Possible nail-biting contest in Sampdoria - Hellas Verona game

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 17.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris (36599 seats)

Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Sampdoria in 10th and Hellas Verona in 8th place.

Insights:
  • Sampdoria have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hellas Verona haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Sampdoria form and stats

The story so far in the Serie A for Sampdoria at their home stadium (Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris) is 6 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats.

Sampdoria's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Napoli (placed 5th). Preceding that game was the away draw at Milan that finished 1-1.

Sampdoria's goalkeeper Emil Audero was extremely busy against Napoli, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sampdoria have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won four, drawn one and lost four.

Sampdoria are traveling soon after this match as the Serie A match at Crotone awaits in four days.

Sampdoria are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 15 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Sampdoria defense is not exactly impregnable. 23 goals conceded from 15 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Hellas Verona form and stats

5-5-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Hellas Verona in their Serie A matches away.

Home advantage was not enough for Hellas Verona in their previous game, as they lost their Serie A-match, hosting Lazio, 0-1. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Cagliari at their stadium, the result 2-0.

Late heartbreak for Hellas in the Lazio match, as the deciding 0-1 goal came deep into overtime.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by Hellas in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Hellas Verona, nine draws and five defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Fiorentina in just three days.

Hellas find the net regularly in their away games. 20 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. 18 goals have been conceded by Hellas Verona in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Hellas Verona - Sampdoria 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Sampdoria victories, two draws and two Hellas Verona wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

SampdoriaF. Quagliarella
F. Quagliarella
10 goals
Hellas VeronaA. Barák
A. Barák
7 goals
SampdoriaA. Candreva
A. Candreva
5 goals

Sampdoria missing players

Hellas Verona missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sampdoria Hellas Verona
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 5 15 29
10 6 1 Won W 0 5 10
6 2 1 Drew D 1 5 8
14 7 2 Lost L 4 5 11
39 22 6 Scored S 5 20 35
45 23 7 Conceded C 11 18 35
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
90% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 80% 79%
60% 67% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 40% 41%
23% 27% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 27% 21%
7% 13% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 7% 3%
67% 67% 100% BTTS BTTS 60% 53% 55%
10% 13% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 21%
23% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 20% 28%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.1 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.1 2.2
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.2 10.6 15 Shots (avg) S ( 9.4 9.1 10.4
3.6 3.9 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.9 3.2
36% 38% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 47% 37%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Hellas Verona haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • 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 30 23 5 2 69 27 15 13 1 1 39 15 15 10 4 1 30 12 42 74
2 Milan 30 19 6 5 57 35 15 6 5 4 26 21 15 13 1 1 31 14 22 63
3 Juventus 30 18 8 4 61 27 16 12 2 2 34 12 14 6 6 2 27 15 34 62
4 Atalanta 30 18 7 5 71 38 15 9 3 3 41 22 15 9 4 2 30 16 33 61
5 Napoli 30 19 2 9 65 34 14 10 1 3 37 14 16 9 1 6 28 20 31 59
6 Lazio 29 17 4 8 46 38 14 9 2 3 23 17 15 8 2 5 23 21 8 55
7 Roma 30 16 6 8 54 44 16 11 3 2 34 17 14 5 3 6 20 27 10 54
8 Hellas Verona 30 11 8 11 38 35 15 6 3 6 18 17 15 5 5 5 20 18 3 41
9 Sassuolo 29 10 10 9 48 48 14 4 7 3 23 22 15 6 3 6 25 26 0 40
10 Sampdoria 30 10 6 14 39 45 15 6 2 7 22 23 15 4 4 7 17 22 -6 36
11 Bologna 30 9 7 14 39 46 14 6 3 5 24 22 16 3 4 9 15 24 -7 34
12 Udinese 30 8 9 13 32 40 15 5 3 7 12 14 15 3 6 6 20 26 -8 33
13 Genoa 30 7 11 12 32 44 15 4 6 5 21 22 15 3 5 7 11 22 -12 32
14 Spezia 30 8 8 14 40 55 15 4 5 6 20 25 15 4 3 8 20 30 -15 32
15 Fiorentina 30 7 9 14 38 49 16 5 5 6 22 22 14 2 4 8 16 27 -11 30
16 Benevento 29 7 9 13 30 54 15 2 6 7 15 30 14 5 3 6 15 24 -24 30
17 Torino 29 5 12 12 42 52 14 1 8 5 20 25 15 4 4 7 22 27 -10 27
18 Cagliari 30 5 7 18 31 51 15 3 3 9 15 26 15 2 4 9 16 25 -20 22
19 Parma 30 3 11 16 29 59 16 2 5 9 10 27 14 1 6 7 19 32 -30 20
20 Crotone 30 4 3 23 37 77 14 4 1 9 20 29 16 0 2 14 17 48 -40 15

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Table
  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 30 23 5 2 69 27 15 13 1 1 39 15 15 10 4 1 30 12 42 74
2 Milan 30 19 6 5 57 35 15 6 5 4 26 21 15 13 1 1 31 14 22 63
3 Juventus 30 18 8 4 61 27 16 12 2 2 34 12 14 6 6 2 27 15 34 62
4 Atalanta 30 18 7 5 71 38 15 9 3 3 41 22 15 9 4 2 30 16 33 61
5 Napoli 30 19 2 9 65 34 14 10 1 3 37 14 16 9 1 6 28 20 31 59
6 Lazio 29 17 4 8 46 38 14 9 2 3 23 17 15 8 2 5 23 21 8 55
7 Roma 30 16 6 8 54 44 16 11 3 2 34 17 14 5 3 6 20 27 10 54
8 Hellas Verona 30 11 8 11 38 35 15 6 3 6 18 17 15 5 5 5 20 18 3 41
9 Sassuolo 29 10 10 9 48 48 14 4 7 3 23 22 15 6 3 6 25 26 0 40
10 Sampdoria 30 10 6 14 39 45 15 6 2 7 22 23 15 4 4 7 17 22 -6 36
11 Bologna 30 9 7 14 39 46 14 6 3 5 24 22 16 3 4 9 15 24 -7 34
12 Udinese 30 8 9 13 32 40 15 5 3 7 12 14 15 3 6 6 20 26 -8 33
13 Genoa 30 7 11 12 32 44 15 4 6 5 21 22 15 3 5 7 11 22 -12 32
14 Spezia 30 8 8 14 40 55 15 4 5 6 20 25 15 4 3 8 20 30 -15 32
15 Fiorentina 30 7 9 14 38 49 16 5 5 6 22 22 14 2 4 8 16 27 -11 30
16 Benevento 29 7 9 13 30 54 15 2 6 7 15 30 14 5 3 6 15 24 -24 30
17 Torino 29 5 12 12 42 52 14 1 8 5 20 25 15 4 4 7 22 27 -10 27
18 Cagliari 30 5 7 18 31 51 15 3 3 9 15 26 15 2 4 9 16 25 -20 22
19 Parma 30 3 11 16 29 59 16 2 5 9 10 27 14 1 6 7 19 32 -30 20
20 Crotone 30 4 3 23 37 77 14 4 1 9 20 29 16 0 2 14 17 48 -40 15

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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.