Serie A duel: Close contest expected between Sampdoria and Roma

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 02.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris (36599 seats)

Sampdoria and Roma have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Serie A.

Insights:
  • Sampdoria have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Roma have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa League. That game was also an away game, at Manchester United. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

Sampdoria are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Roma are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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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 7 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats.

No payout for Sampdoria in their previous match, an away game at Sassuolo that ended in defeat 0-1. In the game before, an away victory match versus Crotone with a 1-0 scoreline.

Emil Audero had a busy but productive day in the Sassuolo match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented.

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.

A decent goal production from Sampdoria in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 16 league matches. Sampdoria have conceded 24 from these games.

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Roma form and stats

The visitors are W5-D3-L8 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Roma have lost on their last two travels.

Roma lost away at Manchester United (2-6) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. A 2-3 defeat away at Cagliari before that.

As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Manchester United was particularly ugly (2-6). The humiliation is still top of mind.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Roma in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Roma, zero draws and two defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Roma are hosting Manchester United in the Europa League only four days away.

Roma find the net regularly in their away games. 23 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. For Roma, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Roma - Sampdoria 1-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Sampdoria won two games, two matches ended with a draw and Roma has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

SampdoriaF. Quagliarella
F. Quagliarella
11 goals
RomaJ. Veretout
J. Veretout
10 goals
RomaH. Mkhitaryan
H. Mkhitaryan
9 goals

Sampdoria missing players

Roma missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sampdoria Roma
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 4 15 32
12 7 2 Won W 3 5 16
6 2 1 Drew D 1 3 7
15 7 2 Lost L 0 7 9
43 25 9 Scored S 11 23 58
47 24 8 Conceded C 4 30 48
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 94%
85% 94% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 87% 81%
58% 69% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 73% 66%
24% 31% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 60% 50%
6% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 27% 22%
64% 69% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 60% 56%
12% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 13% 28%
24% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 22%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.2 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 2 2.5
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
10.3 10.6 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 14.2 12.5 14.2
3.7 3.9 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7.2 4.9 5.4
36% 40% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 32% 34%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Roma have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 33 24 7 2 72 29 16 14 1 1 40 15 17 10 6 1 32 14 43 79
2 Atalanta 33 20 8 5 78 39 17 11 3 3 47 22 16 9 5 2 31 17 39 68
3 Napoli 33 21 3 9 73 37 16 11 2 3 43 17 17 10 1 6 30 20 36 66
4 Juventus 33 19 9 5 65 30 17 13 2 2 37 13 16 6 7 3 28 17 35 66
5 Milan 33 20 6 7 60 41 17 7 5 5 29 24 16 13 1 2 31 17 19 66
6 Lazio 32 19 4 9 56 46 16 11 2 3 31 20 16 8 2 6 25 26 10 61
7 Roma 33 16 7 10 58 51 17 11 4 2 35 18 16 5 3 8 23 33 7 55
8 Sassuolo 33 14 10 9 55 50 16 6 7 3 27 23 17 8 3 6 28 27 5 52
9 Sampdoria 33 12 6 15 43 47 16 7 2 7 25 24 17 5 4 8 18 23 -4 42
10 Hellas Verona 33 11 8 14 40 41 16 6 3 7 19 19 17 5 5 7 21 22 -1 41
11 Udinese 33 10 9 14 38 44 16 5 3 8 12 15 17 5 6 6 26 29 -6 39
12 Bologna 33 10 8 15 44 53 16 7 4 5 29 24 17 3 4 10 15 29 -9 38
13 Genoa 33 8 12 13 37 48 17 5 7 5 25 24 16 3 5 8 12 24 -11 36
14 Fiorentina 33 8 10 15 42 54 17 5 6 6 23 23 16 3 4 9 19 31 -12 34
15 Spezia 33 8 9 16 42 62 16 4 6 6 21 26 17 4 3 10 21 36 -20 33
16 Torino 32 6 13 13 46 56 16 2 8 6 23 28 16 4 5 7 23 28 -10 31
17 Cagliari 33 8 7 18 39 56 17 5 3 9 22 31 16 3 4 9 17 25 -17 31
18 Benevento 33 7 10 16 37 66 17 2 6 9 17 35 16 5 4 7 20 31 -29 31
19 Parma 33 3 11 19 36 70 17 2 5 10 13 31 16 1 6 9 23 39 -34 20
20 Crotone 33 5 3 25 42 83 16 4 1 11 21 32 17 1 2 14 21 51 -41 18

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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 Inter 33 24 7 2 72 29 16 14 1 1 40 15 17 10 6 1 32 14 43 79
2 Atalanta 33 20 8 5 78 39 17 11 3 3 47 22 16 9 5 2 31 17 39 68
3 Napoli 33 21 3 9 73 37 16 11 2 3 43 17 17 10 1 6 30 20 36 66
4 Juventus 33 19 9 5 65 30 17 13 2 2 37 13 16 6 7 3 28 17 35 66
5 Milan 33 20 6 7 60 41 17 7 5 5 29 24 16 13 1 2 31 17 19 66
6 Lazio 32 19 4 9 56 46 16 11 2 3 31 20 16 8 2 6 25 26 10 61
7 Roma 33 16 7 10 58 51 17 11 4 2 35 18 16 5 3 8 23 33 7 55
8 Sassuolo 33 14 10 9 55 50 16 6 7 3 27 23 17 8 3 6 28 27 5 52
9 Sampdoria 33 12 6 15 43 47 16 7 2 7 25 24 17 5 4 8 18 23 -4 42
10 Hellas Verona 33 11 8 14 40 41 16 6 3 7 19 19 17 5 5 7 21 22 -1 41
11 Udinese 33 10 9 14 38 44 16 5 3 8 12 15 17 5 6 6 26 29 -6 39
12 Bologna 33 10 8 15 44 53 16 7 4 5 29 24 17 3 4 10 15 29 -9 38
13 Genoa 33 8 12 13 37 48 17 5 7 5 25 24 16 3 5 8 12 24 -11 36
14 Fiorentina 33 8 10 15 42 54 17 5 6 6 23 23 16 3 4 9 19 31 -12 34
15 Spezia 33 8 9 16 42 62 16 4 6 6 21 26 17 4 3 10 21 36 -20 33
16 Torino 32 6 13 13 46 56 16 2 8 6 23 28 16 4 5 7 23 28 -10 31
17 Cagliari 33 8 7 18 39 56 17 5 3 9 22 31 16 3 4 9 17 25 -17 31
18 Benevento 33 7 10 16 37 66 17 2 6 9 17 35 16 5 4 7 20 31 -29 31
19 Parma 33 3 11 19 36 70 17 2 5 10 13 31 16 1 6 9 23 39 -34 20
20 Crotone 33 5 3 25 42 83 16 4 1 11 21 32 17 1 2 14 21 51 -41 18

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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.