Serie A preview: Can Sampdoria edge out victory against Cagliari?

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Wed 15.July
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris (36599 seats)

Season ticket holders at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Sampdoria languishing in the 14th position so far. The guesting Cagliari will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

It's no vacation for neither Sampdoria nor Cagliari as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Sampdoria form and stats

Sampdoria have played 16 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-4-7 (wins-draws-losses).

A good away victory last time out for Sampdoria, who won 3-1 against Udinese (placed 15th). A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Atalanta.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sampdoria have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won six times, drawn zero and lost one.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sampdoria as they are travelling to their away game against Parma in the Serie A. That match is four days after this one.

Sampdoria has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Sampdoria defense is not exactly impregnable. 24 goals conceded from 16 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Cagliari form and stats

4 wins, 8 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Cagliari playing as the away team in the Serie A this season. Visiting Cagliari has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

G. Simeone was the last player to score for the away team. Cagliari haven't scored a league goal in the last 314 minutes. Cagliari have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Alessio Cragno. It's been 243 minutes since they last conceded in Serie A.

Cagliari's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Lecce that finished 0-0. A 0-0 draw at Fiorentina's stadium before that.

Goalkeeper Alessio Cragno made a total of eight saves, making him a hero against Lecce. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.

Cagliari are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and six defeats. From a total of eight matches.

After this away game Cagliari return home for a Serie A game against Sassuolo. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Cagliari have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 16 league away games 19 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Cagliari have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Cagliari - Sampdoria 4-3 entered in the official records. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Sampdoria won four games, three matches ended with a draw and Cagliari has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

CagliariJ. dos Santos Galvão
J. dos Santos Galvão
17 goals
SampdoriaF. Quagliarella
F. Quagliarella
10 goals
CagliariG. Simeone
G. Simeone
10 goals

Sampdoria missing players

Cagliari missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sampdoria Cagliari
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 6 16 32
10 5 1 Won W 1 4 10
5 4 1 Drew D 3 8 11
17 7 3 Lost L 2 4 11
39 20 4 Scored S 7 19 48
54 24 9 Conceded C 8 20 46
88% 81% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
75% 69% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 75% 75%
62% 62% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 50%
28% 25% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 31% 38%
19% 19% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 16%
59% 56% 60% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 62%
25% 31% 20% Clean Sheets C S 17% 25% 19%
28% 31% 40% Failed to Score F T 17% 19% 25%
 
5.2 5.8 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 4 4.3
6.2 5.6 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 6.3 5.8
3 3 3.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.8 3.2 3
5 2 1 Red cards R C 3 4 5
 
464 284 93 Total Shots T S 83 183 396
150 92 27 Shots on Target S O 25 58 134
26% 22% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 33% 36%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Juventus 32 24 4 4 67 32 16 14 2 0 41 13 16 10 2 4 26 19 35 76
2 Lazio 32 21 5 6 68 35 17 12 3 2 42 16 15 9 2 4 26 19 33 68
3 Atalanta 32 20 7 5 87 41 16 10 2 4 44 22 16 10 5 1 43 19 46 67
4 Inter 31 19 8 4 65 33 16 9 5 2 35 16 15 10 3 2 30 17 32 65
5 Roma 32 16 6 10 59 43 16 8 3 5 30 23 16 8 3 5 29 20 16 54
6 Napoli 32 15 7 10 52 43 16 7 3 6 24 22 16 8 4 4 28 21 9 52
7 Milan 32 14 8 10 45 41 15 6 5 4 19 17 17 8 3 6 26 24 4 50
8 Sassuolo 32 13 7 12 59 54 15 7 2 6 35 27 17 6 5 6 24 27 5 46
9 Hellas Verona 32 11 11 10 40 39 16 8 4 4 24 19 16 3 7 6 16 20 1 44
10 Bologna 32 11 9 12 46 51 16 4 6 6 20 25 16 7 3 6 26 26 -5 42
11 Cagliari 32 10 11 11 48 46 16 6 3 7 29 26 16 4 8 4 19 20 2 41
12 Parma 32 11 7 14 44 44 16 6 2 8 21 18 16 5 5 6 23 26 0 40
13 Fiorentina 32 8 12 12 38 44 17 3 8 6 16 22 15 5 4 6 22 22 -6 36
14 Sampdoria 32 10 5 17 39 54 16 5 4 7 20 24 16 5 1 10 19 30 -15 35
15 Udinese 32 9 8 15 31 46 16 5 5 6 15 20 16 4 3 9 16 26 -15 35
16 Torino 31 10 4 17 37 57 16 6 3 7 17 26 15 4 1 10 20 31 -20 34
17 Genoa 32 7 9 16 40 60 16 5 1 10 19 27 16 2 8 6 21 33 -20 30
18 Lecce 32 7 8 17 40 71 16 3 5 8 23 33 16 4 3 9 17 38 -31 29
19 Brescia 32 5 6 21 28 64 16 2 4 10 17 30 16 3 2 11 11 34 -36 21
20 SPAL 32 5 4 23 23 58 15 2 3 10 13 26 17 3 1 13 10 32 -35 19

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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 Juventus 32 24 4 4 67 32 16 14 2 0 41 13 16 10 2 4 26 19 35 76
2 Lazio 32 21 5 6 68 35 17 12 3 2 42 16 15 9 2 4 26 19 33 68
3 Atalanta 32 20 7 5 87 41 16 10 2 4 44 22 16 10 5 1 43 19 46 67
4 Inter 31 19 8 4 65 33 16 9 5 2 35 16 15 10 3 2 30 17 32 65
5 Roma 32 16 6 10 59 43 16 8 3 5 30 23 16 8 3 5 29 20 16 54
6 Napoli 32 15 7 10 52 43 16 7 3 6 24 22 16 8 4 4 28 21 9 52
7 Milan 32 14 8 10 45 41 15 6 5 4 19 17 17 8 3 6 26 24 4 50
8 Sassuolo 32 13 7 12 59 54 15 7 2 6 35 27 17 6 5 6 24 27 5 46
9 Hellas Verona 32 11 11 10 40 39 16 8 4 4 24 19 16 3 7 6 16 20 1 44
10 Bologna 32 11 9 12 46 51 16 4 6 6 20 25 16 7 3 6 26 26 -5 42
11 Cagliari 32 10 11 11 48 46 16 6 3 7 29 26 16 4 8 4 19 20 2 41
12 Parma 32 11 7 14 44 44 16 6 2 8 21 18 16 5 5 6 23 26 0 40
13 Fiorentina 32 8 12 12 38 44 17 3 8 6 16 22 15 5 4 6 22 22 -6 36
14 Sampdoria 32 10 5 17 39 54 16 5 4 7 20 24 16 5 1 10 19 30 -15 35
15 Udinese 32 9 8 15 31 46 16 5 5 6 15 20 16 4 3 9 16 26 -15 35
16 Torino 31 10 4 17 37 57 16 6 3 7 17 26 15 4 1 10 20 31 -20 34
17 Genoa 32 7 9 16 40 60 16 5 1 10 19 27 16 2 8 6 21 33 -20 30
18 Lecce 32 7 8 17 40 71 16 3 5 8 23 33 16 4 3 9 17 38 -31 29
19 Brescia 32 5 6 21 28 64 16 2 4 10 17 30 16 3 2 11 11 34 -36 21
20 SPAL 32 5 4 23 23 58 15 2 3 10 13 26 17 3 1 13 10 32 -35 19

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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.