The Serie A overall standings tell a story about these sides so far, with Milan in front of Sampdoria by 29 points. Match preview to follow:
There haven't been much to rest for the hosts, as they had a Coppa Italia fixture only four days ago. This match was also played here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Sampdoria have had more rest.
Milan form and stats
All-inclusive Serie A statistics playing at home this season for Milan are 7-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Midfielder Leão was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.6 (out of ten) in that game. Leão scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 20 successful passes (of 25 total).
A strong away win before that one, visiting Inter and winning 2-1.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 Milan home games with this odds we find ten games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in six wins, three draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, four matches were won by at least two goals.
A decent goal production from Milan in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 12 league matches. From these home matches, Milan have conceded only 11 goals.
Sampdoria form and stats
Sampdoria have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 3-2-6 (11 played). Sampdoria seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Sampdoria won their last game, 4-0 versus Sassuolo played at home. Goalkeeper Falcone got the top player rating of the team with 9.23/10. Falcone topped it up with a clean sheet.
A 0-1 defeat away at Spezia 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 zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected eight times.
Sampdoria are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 11 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Sampdoria have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The participants have faced each other before in this season, with the final score Sampdoria - Milan 0-1 registered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Milan wins - draws - Sampdoria wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  Z. Ibrahimović 8 goals |  O. Giroud 7 goals |   A. Candreva 7 goals |
Milan missing players
Sampdoria missing players
| Milan | Sampdoria | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 24 |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 49 | 20 | 9 | Scored | S | 2 | 13 | 33 |
| 26 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 16 | 41 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 96% |
| 83% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 73% | 83% |
| 58% | 42% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 55% | 71% |
| 33% | 33% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | 46% |
| 25% | 17% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 9% | 8% |
| 62% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | 62% |
| 33% | 42% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 17% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | 25% |
| 4.8 | 5.5 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 7.1 | 6.1 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 15.9 | 17.2 | 20.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 10.9 | 11.2 |
| 5 | 4.3 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| 41% | 38% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 35% | 36% |
| 11.6 | 10.1 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.5 | 15.4 | 15.1 |
| 4 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.6 | 5.5 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Inter | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 54 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 35 | 53 |
| 2 | Napoli | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 29 | 52 |
| 3 | Milan | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 49 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 23 | 52 |
| 4 | Juventus | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 45 |
| 5 | Atalanta | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 17 | 43 |
| 6 | Lazio | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 49 | 39 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 39 |
| 7 | Roma | 24 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 39 |
| 8 | Fiorentina | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 41 | 33 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 36 |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 43 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 3 | 33 |
| 10 | Torino | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 32 |
| 11 | Empoli | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 47 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 14 | -10 | 30 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 23 | -3 | 29 |
| 13 | Bologna | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -8 | 28 |
| 14 | Udinese | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 33 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -3 | 27 |
| 15 | Spezia | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 30 | -18 | 26 |
| 16 | Sampdoria | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 33 | 41 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | -8 | 23 |
| 17 | Cagliari | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -21 | 20 |
| 18 | Venezia | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -22 | 18 |
| 19 | Genoa | 24 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 45 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 27 | -25 | 14 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 55 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 29 | -39 | 11 |
