Let's look at this engrossing fixture in the Serie A. Sampdoria is in the 11th spot after completing four matches. They host Napoli who are placed 1st after four games.
- Napoli have the the best goal difference (+5) away in Serie A
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sampdoria and Napoli.
Sampdoria form and stats
0 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Sampdoria have to build on here at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris in the Serie A.
It's back home for Sampdoria, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Empoli away with the result 3-0. Antonio Candreva and Francesco Caputo (2) found the net in that victory. The striker Francesco Caputo was declared "man of the match" for Sampdoria with the rating of 9.31/10. Caputo scored two goals, hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
In the match before that, Sampdoria hosted Inter and drew the game 2-2.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sampdoria as they are travelling to their away game against Juventus in the Serie A. That match is three days after this one.
Sampdoria has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 3 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Napoli form and stats
Napoli are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Serie A.
Two travels in a row for Napoli, whose manager L. Spalletti could celebrate last time after the Serie A win against Udinese. As mentioned above, Napoli was the only team on the pitch versus Udinese in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Defender Amir Rrahmani was the best team player with a rating of 8.62. Rrahmani scored one goal and won 5 of 7 duels.
A 2-2 draw at Leicester City's stadium before that.A new game in only three days for Napoli, the Serie A home match versus Cagliari. Busy days.
6 goals so far away for Napoli, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - zero - nine (Sampdoria wins - draws - Napoli wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Caputo 2 goals |   K. Koulibaly 2 goals |  T. Augello 1 goals |
Sampdoria missing players
Napoli missing players
| Sampdoria | Napoli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 6.5 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5 | 6.2 |
| 5.8 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2 | 3 | 2.2 |
| 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.8 | 16.5 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 15 | 15.8 |
| 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 8 | 6.2 |
| 26% | 22% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 38% | 40% |
- Napoli have the the best goal difference (+5) away in Serie A
- Napoli is in the best form (4-0-0)
| Sampdoria | Last season | Napoli | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 12 | 24 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 52 | 32 | Scored | S | 36 | 86 | ||
| 54 | 26 | Conceded | C | 21 | 41 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 95% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 84% | 89% | ||
| 58% | 68% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 55% | ||
| 26% | 32% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 32% | 39% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 26% | ||
| 61% | 63% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 55% | ||
| 18% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 37% | ||
| 21% | 16% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 8% | ||
| 5.2 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.8 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 10.7 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.1 | 16.9 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 6 | ||
| 35% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | Inter | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 10 |
| 3 | Milan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | Roma | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | Fiorentina | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Lazio | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | Atalanta | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Udinese | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Bologna | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 10 | Torino | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Sampdoria | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | Spezia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 4 |
| 14 | Hellas Verona | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 3 |
| 15 | Genoa | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 16 | Empoli | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -5 | 3 |
| 17 | Venezia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 3 |
| 18 | Juventus | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 19 | Cagliari | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 2 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 38 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 89 | 35 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 17 | 54 | 91 |
| 2 | Milan | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 74 | 41 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 17 | 33 | 79 |
| 3 | Atalanta | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 90 | 47 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 49 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 41 | 23 | 43 | 78 |
| 4 | Juventus | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 77 | 38 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 20 | 39 | 78 |
| 5 | Napoli | 38 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 86 | 41 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 36 | 21 | 45 | 77 |
| 6 | Lazio | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 61 | 55 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 6 | 68 |
| 7 | Roma | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 68 | 58 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 40 | 10 | 62 |
| 8 | Sassuolo | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 64 | 56 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 27 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 29 | 8 | 62 |
| 9 | Sampdoria | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 52 | 54 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 28 | -2 | 52 |
| 10 | Hellas Verona | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 46 | 48 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 25 | -2 | 45 |
| 11 | Genoa | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 47 | 58 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 28 | -11 | 42 |
| 12 | Bologna | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 51 | 65 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 32 | -14 | 41 |
| 13 | Fiorentina | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 47 | 59 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 34 | -12 | 40 |
| 14 | Udinese | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 42 | 58 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 39 | -16 | 40 |
| 15 | Spezia | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 52 | 72 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 39 | -20 | 39 |
| 16 | Cagliari | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 43 | 59 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 27 | -16 | 37 |
| 17 | Torino | 38 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 50 | 69 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 36 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 33 | -19 | 37 |
| 18 | Benevento | 38 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 40 | 75 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 39 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 36 | -35 | 33 |
| 19 | Crotone | 38 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 45 | 92 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 22 | 57 | -47 | 23 |
| 20 | Parma | 38 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 39 | 83 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 39 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 44 | -44 | 20 |