 31 18 10 3 5 34 16 17 11 4 2 33 15 36 70
4 Juventus 34 19 9 6 52 30 17 9 4 4 21 11 17 10 5 2 31 19 22 66
5 Lazio 35 17 8 10 70 53 17 9 5 3 37 22 18 8 3 7 33 31 17 59
6 Roma 34 17 7 10 55 40 17 10 4 3 25 15 17 7 3 7 30 25 15 58
7 Fiorentina 34 17 5 12 54 46 17 11 2 4 34 20 17 6 3 8 20 26 8 56
8 Atalanta 34 15 10 9 61 43 17 4 7 6 30 27 17 11 3 3 31 16 18 55
9 Hellas Verona 35 14 10 11 61 52 17 9 3 5 33 21 18 5 7 6 28 31 9 52
10 Sassuolo 35 12 10 13 60 61 17 6 5 6 26 26 18 6 5 7 34 35 -1 46
11 Torino 34 11 11 12 42 36 17 8 5 4 29 17 17 3 6 8 13 19 6 44
12 Udinese 34 10 13 11 53 52 17 6 7 4 28 24 17 4 6 7 25 28 1 43
13 Bologna 34 11 9 14 39 48 18 8 4 6 24 21 16 3 5 8 15 27 -9 42
14 Empoli 34 9 10 15 45 62 17 4 4 9 26 40 17 5 6 6 19 22 -17 37
15 Sampdoria 35 9 6 20 42 57 18 5 3 10 25 31 17 4 3 10 17 26 -15 33
16 Spezia 35 9 6 20 37 63 17 5 3 9 20 24 18 4 3 11 17 39 -26 33
17 Cagliari 35 6 10 19 32 64 18 3 6 9 19 30 17 3 4 10 13 34 -32 28
18 Genoa 35 3 16 16 25 55 17 2 8 7 12 23 18 1 8 9 13 32 -30 25
19 Salernitana 33 6 7 20 28 70 16 2 5 9 14 33 17 4 2 11 14 37 -42 25
20 Venezia 33 5 7 21 27 61 17 2 4 11 17 35 16 3 3 10 10 26 -34 22

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Table
  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 34 22 8 4 60 30 17 10 4 3 25 12 17 12 4 1 35 18 30 74
2 Inter 34 21 9 4 72 28 17 12 3 2 41 14 17 9 6 2 31 14 44 72
3 Napoli 35 21 7 7 67 31 18 10 3 5 34 16 17 11 4 2 33 15 36 70
4 Juventus 34 19 9 6 52 30 17 9 4 4 21 11 17 10 5 2 31 19 22 66
5 Lazio 35 17 8 10 70 53 17 9 5 3 37 22 18 8 3 7 33 31 17 59
6 Roma 34 17 7 10 55 40 17 10 4 3 25 15 17 7 3 7 30 25 15 58
7 Fiorentina 34 17 5 12 54 46 17 11 2 4 34 20 17 6 3 8 20 26 8 56
8 Atalanta 34 15 10 9 61 43 17 4 7 6 30 27 17 11 3 3 31 16 18 55
9 Hellas Verona 35 14 10 11 61 52 17 9 3 5 33 21 18 5 7 6 28 31 9 52
10 Sassuolo 35 12 10 13 60 61 17 6 5 6 26 26 18 6 5 7 34 35 -1 46
11 Torino 34 11 11 12 42 36 17 8 5 4 29 17 17 3 6 8 13 19 6 44
12 Udinese 34 10 13 11 53 52 17 6 7 4 28 24 17 4 6 7 25 28 1 43
13 Bologna 34 11 9 14 39 48 18 8 4 6 24 21 16 3 5 8 15 27 -9 42
14 Empoli 34 9 10 15 45 62 17 4 4 9 26 40 17 5 6 6 19 22 -17 37
15 Sampdoria 35 9 6 20 42 57 18 5 3 10 25 31 17 4 3 10 17 26 -15 33
16 Spezia 35 9 6 20 37 63 17 5 3 9 20 24 18 4 3 11 17 39 -26 33
17 Cagliari 35 6 10 19 32 64 18 3 6 9 19 30 17 3 4 10 13 34 -32 28
18 Genoa 35 3 16 16 25 55 17 2 8 7 12 23 18 1 8 9 13 32 -30 25
19 Salernitana 33 6 7 20 28 70 16 2 5 9 14 33 17 4 2 11 14 37 -42 25
20 Venezia 33 5 7 21 27 61 17 2 4 11 17 35 16 3 3 10 10 26 -34 22

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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.