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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 02.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Olimpico (72698 seats)

A victory to the home team is expected from this fixture if the league standings is to be believed. The Roma regulars are confident that the difference between 5th and Sampdoria's 19th place in the table will be visible on the ground.

Insights:
  • Roma haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Sampdoria have the fewest scored goals (16) in Serie A

Roma and Sampdoria should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Roma form and stats

Overall Serie A stats playing at home this season for Roma are 8-1-4 (wins-draws-losses).

No payout for Roma in their previous match, an away game at Lazio that ended in defeat 0-1. The attacker Pellegrini won the honour of being "man of the match" for Roma with the rating of 7.41/10. Pellegrini hit three key passes and had 17 successful passes (of 21 total).

In the fixture before, 0-0 away to Real Sociedad (Europa League).

Roma are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 13 games. Roma have only conceded 9 from their league home games. 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 8 points from 13 away games in the Serie A. Sampdoria only have 2 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 2 draws. Sampdoria seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Zanoli and Gabbiadini (2) scored in Sampdoria's previous match, the home game against Hellas Verona that ended 3-1. That win was so crucial for this club, after a horrific sequence of ten league games in a row not winning. The attacker Gabbiadini got a match rating of 8.65 in that game. Gabbiadini scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game, the 2-4 loss visiting Juventus's place.

The attacking power of Sampdoria when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 13 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Sampdoria have conceded 25 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Roma and Sampdoria have faced off already this season: Sampdoria - Roma 0-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - two - two (Roma wins - draws - Sampdoria wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

RomaP. Exequiel Dybala
P. Exequiel Dybala
9 goals
RomaK. Bakumo-Abraham
K. Bakumo-Abraham
6 goals
SampdoriaM. Gabbiadini
M. Gabbiadini
6 goals

Roma missing players

Sampdoria missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Roma Sampdoria
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 3 13 27
14 8 4 Won W 0 2 3
5 1 0 Drew D 0 2 6
8 4 0 Lost L 3 9 18
35 17 6 Scored S 0 10 16
26 9 1 Conceded C 6 25 44
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
63% 46% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 77% 70%
37% 23% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 54% 41%
15% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 23% 15%
4% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 4%
44% 23% 25% BTTS BTTS 0% 46% 37%
37% 54% 75% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 15%
19% 23% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 46% 59%
 
4.7 5.5 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.3 3.1 3.4
3.8 3.8 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.9 5.4
2.1 1.9 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 3.3 3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.7 13.9 17.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 11.2 10.1
4.5 4.9 7.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 4.3 3.1
29% 27% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 18% 19%
 
