Here's every single thing you need to be aware of, and a little bit more, before the Sampdoria - Hellas Verona game!
- Sampdoria have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Serie A
- Hellas Verona have yet to win a 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.
Sampdoria form and stats
Sampdoria's results here at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris in the Serie A have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 4 defeats. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Sampdoria, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Happy days for Sampdoria in their previous game, a Serie A match away at Salernitana (placed 20th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Midfield player Antonio Candreva got a match rating of 7.8 in that game, the max score being 10. Candreva scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Before that game, the home loss against Bologna with the scoreline 1-2.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.
There will be little rest for Sampdoria after this match as they are travelling to Fiorentina for a Serie A game in only three days.
Sampdoria has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 7 matches. Sampdoria are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (16 from 7 played).
Hellas Verona form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Hellas Verona so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-2 (win-draw-lose). Hellas has drawn their two previous away games.
The supporters enjoyed Hellas's previous game versus Empoli (placed 12th), a Serie A 2-1 win played at home. The end of the last match, against Empoli, was very satisfying as Adrien Tameze scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfielder Adrien Tameze was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.43. Tameze scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 7 of 8 times.
Before that, Hellas travelled to Napoli and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Hellas Verona in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Hellas, eight draws and five defeats.
A new game in only three days for Hellas, the Serie A home match versus Cagliari. Busy days.
Hellas has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 6 games. In the opposite end, Hellas have conceded 11 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Sampdoria-Hellas Verona H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sampdoria seven wins, Hellas Verona two wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  G. Simeone 9 goals |   A. Candreva 5 goals |  A. Barák 5 goals |
Sampdoria missing players
Hellas Verona missing players
| Sampdoria | Hellas Verona | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 9 | 27 |
| 25 | 16 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 11 | 22 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 77% | 86% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 50% | 77% |
| 46% | 57% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 50% | 62% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 33% | 38% |
| 54% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 85% |
| 23% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 5 | 4.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 6 | 5.1 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| 3.1 | 3.4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 3.5 | 2.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12.1 | 12.7 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 9 | 11.2 |
| 3.9 | 4.3 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 33% | 30% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 45% | 52% |
| 15.4 | 15 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 15.2 | 14.5 |
| 5.9 | 6.9 | 7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
- Hellas Verona have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Hellas Verona have yet to win a game away.
- Hellas Verona haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 fewest matches under the total-line (2) 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 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 19 | 32 |
| 2 | Milan | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 32 |
| 3 | Inter | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 28 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 25 |
| 5 | Roma | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 22 |
| 6 | Lazio | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Fiorentina | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 21 |
| 8 | Juventus | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 19 |
| 10 | Bologna | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -5 | 18 |
| 11 | Torino | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 12 | Empoli | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | -6 | 16 |
| 13 | Sassuolo | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 | Venezia | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 15 | Udinese | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 14 |
| 16 | Sampdoria | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -8 | 12 |
| 17 | Spezia | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 23 | -16 | 11 |
| 18 | Genoa | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 9 |
| 19 | Cagliari | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -13 | 7 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -18 | 7 |