Serie A game forecast and statistics for the Sampdoria vs Salernitana encounter

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 05.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris (36599 seats)

These teams have both had problems getting enough points so far, but a win in this key match would definitely provide a boost. Get set for Sampdoria - Salernitana!

Insights:
  • Sampdoria have the fewest scored goals (11) in Serie A
  • Salernitana have the most conceded goals (44) in Serie A

Sampdoria and Salernitana should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Sampdoria form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie A this season. Sampdoria have only managed 0 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses from their games here at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris.

Sampdoria faced defeat in their previous match, away at Lazio (0-1). The gifted forward Lammers edged out all teammates in that game and was awarded a match rating of 7.45 out of 10. Lammers hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times.

Before that game, the home loss against Bologna with the scoreline 1-2.

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 5 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 1.

It should be noted that a look at the 15 latest league fixtures reveals that 12 of them qualified as a both teams to score: NO result (only one or none of the teams scored).

Sampdoria has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: {3 goals} from 12 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Sampdoria defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Salernitana form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Salernitana so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-6 (win-draw-lose).

Salernitana go into this game after a win, the home game against Monza that ended 3-0. That victory felt sweet as this club had gone three league fixtures without victory. Attacker Candreva got a player rating of 8.11 in the game. "Man of the match" Candreva scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Lazio.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Salernitana playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 2 Salernitana wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.

The Salernitana manager de Sousa has some worries about the defense as 26 goals have been conceded in these travels. When Salernitana is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Cremonese, Hellas Verona, Lecce, Spezia, Sassuolo and Salernitana.

Head 2 Head

The previous H2H meeting ended Salernitana - Sampdoria 4-0, earlier this season. Head-to-head numbers (for the prior four meetings): Sampdoria won two games, zero matches ended with a draw and Salernitana got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / two.

Top Goalscorers

SalernitanaB. Dia
B. Dia
8 goals
SampdoriaM. Gabbiadini
M. Gabbiadini
4 goals
SalernitanaT. Trindade de Vilhena
T. Trindade de Vilhena
3 goals

Sampdoria missing players

Salernitana missing players

Sampdoria Salernitana
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
24 12 1 Played P 3 11 24
2 0 0 Won W 1 2 6
5 3 0 Drew D 0 3 6
17 9 1 Lost L 2 6 12
11 3 0 Scored S 2 11 28
39 18 2 Conceded C 7 26 44
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 96%
71% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 82% 83%
38% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 64% 62%
8% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 36% 29%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 18% 8%
33% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 55% 50%
12% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 17%
62% 75% 100% Failed to Score F T 67% 45% 38%
 
3.4 3.7 9 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 3.5 3.7
5 4.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 4.5 4.6
3.1 2.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.3 2.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
10.2 9 13 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.9 10.9
3.1 1.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.9 3.2
15% 14% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 34% 36%
 
14 13.2 15 Shots against (avg) S A 16 16.8 16.2
4.6 4.4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 6.5 6
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Salernitana have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Salernitana have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Salernitana have scored more than double the goals of Sampdoria.
  • Salernitana have the most conceded goals (26) away in Serie A
  • Salernitana have the most conceded goals (44) in Serie A
  • Salernitana have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in Serie A
  • Salernitana have the the worst goal difference (-15) away in Serie A
  • Sampdoria have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Sampdoria have the fewest scored goals (11) in Serie A
  • Sampdoria have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Serie A
  • Sampdoria have the the worst goal difference (-15) at home in Serie A
  • Sampdoria have the the worst goal difference (-28) in Serie A
  • Sampdoria have yet to win a 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 24 21 2 1 58 15 11 10 1 0 31 8 13 11 1 1 27 7 43 65
2 Inter 24 15 2 7 44 28 12 10 0 2 25 6 12 5 2 5 19 22 16 47
3 Milan 24 14 5 5 41 30 12 9 1 2 27 16 12 5 4 3 14 14 11 47
4 Lazio 24 13 6 5 40 19 13 7 3 3 22 12 11 6 3 2 18 7 21 45
5 Roma 23 13 5 5 30 19 11 7 1 3 13 5 12 6 4 2 17 14 11 44
6 Atalanta 24 12 5 7 42 28 11 5 2 4 22 15 13 7 3 3 20 13 14 41
7 Bologna 24 10 5 9 31 33 13 6 4 3 17 10 11 4 1 6 14 23 -2 35
8 Juventus 23 14 5 4 36 17 12 8 3 1 25 8 11 6 2 3 11 9 19 32
9 Torino 23 8 7 8 24 25 11 4 4 3 10 8 12 4 3 5 14 17 -1 31
10 Udinese 24 7 10 7 33 30 12 3 7 2 19 14 12 4 3 5 14 16 3 31
11 Monza 24 8 5 11 28 34 12 4 3 5 16 14 12 4 2 6 12 20 -6 29
12 Fiorentina 24 7 7 10 27 30 12 4 4 4 16 18 12 3 3 6 11 12 -3 28
13 Empoli 24 6 10 8 22 31 12 4 4 4 12 14 12 2 6 4 10 17 -9 28
14 Sassuolo 24 7 6 11 27 35 11 4 2 5 13 13 13 3 4 6 14 22 -8 27
15 Lecce 24 6 9 9 24 27 12 2 6 4 13 15 12 4 3 5 11 12 -3 27
16 Salernitana 24 6 6 12 28 44 13 4 3 6 17 18 11 2 3 6 11 26 -16 24
17 Spezia 24 4 8 12 21 41 12 2 6 4 13 19 12 2 2 8 8 22 -20 20
18 Hellas Verona 24 4 5 15 20 37 13 4 1 8 14 21 11 0 4 7 6 16 -17 17
19 Sampdoria 24 2 5 17 11 39 12 0 3 9 3 18 12 2 2 8 8 21 -28 11
20 Cremonese 23 0 9 14 17 42 11 0 3 8 5 19 12 0 6 6 12 23 -25 9

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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.