11.1 10.5 10.2 Shots against (avg) S A 17.7 15.5 14.3
3.3 3.2 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 5 4.7
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Roma have scored more than double the goals of Sampdoria.
  • Roma 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 points from losing position (2) in Serie A
  • Sampdoria have the fewest scored goals (16) in Serie A
  • Sampdoria have the the worst goal difference (-28) 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 27 23 2 2 64 16 13 11 1 1 33 9 14 12 1 1 31 7 48 71
2 Lazio 27 15 7 5 42 19 14 8 3 3 23 12 13 7 4 2 19 7 23 52
3 Inter 27 16 2 9 47 31 14 11 0 3 27 7 13 5 2 6 20 24 16 50
4 Milan 27 14 6 7 44 36 13 9 2 2 28 17 14 5 4 5 16 19 8 48
5 Roma 27 14 5 8 35 26 13 8 1 4 17 9 14 6 4 4 18 17 9 47
6 Atalanta 27 13 6 8 44 31 13 6 3 4 24 16 14 7 3 4 20 15 13 45
7 Juventus 27 17 5 5 45 22 14 10 3 1 33 12 13 7 2 4 12 10 23 41
8 Udinese 27 9 11 7 37 31 13 4 7 2 22 15 14 5 4 5 15 16 6 38
9 Fiorentina 27 10 7 10 32 31 14 6 4 4 19 19 13 4 3 6 13 12 1 37
10 Bologna 27 10 7 10 33 36 14 6 5 3 17 10 13 4 2 7 16 26 -3 37
11 Torino 27 10 7 10 29 33 13 5 4 4 11 12 14 5 3 6 18 21 -4 37
12 Sassuolo 27 10 6 11 35 40 13 6 2 5 17 15 14 4 4 6 18 25 -5 36
13 Monza 27 9 7 11 32 37 14 5 4 5 19 16 13 4 3 6 13 21 -5 34
14 Empoli 27 6 10 11 24 36 13 4 4 5 12 15 14 2 6 6 12 21 -12 28
15 Lecce 27 6 9 12 24 32 13 2 6 5 13 17 14 4 3 7 11 15 -8 27
16 Salernitana 27 6 9 12 31 47 14 4 4 6 19 20 13 2 5 6 12 27 -16 27
17 Spezia 27 5 9 13 23 43 14 3 7 4 15 20 13 2 2 9 8 23 -20 24
18 Hellas Verona 27 4 7 16 22 41 14 4 2 8 15 22 13 0 5 8 7 19 -19 19
19 Sampdoria 27 3 6 18 16 44 14 1 4 9 6 19 13 2 2 9 10 25 -28 15
20 Cremonese 27 1 10 16 22 49 13 1 3 9 7 22 14 0 7 7 15 27 -27 13

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  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 27 23 2 2 64 16 13 11 1 1 33 9 14 12 1 1 31 7 48 71
2 Lazio 27 15 7 5 42 19 14 8 3 3 23 12 13 7 4 2 19 7 23 52
3 Inter 27 16 2 9 47 31 14 11 0 3 27 7 13 5 2 6 20 24 16 50
4 Milan 27 14 6 7 44 36 13 9 2 2 28 17 14 5 4 5 16 19 8 48
5 Roma 27 14 5 8 35 26 13 8 1 4 17 9 14 6 4 4 18 17 9 47
6 Atalanta 27 13 6 8 44 31 13 6 3 4 24 16 14 7 3 4 20 15 13 45
7 Juventus 27 17 5 5 45 22 14 10 3 1 33 12 13 7 2 4 12 10 23 41
8 Udinese 27 9 11 7 37 31 13 4 7 2 22 15 14 5 4 5 15 16 6 38
9 Fiorentina 27 10 7 10 32 31 14 6 4 4 19 19 13 4 3 6 13 12 1 37
10 Bologna 27 10 7 10 33 36 14 6 5 3 17 10 13 4 2 7 16 26 -3 37
11 Torino 27 10 7 10 29 33 13 5 4 4 11 12 14 5 3 6 18 21 -4 37
12 Sassuolo 27 10 6 11 35 40 13 6 2 5 17 15 14 4 4 6 18 25 -5 36
13 Monza 27 9 7 11 32 37 14 5 4 5 19 16 13 4 3 6 13 21 -5 34
14 Empoli 27 6 10 11 24 36 13 4 4 5 12 15 14 2 6 6 12 21 -12 28
15 Lecce 27 6 9 12 24 32 13 2 6 5 13 17 14 4 3 7 11 15 -8 27
16 Salernitana 27 6 9 12 31 47 14 4 4 6 19 20 13 2 5 6 12 27 -16 27
17 Spezia 27 5 9 13 23 43 14 3 7 4 15 20 13 2 2 9 8 23 -20 24
18 Hellas Verona 27 4 7 16 22 41 14 4 2 8 15 22 13 0 5 8 7 19 -19 19
19 Sampdoria 27 3 6 18 16 44 14 1 4 9 6 19 13 2 2 9 10 25 -28 15
20 Cremonese 27 1 10 16 22 49 13 1 3 9 7 22 14 0 7 7 15 27 -27 13

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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.