Napoli are chasing the top places while Sampdoria are more concerned with escaping relegation. Who will get the points?
- Napoli have the most clean sheets (10) in Serie A
- Sampdoria have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Serie A
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Napoli form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie A, Napoli have managed 6 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games. Game days at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Napoli as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.
Napoli drew their last game, 1-1 away at Juventus (placed 5th). The forward Mertens was announced as "man of the match" for Napoli with a rating of 7.84/10. Mertens scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Ahead of that match, Napoli lost 0-1 at home to Spezia.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Napoli, as the Coppa Italia home game vs Fiorentina is only three days away.
Napoli have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona with 17 goals in 10 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Napoli are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 10 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Sampdoria form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A.
Sampdoria might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Cagliari proved too strong as Sampdoria slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris. Gabbiadini, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.41. Gabbiadini scored one goal.
Before that, Sampdoria travelled to Roma and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.Sampdoria have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 13 goals have been scored. In the opposite end, Sampdoria have conceded 14 goals in their away games. Sampdoria has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Sampdoria - Napoli 0-4 was the story when these sides previously met, also in this season. Statistics for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: nine wins for Napoli, zero draws and one win for Sampdoria. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  D. Mertens 6 goals |   A. Candreva 6 goals |  M. Gabbiadini 6 goals |
Napoli missing players
Sampdoria missing players
| Napoli | Sampdoria | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 36 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 28 |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 37 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 95% |
| 70% | 70% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 90% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 75% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 44% | 50% |
| 10% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 11% | 10% |
| 40% | 30% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 56% | 70% |
| 50% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 15% |
| 15% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 20% |
| 4.8 | 5.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| 4 | 3.3 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 7 | 5.6 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15.9 | 18.7 | 19.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.4 | 11.5 |
| 5.2 | 5.5 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | 4 |
| 34% | 31% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 38% | 35% |
| 11.1 | 9.7 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 15.3 | 14.2 |
| 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
- Napoli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Napoli have the most clean sheets (10) in Serie A
- Napoli have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Napoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sampdoria have the fewest matches under the total-line (3) 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 | Inter | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 49 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 34 | 46 |
| 2 | Milan | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 20 | 45 |
| 3 | Napoli | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 21 | 40 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 38 |
| 5 | Juventus | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 35 |
| 6 | Fiorentina | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 32 |
| 7 | Roma | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 32 |
| 8 | Lazio | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 37 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 32 |
| 9 | Empoli | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | -4 | 28 |
| 10 | Hellas Verona | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 27 |
| 11 | Bologna | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -4 | 27 |
| 12 | Torino | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 25 |
| 13 | Sassuolo | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 17 | -1 | 25 |
| 14 | Udinese | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -2 | 20 |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -9 | 20 |
| 16 | Venezia | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -16 | 17 |
| 17 | Spezia | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 27 | -21 | 16 |
| 18 | Cagliari | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -22 | 13 |
| 19 | Genoa | 20 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -18 | 12 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -31 | 8 |
