Atalanta travel to Sampdoria with space in suitcase for three points

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 28.February
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris (36599 seats)

Sampdoria will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 13 points behind Atalanta.

Insights:
  • Sampdoria have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Atalanta could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Champions League game only four sleeps ago.

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Sampdoria form and stats

Sampdoria have collected 16 points from their Serie A home games so far after 5-1-5.

Sampdoria faced defeat in their previous match, away at Lazio (0-1). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Fiorentina in a game that was won 2-1.

There will be little rest for Sampdoria after this match as they are travelling to Genoa for a Serie A game in only three days.

The Sampdoria fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 11 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 17 goals have been conceded.

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Atalanta form and stats

Atalanta's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Atalanta collect 22 points from their 11 away matches in the Serie A. 6 victories and 4 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Atalanta are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played eight in a row without losing.

Atalanta's previous game was their home loss versus Real Madrid (0-1). Prior to that match, a home win 4-2 against Napoli in the Serie A.

A quick return to home after this game, as Atalanta are hosting Crotone in the Serie A only three days away.

The Atalanta manager G. Gasperini has got the team scoring on the road, with 23 away goals in 11 league matches. Atalanta have conceded 13 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Atalanta - Sampdoria 1-3, played this season. Sampdoria-Atalanta H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sampdoria five wins, Atalanta three wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

AtalantaL. Muriel Fruto
L. Muriel Fruto
14 goals
AtalantaD. Zapata Banguera
D. Zapata Banguera
9 goals
SampdoriaF. Quagliarella
F. Quagliarella
8 goals

Sampdoria missing players

Atalanta missing players

Sampdoria Atalanta
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 3 11 23
9 5 2 Won W 0 6 12
3 1 0 Drew D 2 4 7
11 5 2 Lost L 1 1 4
33 19 6 Scored S 4 23 53
34 17 5 Conceded C 7 13 31
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 91%
91% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 87%
70% 82% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 64% 70%
22% 27% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 45% 52%
9% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 36% 39%
70% 82% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 73% 70%
9% 9% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 26%
22% 9% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 9% 13%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.7 2.5 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.3 1.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.2 11.1 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 15.3 15.7 16.1
3.5 4.1 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 5.8 5.7
41% 42% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 36% 40%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Sampdoria's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Sampdoria have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sampdoria haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 57 24 11 9 1 1 32 14 12 7 4 1 25 10 33 53
2 Milan 23 15 4 4 45 28 12 6 3 3 24 18 11 9 1 1 21 10 17 49
3 Juventus 22 13 6 3 44 19 11 8 2 1 23 8 11 5 4 2 21 11 25 45
4 Roma 23 13 5 5 47 35 12 9 3 0 31 13 11 4 2 5 16 22 12 44
5 Atalanta 23 12 7 4 53 31 12 6 3 3 30 18 11 6 4 1 23 13 22 43
6 Lazio 23 13 4 6 38 30 12 7 2 3 18 14 11 6 2 3 20 16 8 43
7 Napoli 22 13 1 8 47 25 11 7 1 3 28 10 11 6 0 5 19 15 22 40
8 Sassuolo 23 9 8 6 37 34 11 3 5 3 15 15 12 6 3 3 22 19 3 35
9 Hellas Verona 23 9 7 7 30 26 11 6 2 3 17 11 12 3 5 4 13 15 4 34
10 Sampdoria 23 9 3 11 33 34 11 5 1 5 19 17 12 4 2 6 14 17 -1 30
11 Genoa 23 6 8 9 26 33 12 4 3 5 18 19 11 2 5 4 8 14 -7 26
12 Bologna 23 6 7 10 30 37 11 4 3 4 19 20 12 2 4 6 11 17 -7 25
13 Udinese 23 6 7 10 25 33 11 3 3 5 9 12 12 3 4 5 16 21 -8 25
14 Fiorentina 23 6 7 10 25 35 12 5 4 3 14 11 11 1 3 7 11 24 -10 25
15 Benevento 23 6 7 10 25 42 12 2 5 5 12 21 11 4 2 5 13 21 -17 25
16 Spezia 23 6 6 11 30 41 11 2 3 6 12 19 12 4 3 5 18 22 -11 24
17 Torino 23 3 11 9 33 41 11 0 7 4 14 19 12 3 4 5 19 22 -8 20
18 Cagliari 23 3 6 14 24 41 12 2 3 7 13 21 11 1 3 7 11 20 -17 15
19 Parma 23 2 8 13 17 45 12 1 5 6 5 20 11 1 3 7 12 25 -28 14
20 Crotone 23 3 3 17 23 55 11 3 1 7 14 22 12 0 2 10 9 33 -32 12

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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.