The league table in Serie A tells a story about these teams so far, with Roma leading Sampdoria by 22 points. Match preview to follow:
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Roma form and stats
Roma have collected 21 points from their Serie A home games so far after 6-3-4.
It's back home for Roma, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Cagliari away with the result 4-3. Justin Kluivert, Nikola Kalinić (2) and Henrikh Mkhitaryan found the net in that victory. Before that, Roma played out a Europa League draw 1-1 when visiting Gent.
A goal frenzy last time out for Roma, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Cagliari. Fun stuff to watch!
There will be little rest for Roma after this match as they are travelling to Sevilla for a Europa League game in only four days.
Goals decide football matches and Roma are scoring many of them at home; 26 on target from 13 league matches. Roma's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sampdoria form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sampdoria so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-7 (win-draw-lose).
Sampdoria's previous game was their home loss versus Fiorentina (1-5). Prior to that result Sampdoria won their away game at Torino. The scoreline was 3-1.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Fiorentina was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sampdoria have scored 12 goals in 11 league games away. Sampdoria have conceded 22 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Sampdoria - Roma 0-0 entered in the official records. Last ten meetings between the teams: Roma won five, Sampdoria won three and two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Džeko 12 goals |   F. Quagliarella 7 goals |  A. Kolarov 6 goals |
Roma missing players
Sampdoria missing players
| Roma | Sampdoria | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 24 |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 51 | 26 | 13 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 26 |
| 35 | 19 | 6 | Conceded | C | 7 | 22 | 43 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 83% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 67% |
| 65% | 69% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 55% | 54% |
| 42% | 38% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | 33% |
| 23% | 23% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 27% | 25% |
| 65% | 69% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 55% | 54% |
| 23% | 15% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 29% |
| 19% | 15% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 27% | 33% |
| 7.2 | 8.5 | 10 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
| 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.2 | 5.6 |
| 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 456 | 276 | 132 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 115 | 361 |
| 151 | 86 | 44 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 35 | 109 |
| 34% | 30% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 34% | 24% |
- All of Roma's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Roma have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Roma have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sampdoria have scored away.
- Roma have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Roma haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sampdoria has the fewest scored goals in the first half (6)
- Sampdoria have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sampdoria have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Lazio | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 60 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 37 | 62 |
| 2 | Juventus | 25 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 24 | 60 |
| 3 | Inter | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 49 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 27 | 54 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 70 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 15 | 36 | 48 |
| 5 | Roma | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 51 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 45 |
| 6 | Napoli | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 39 |
| 7 | Milan | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 19 | -5 | 36 |
| 8 | Hellas Verona | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 35 |
| 9 | Parma | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 35 |
| 10 | Bologna | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 42 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 22 | -4 | 34 |
| 11 | Cagliari | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 32 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 38 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -1 | 29 |
| 13 | Fiorentina | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 36 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 19 | -4 | 29 |
| 14 | Udinese | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 25 | -16 | 27 |
| 15 | Torino | 25 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 28 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 23 | -17 | 27 |
| 16 | Lecce | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 34 | 56 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 30 | -22 | 25 |
| 17 | Sampdoria | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -17 | 23 |
| 18 | Genoa | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 46 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 28 | -17 | 22 |
| 19 | Brescia | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 46 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 21 | -24 | 16 |
| 20 | SPAL | 25 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 24 | -25 | 15 |