Bologna know they will have a demanding visit to Sampdoria and their Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris. This preview has all the knowledge you need ahead of the match.
- Sampdoria have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in Serie A
- Bologna have yet to win a game away.
This has all the signs of an appealing fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both sides are well revitalized since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!
Sampdoria form and stats
Sampdoria's struggle is real here at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris with only 5 points collected from 6 Serie A games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-2-3.
In their previous game, the manager R. D'Aversa led his Sampdoria to a defeat in the Serie A match away at Torino. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris. Julian Chabot was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.32 out of 10. The defender Chabot won 8 of 12 duels.
Ahead of that match, Sampdoria lost 1-3 at home to Atalanta.This is expected to be a close game, with Sampdoria perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sampdoria as a small favourite), we find nine games. Sampdoria has won three of these, drawn three and lost three.
Sampdoria are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. Sampdoria are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (14 from 6 played).
Bologna form and stats
0 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Bologna playing as the away team in the Serie A this season.
Impressive finishing from Marko Arnautović and Lorenzo De Silvestri secured the home win 2-0 against Cagliari in their previous game. Defender Gary Medel was the best team player with a rating of 7.53. Medel served one assist, hit one key pass and won 0 of 1 duels.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Napoli wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Bologna in our archives, and the results are: one win for Bologna, five draws and four defeats.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Bologna concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two squads are: three wins for Sampdoria, zero draws and seven wins for Bologna. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Candreva 4 goals |   M. Barrow 4 goals |  M. Arnautović 4 goals |
Sampdoria missing players
Bologna missing players
| Sampdoria | Bologna | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| 23 | 14 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 14 | 22 |
| 91% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 91% |
| 82% | 83% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 82% | 83% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 64% |
| 55% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 45% |
| 18% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 36% |
| 55% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 55% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 36% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 18% |
| 5.1 | 4.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 5.2 | 5.5 |
| 5.5 | 5.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 3.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 7 | 3.6 | 3.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11.7 | 12.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 25 | 12.8 | 13 |
| 3.6 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 10 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 35% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 10% | 20% | 37% |
| 15.1 | 15 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 17.2 | 12.9 |
| 6.1 | 6.8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 6.2 | 4.8 |
- Bologna have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Bologna have yet to win a game away.
- Sampdoria have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Sampdoria have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sampdoria have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in Serie A
- Sampdoria haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Napoli | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 31 |
| 2 | Milan | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 31 |
| 3 | Inter | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 24 |
| 4 | Roma | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 19 |
| 5 | Atalanta | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 19 |
| 6 | Lazio | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Fiorentina | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Hellas Verona | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 15 |
| 9 | Juventus | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Bologna | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | -5 | 15 |
| 11 | Empoli | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | -5 | 15 |
| 12 | Torino | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 13 | Sassuolo | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 14 | Udinese | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 11 |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -9 | 9 |
| 16 | Venezia | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 9 |
| 17 | Genoa | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 8 |
| 18 | Spezia | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -14 | 8 |
| 19 | Salernitana | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -13 | 7 |
| 20 | Cagliari | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -12 | 6 |